diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
index b78175fbe1..2994faf988 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ will be automatically changed to version `1`.
 	of filenames that cause collisions in Git's default name-hash
 	algorithm.
 +
-Incompatible with `--delta-islands`, `--shallow`, or `--filter`. The
-`--use-bitmap-index` option will be ignored in the presence of
-`--path-walk.`
+Incompatible with `--delta-islands`. The `--use-bitmap-index` option is
+ignored in the presence of `--path-walk`. The `--path-walk` option
+supports the `--filter=<spec>` form `blob:none`.
 
 
 DELTA ISLANDS
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 4338962904..bc9fb5b457 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -5177,7 +5177,7 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 
 	if (path_walk) {
 		const char *option = NULL;
-		if (filter_options.choice)
+		if (!path_walk_filter_compatible(&filter_options))
 			option = "--filter";
 		else if (use_delta_islands)
 			option = "--delta-islands";
diff --git a/path-walk.c b/path-walk.c
index 05bfc1c114..bd81508163 100644
--- a/path-walk.c
+++ b/path-walk.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
+#include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "path.h"
@@ -495,6 +496,32 @@ static int setup_pending_objects(struct path_walk_info *info,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int prepare_filters(struct path_walk_info *info,
+			   struct list_objects_filter_options *options)
+{
+	switch (options->choice) {
+	case LOFC_DISABLED:
+		return 1;
+
+	case LOFC_BLOB_NONE:
+		if (info) {
+			info->blobs = 0;
+			list_objects_filter_release(options);
+		}
+		return 1;
+
+	default:
+		error(_("object filter '%s' not supported by the path-walk API"),
+		      list_objects_filter_spec(options));
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+int path_walk_filter_compatible(struct list_objects_filter_options *options)
+{
+	return prepare_filters(NULL, options);
+}
+
 /**
  * Given the configuration of 'info', walk the commits based on 'info->revs' and
  * call 'info->path_fn' on each discovered path.
@@ -522,6 +549,9 @@ int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info)
 
 	trace2_region_enter("path-walk", "commit-walk", info->revs->repo);
 
+	if (!prepare_filters(info, &info->revs->filter))
+		return -1;
+
 	CALLOC_ARRAY(commit_list, 1);
 	commit_list->type = OBJ_COMMIT;
 
diff --git a/path-walk.h b/path-walk.h
index 657eeda8ec..a1736ecb2b 100644
--- a/path-walk.h
+++ b/path-walk.h
@@ -90,3 +90,10 @@ void path_walk_info_clear(struct path_walk_info *info);
  * Returns nonzero on an error.
  */
 int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info);
+
+struct list_objects_filter_options;
+/**
+ * Given a set of options for filtering objects, return 1 if the options
+ * are compatible with the path-walk API and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int path_walk_filter_compatible(struct list_objects_filter_options *options);
diff --git a/t/helper/test-path-walk.c b/t/helper/test-path-walk.c
index fe63002c2b..88f86ae0dc 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-path-walk.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-path-walk.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "hex.h"
+#include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "pretty.h"
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ int cmd__path_walk(int argc, const char **argv)
 	struct rev_info revs = REV_INFO_INIT;
 	struct path_walk_info info = PATH_WALK_INFO_INIT;
 	struct path_walk_test_data data = { 0 };
+	struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options =
+		LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "blobs", &info.blobs,
 			 N_("toggle inclusion of blob objects")),
@@ -86,11 +89,12 @@ int cmd__path_walk(int argc, const char **argv)
 			 N_("toggle aggressive edge walk")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-pl", &stdin_pl,
 			 N_("read a pattern list over stdin")),
+		OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(&filter_options),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
 	setup_git_directory();
-	revs.repo = the_repository;
+	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &revs, NULL);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL,
 			     options, path_walk_usage,
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@ int cmd__path_walk(int argc, const char **argv)
 	else
 		usage(path_walk_usage[0]);
 
+	/* Apply the filter after setup_revisions to avoid the --objects check. */
+	if (filter_options.choice)
+		list_objects_filter_copy(&revs.filter, &filter_options);
+
 	info.revs = &revs;
 	info.path_fn = emit_block;
 	info.path_fn_data = &data;
@@ -129,6 +137,7 @@ int cmd__path_walk(int argc, const char **argv)
 		free(info.pl);
 	}
 
+	list_objects_filter_release(&filter_options);
 	release_revisions(&revs);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/t/t5620-backfill.sh b/t/t5620-backfill.sh
index e174290787..94f35ce190 100755
--- a/t/t5620-backfill.sh
+++ b/t/t5620-backfill.sh
@@ -298,9 +298,6 @@ test_expect_success 'backfill with prefix pathspec' '
 	git -C backfill-path rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >missing &&
 	test_line_count = 48 missing &&
 
-	# If we enable --path-walk here, we will get a warning overs stderr
-	# due to incompatibilities with --filter.
-	GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK=0 \
 	git -C backfill-path backfill HEAD -- d/f 2>err &&
 	test_must_be_empty err &&
 
@@ -318,9 +315,6 @@ test_expect_success 'backfill with multiple pathspecs' '
 	git -C backfill-path rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >missing &&
 	test_line_count = 48 missing &&
 
-	# If we enable --path-walk here, we will get a warning overs stderr
-	# due to incompatibilities with --filter.
-	GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK=0 \
 	git -C backfill-path backfill HEAD -- d/f a 2>err &&
 	test_must_be_empty err &&
 
@@ -338,9 +332,6 @@ test_expect_success 'backfill with wildcard pathspec' '
 	git -C backfill-path rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >missing &&
 	test_line_count = 48 missing &&
 
-	# If we enable --path-walk here, we will get a warning overs stderr
-	# due to incompatibilities with --filter.
-	GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK=0 \
 	git -C backfill-path backfill HEAD -- "d/file.*.txt" 2>err &&
 	test_must_be_empty err &&
 
diff --git a/t/t6601-path-walk.sh b/t/t6601-path-walk.sh
index 56bd1e3c5b..b0ee31ee2d 100755
--- a/t/t6601-path-walk.sh
+++ b/t/t6601-path-walk.sh
@@ -415,4 +415,66 @@ test_expect_success 'trees are reported exactly once' '
 	test_line_count = 1 out-filtered
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'all, blob:none filter' '
+	test-tool path-walk --filter=blob:none -- --all >out &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	0:commit::$(git rev-parse topic)
+	0:commit::$(git rev-parse base)
+	0:commit::$(git rev-parse base~1)
+	0:commit::$(git rev-parse base~2)
+	1:tag:/tags:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/first)
+	1:tag:/tags:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/second.1)
+	1:tag:/tags:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/second.2)
+	1:tag:/tags:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/third)
+	1:tag:/tags:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/fourth)
+	1:tag:/tags:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/tree-tag)
+	1:tag:/tags:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/blob-tag)
+	2:blob:/tagged-blobs:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/blob-tag^{})
+	2:blob:/tagged-blobs:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/blob-tag2^{})
+	3:tree::$(git rev-parse topic^{tree})
+	3:tree::$(git rev-parse base^{tree})
+	3:tree::$(git rev-parse base~1^{tree})
+	3:tree::$(git rev-parse base~2^{tree})
+	3:tree::$(git rev-parse refs/tags/tree-tag^{})
+	3:tree::$(git rev-parse refs/tags/tree-tag2^{})
+	4:tree:a/:$(git rev-parse base:a)
+	5:tree:child/:$(git rev-parse refs/tags/tree-tag:child)
+	6:tree:left/:$(git rev-parse base:left)
+	6:tree:left/:$(git rev-parse base~2:left)
+	7:tree:right/:$(git rev-parse topic:right)
+	7:tree:right/:$(git rev-parse base~1:right)
+	7:tree:right/:$(git rev-parse base~2:right)
+	blobs:2
+	commits:4
+	tags:7
+	trees:13
+	EOF
+
+	test_cmp_sorted expect out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'topic only, blob:none filter' '
+	test-tool path-walk --filter=blob:none -- topic >out &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	0:commit::$(git rev-parse topic)
+	0:commit::$(git rev-parse base~1)
+	0:commit::$(git rev-parse base~2)
+	1:tree::$(git rev-parse topic^{tree})
+	1:tree::$(git rev-parse base~1^{tree})
+	1:tree::$(git rev-parse base~2^{tree})
+	2:tree:left/:$(git rev-parse base~2:left)
+	3:tree:right/:$(git rev-parse topic:right)
+	3:tree:right/:$(git rev-parse base~1:right)
+	3:tree:right/:$(git rev-parse base~2:right)
+	blobs:0
+	commits:3
+	tags:0
+	trees:7
+	EOF
+
+	test_cmp_sorted expect out
+'
+
 test_done