diff --git a/src/core/toml_filter.rs b/src/core/toml_filter.rs
index bd294f8a..06060d22 100644
--- a/src/core/toml_filter.rs
+++ b/src/core/toml_filter.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ struct TomlFilterDef {
     tail_lines: Option<usize>,
     max_lines: Option<usize>,
     on_empty: Option<String>,
+    /// When true, stderr is captured and merged with stdout before filtering.
+    /// Use for tools like liquibase that emit banners/logs to stderr.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    filter_stderr: bool,
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -145,6 +149,8 @@ pub struct CompiledFilter {
     tail_lines: Option<usize>,
     pub max_lines: Option<usize>,
     on_empty: Option<String>,
+    /// When true, the runner should capture stderr and merge it with stdout.
+    pub filter_stderr: bool,
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -391,6 +397,7 @@ fn compile_filter(name: String, def: TomlFilterDef) -> Result<CompiledFilter, St
         tail_lines: def.tail_lines,
         max_lines: def.max_lines,
         on_empty: def.on_empty,
+        filter_stderr: def.filter_stderr,
     })
 }
 
@@ -1570,6 +1577,7 @@ match_command = "^make\\b"
             "hadolint",
             "helm",
             "iptables",
+            "liquibase",
             "make",
             "markdownlint",
             "mix-compile",
@@ -1613,8 +1621,8 @@ match_command = "^make\\b"
         let filters = make_filters(BUILTIN_TOML);
         assert_eq!(
             filters.len(),
-            58,
-            "Expected exactly 58 built-in filters, got {}. \
+            59,
+            "Expected exactly 59 built-in filters, got {}. \
              Update this count when adding/removing filters in src/filters/.",
             filters.len()
         );
@@ -1671,11 +1679,11 @@ expected = "output line 1\noutput line 2"
         let combined = format!("{}\n\n{}", BUILTIN_TOML, new_filter);
         let filters = make_filters(&combined);
 
-        // All 58 existing filters still present + 1 new = 59
+        // All 59 existing filters still present + 1 new = 60
         assert_eq!(
             filters.len(),
-            59,
-            "Expected 59 filters after concat (58 built-in + 1 new)"
+            60,
+            "Expected 60 filters after concat (59 built-in + 1 new)"
         );
 
         // New filter is discoverable
diff --git a/src/discover/rules.rs b/src/discover/rules.rs
index b315edd7..2f350d73 100644
--- a/src/discover/rules.rs
+++ b/src/discover/rules.rs
@@ -656,6 +656,15 @@ pub const RULES: &[RtkRule] = &[
         subcmd_savings: &[],
         subcmd_status: &[],
     },
+    RtkRule {
+        pattern: r"^liquibase(?:\s|$)",
+        rtk_cmd: "rtk liquibase",
+        rewrite_prefixes: &["liquibase"],
+        category: "Infra",
+        savings_pct: 65.0,
+        subcmd_savings: &[],
+        subcmd_status: &[],
+    },
 ];
 
 pub const IGNORED_PREFIXES: &[&str] = &[
diff --git a/src/filters/README.md b/src/filters/README.md
index fbd4c4cb..6e7cb1cd 100644
--- a/src/filters/README.md
+++ b/src/filters/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ expected = "expected filtered output"
 | `description` | string | Human-readable description |
 | `match_command` | regex | Matches the command string (e.g. `"^docker\\s+inspect"`) |
 | `strip_ansi` | bool | Strip ANSI escape codes before processing |
+| `filter_stderr` | bool | Capture and merge stderr into stdout before filtering (use for tools like liquibase that emit banners to stderr) |
 | `strip_lines_matching` | regex[] | Drop lines matching any regex |
 | `keep_lines_matching` | regex[] | Keep only lines matching at least one regex |
 | `replace` | array | Regex substitutions (`{ pattern, replacement }`) |
diff --git a/src/filters/liquibase.toml b/src/filters/liquibase.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3d20f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filters/liquibase.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+[filters.liquibase]
+description = "Compact liquibase output — strip headers and generic info"
+match_command = "(?:^|/)liquibase(?:\\s|$)"
+strip_ansi = true
+filter_stderr = true
+strip_lines_matching = [
+  "^\\s*$",
+  "^Starting Liquibase at",
+  "^Liquibase (?:Community|Open Source)",
+  "^Liquibase Home:",
+  "^Java Home",
+  "^Libraries:",
+  "^\\s*-\\s+\\S+\\.jar",
+  "^INFO \\[liquibase\\.integration\\]",
+  "^INFO \\[liquibase\\.core\\] Reading resource",
+  "^INFO \\[liquibase\\.core\\] Parsing",
+  "^(?:\\[?INFO\\]?\\s*)?#+$",
+  "^\\s*##"
+]
+on_empty = "liquibase: ok"
+max_lines = 200
+
+[[tests.liquibase]]
+name = "strip ascii banner and info logs from subcommand"
+input = '''
+####################################################
+##   _     _             _ _                      ##
+##  | |   (_)           (_) |                     ##
+####################################################
+Starting Liquibase at 10:12:11 (version 4.29.1)
+Liquibase Version: 4.29.1
+Liquibase Open Source 4.29.1 by Liquibase
+INFO [liquibase.integration] Starting command
+INFO [liquibase.core] Reading resource db/changelog.xml
+INFO [liquibase.core] Parsing db/changelog.xml
+Running Changeset: filepath::id::author
+Changeset filepath::id::author ran successfully
+'''
+expected = '''
+Liquibase Version: 4.29.1
+Running Changeset: filepath::id::author
+Changeset filepath::id::author ran successfully'''
+
+[[tests.liquibase]]
+name = "strip --version noise, keep only version line"
+input = '''
+####################################################
+##   _     _             _ _                      ##
+####################################################
+Starting Liquibase at 13:45:24 using Java 17.0.15 (version 4.30.0 #4943 built at 2024-10-31 17:00+0000)
+Liquibase Home: D:\mcp\bash\lbr\third-party
+Java Home C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.15 (Version 17.0.15)
+Libraries:
+  - internal\lib\commons-io.jar: Apache Commons IO 2.17.0 By The Apache Software Foundation
+  - internal\lib\picocli.jar: picocli 4.7.6 By Remko Popma
+  - lib\ojdbc10-19.30.0.0.jar: JDBC 19.30.0.0.0 By Oracle Corporation
+
+Liquibase Version: 4.30.0
+Liquibase Open Source 4.30.0 by Liquibase
+'''
+expected = '''
+Liquibase Version: 4.30.0'''
+
+[[tests.liquibase]]
+name = "keep status and error lines"
+input = '''
+####################################################
+##   _     _             _ _                      ##
+####################################################
+Starting Liquibase at 10:00:00 (version 4.30.0)
+Liquibase Version: 4.30.0
+Liquibase Open Source 4.30.0 by Liquibase
+HR@jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1523:XE is up to date
+Liquibase command 'status' was executed successfully.
+'''
+expected = '''
+Liquibase Version: 4.30.0
+HR@jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1523:XE is up to date
+Liquibase command 'status' was executed successfully.'''
+
+[[tests.liquibase]]
+name = "empty input"
+input = ""
+expected = "liquibase: ok"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d9648c3f..2bdbaab6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1091,26 +1091,44 @@ fn run_fallback(parse_error: clap::Error) -> Result<i32> {
 
     if let Some(filter) = toml_match {
         // TOML match: capture stdout for filtering
-        let result = core::utils::resolved_command(&args[0])
-            .args(&args[1..])
-            .stdin(std::process::Stdio::inherit())
-            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped()) // capture
-            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::inherit()) // stderr always direct
-            .output();
+        let result = if filter.filter_stderr {
+            // Merge stderr into stdout so the filter can strip banners emitted by tools like liquibase
+            core::utils::resolved_command(&args[0])
+                .args(&args[1..])
+                .stdin(std::process::Stdio::inherit())
+                .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+                .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped()) // captured for merging
+                .output()
+        } else {
+            core::utils::resolved_command(&args[0])
+                .args(&args[1..])
+                .stdin(std::process::Stdio::inherit())
+                .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped()) // capture
+                .stderr(std::process::Stdio::inherit()) // stderr always direct
+                .output()
+        };
 
         match result {
             Ok(output) => {
                 let exit_code = core::utils::exit_code_from_output(&output, &raw_command);
                 let stdout_raw = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+                let stderr_raw = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
 
+                // Merge stderr into the text to filter when filter_stderr is enabled;
+                // otherwise emit stderr directly so it is always visible.
+                let combined_raw = if filter.filter_stderr {
+                    format!("{}{}", stdout_raw, stderr_raw)
+                } else {
+                    stdout_raw.to_string()
+                };
                 // Tee raw output BEFORE filtering on failure — lets LLM re-read if needed
                 let tee_hint = if !output.status.success() {
-                    core::tee::tee_and_hint(&stdout_raw, &raw_command, exit_code)
+                    core::tee::tee_and_hint(&combined_raw, &raw_command, exit_code)
                 } else {
                     None
                 };
 
-                let filtered = core::toml_filter::apply_filter(filter, &stdout_raw);
+                let filtered = core::toml_filter::apply_filter(filter, &combined_raw);
                 println!("{}", filtered);
                 if let Some(hint) = tee_hint {
                     println!("{}", hint);
@@ -1119,7 +1137,7 @@ fn run_fallback(parse_error: clap::Error) -> Result<i32> {
                 timer.track(
                     &raw_command,
                     &format!("rtk:toml {}", raw_command),
-                    &stdout_raw,
+                    &combined_raw,
                     &filtered,
                 );
                 core::tracking::record_parse_failure_silent(&raw_command, &error_message, true);