diff --git a/documentation/src/main/resources/jsonschema/protocol-streaming-subscription-subscribe-for-persisted-events-payload.json b/documentation/src/main/resources/jsonschema/protocol-streaming-subscription-subscribe-for-persisted-events-payload.json
index bf525456c2..b34288fff4 100644
--- a/documentation/src/main/resources/jsonschema/protocol-streaming-subscription-subscribe-for-persisted-events-payload.json
+++ b/documentation/src/main/resources/jsonschema/protocol-streaming-subscription-subscribe-for-persisted-events-payload.json
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
       "type": "string",
       "format": "date-time",
       "description": "The timestamp to stop the streaming at."
+    },
+    "filter": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "An RQL expression defining which events to filter for in the stream. Only supported for thing events."
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/documentation/src/main/resources/pages/ditto/basic-history.md b/documentation/src/main/resources/pages/ditto/basic-history.md
index fdf9c908c7..1a6dfff801 100644
--- a/documentation/src/main/resources/pages/ditto/basic-history.md
+++ b/documentation/src/main/resources/pages/ditto/basic-history.md
@@ -138,6 +138,27 @@ curl --http2 -u ditto:ditto -H 'Accept:text/event-stream' -N \
   http://localhost:8080/api/2/things/org.eclipse.ditto:thing-2?from-historical-revision=0&fields=thingId,attributes,features,_revision,_modified,_context
 ```
 
+#### Filtering streamed historical events for things via SEE
+
+When streaming historical events for [things](basic-thing.html), an optional `filter` in form of an
+[RQL](basic-rql.html) may be declared in order to only receive thing events matching the defined query.
+
+This can e.g. be useful to only stream events in which a certain feature or a certain property/attribute was included.
+
+In addition to the parameters selecting from/to revision or timestamp, the following parameter can be defined:
+* `filter`: specifies the [RQL](basic-rql.html) filter which events to return in the stream must match
+
+Examples:
+```bash
+# stream complete history starting from earliest available revision of a thing, but only those where a feature "bamboo" was modified:
+curl --http2 -u ditto:ditto -H 'Accept:text/event-stream' -N \
+  http://localhost:8080/api/2/things/org.eclipse.ditto:thing-2?from-historical-revision=0&fields=thingId,attributes,features,_revision,_modified&filter=exists(features/bamboo)
+
+# stream specific history range of a thing based on timestamps, filtering for temperature values of a sensor being greater than 50:
+curl --http2 -u ditto:ditto -H 'Accept:text/event-stream' -N \
+  http://localhost:8080/api/2/things/org.eclipse.ditto:thing-2?from-historical-timestamp=2022-10-24T11:44:36Z&to-historical-timestamp=2022-10-24T11:44:37Z&fields=thingId,attributes,features,_revision,_modified&filter=gt(features/temperature/properties/value,50)
+```
+
 ### Streaming historical events via Ditto Protocol
 
 Please inspect the [protocol specification of DittoProtocol messages for streaming persisted events](protocol-specification-streaming-subscription.html)
@@ -219,6 +240,24 @@ It will do so either until all existing events were sent, in that case a `comple
 Or it will stop after the `demand` was fulfilled, waiting for the requester to claim more demand with a new `request` 
 message.
 
+#### Filtering streamed historical events for things via Ditto Protocol
+
+The `filter` for streaming historical thing events may also be specified via Ditto Protocol.
+
+Example protocol message for subscribing for the persisted events of a thing with a `filter`:
+```json
+{
+  "topic": "org.eclipse.ditto/thing-2/things/twin/streaming/subscribeForPersistedEvents",
+  "path": "/",
+  "headers": {},
+  "value": {
+    "fromHistoricalRevision": 1,
+    "toHistoricalRevision": 10,
+    "filter": "exists(features/bamboo)"
+  }
+}
+```
+
 
 ## Configuring historical headers to persist
 
diff --git a/protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/protocol/mapper/StreamingSubscriptionCommandSignalMapper.java b/protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/protocol/mapper/StreamingSubscriptionCommandSignalMapper.java
index 49e1e1b6e5..fddd390b77 100644
--- a/protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/protocol/mapper/StreamingSubscriptionCommandSignalMapper.java
+++ b/protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/protocol/mapper/StreamingSubscriptionCommandSignalMapper.java
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ void enhancePayloadBuilder(final T command, final PayloadBuilder payloadBuilder)
             subscribeCommand.getToHistoricalTimestamp().ifPresent(toTs ->
                     payloadContentBuilder.set(SubscribeForPersistedEvents.JsonFields.JSON_TO_HISTORICAL_TIMESTAMP,
                             toTs.toString()));
+            subscribeCommand.getFilter().ifPresent(filter ->
+                    payloadContentBuilder.set(SubscribeForPersistedEvents.JsonFields.FILTER, filter)
+            );
         } else if (command instanceof CancelStreamingSubscription) {
             final CancelStreamingSubscription cancelCommand = (CancelStreamingSubscription) command;
             payloadContentBuilder