diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 52fbab0aceb..e210303e0e0 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -3505,6 +3505,49 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_mapAttrs({
     .fun = prim_mapAttrs,
 });
 
+static void prim_filterAttrs(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value ** args, Value & v)
+{
+    state.forceAttrs(*args[1], pos, "while evaluating the second argument passed to builtins.filterAttrs");
+
+    if (args[1]->attrs()->empty()) {
+        v = *args[1];
+        return;
+    }
+
+    state.forceFunction(*args[0], pos, "while evaluating the first argument passed to builtins.filterAttrs");
+
+    auto attrs = state.buildBindings(args[1]->attrs()->size());
+
+    for (auto & i : *args[1]->attrs()) {
+        Value * vName = Value::toPtr(state.symbols[i.name]);
+        Value * callArgs[] = {vName, i.value};
+        Value res;
+        state.callFunction(*args[0], callArgs, res, noPos);
+        if (state.forceBool(
+                res, pos, "while evaluating the return value of the filtering function passed to builtins.filterAttrs"))
+            attrs.insert(i.name, i.value);
+    }
+
+    v.mkAttrs(attrs.alreadySorted());
+}
+
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_filterAttrs({
+    .name = "__filterAttrs",
+    .args = {"f", "attrset"},
+    .doc = R"(
+      Return an attribute set consisting of the attributes in *attrset* for which
+      the function *f* returns `true`. The function *f* is called with two arguments:
+      the name of the attribute and the value of the attribute. For example,
+
+      ```nix
+      builtins.filterAttrs (name: value: name == "foo") { foo = 1; bar = 2; }
+      ```
+
+      evaluates to `{ foo = 1; }`.
+    )",
+    .fun = prim_filterAttrs,
+});
+
 static void prim_zipAttrsWith(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value ** args, Value & v)
 {
     // we will first count how many values are present for each given key.
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs-names.exp b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs-names.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f07d6e1a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs-names.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ a = 3; }
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs-names.nix b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs-names.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94108fbefda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs-names.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+builtins.filterAttrs (name: value: name == "a") {
+  a = 3;
+  b = 6;
+  c = 10;
+}
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs.exp b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74b9825e9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ b = 6; c = 10; }
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs.nix b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28d37bbe784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-filterattrs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+builtins.filterAttrs (name: value: value > 5) {
+  a = 3;
+  b = 6;
+  c = 10;
+}