diff --git a/DisplayOptionsPanel.c b/DisplayOptionsPanel.c
index 3b9e6cc43..4eb56177a 100644
--- a/DisplayOptionsPanel.c
+++ b/DisplayOptionsPanel.c
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ DisplayOptionsPanel* DisplayOptionsPanel_new(Settings* settings, ScreenManager*
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("- Tree view is collapsed by default", &(settings->ss->allBranchesCollapsed)));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) TextItem_new("Global options:"));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Show tabs for screens", &(settings->screenTabs)));
+   Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Show parent processes during filter", &(settings->showParentsInFilter)));
+   Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Show children processes during filter", &(settings->showChildrenInFilter)));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Shadow other users' processes", &(settings->shadowOtherUsers)));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Hide kernel threads", &(settings->hideKernelThreads)));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_newByRef("Hide userland process threads", &(settings->hideUserlandThreads)));
diff --git a/ProcessList.c b/ProcessList.c
index d11567893..90cbf2b1f 100644
--- a/ProcessList.c
+++ b/ProcessList.c
@@ -370,6 +370,16 @@ void ProcessList_collapseAllBranches(ProcessList* this) {
    }
 }
 
+static void ProcessList_filterChildren(ProcessList *this, pid_t pid, Hashtable *processFilter) {
+   for (int i = Vector_size(this->processes) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      Process *p = (Process*) (Vector_get(this->processes, i));
+      if (p->pid != pid && Process_isChildOf(p, pid)) {
+         Hashtable_put(processFilter, p->pid, (void*) 1);
+         ProcessList_filterChildren(this, p->pid, processFilter);
+      }
+   }
+}
+
 void ProcessList_rebuildPanel(ProcessList* this) {
    ProcessList_updateDisplayList(this);
 
@@ -392,6 +402,26 @@ void ProcessList_rebuildPanel(ProcessList* this) {
 
    const int processCount = Vector_size(this->displayList);
    int idx = 0;
+
+   // Mark Children and Parent for F4-Filter
+   Hashtable* filteredProcesses = Hashtable_new(processCount, false);
+   for (int i = 0; i < processCount; i++) {
+      Process* p = (Process*)Vector_get(this->processes, i);
+      pid_t ppid = Process_getParentPid(p);
+
+      if (incFilter && !(String_contains_i(Process_getCommand(p), incFilter, true)))
+         continue;
+
+      if (this->settings->showChildrenInFilter)
+         ProcessList_filterChildren(this, p->pid, filteredProcesses);
+
+      do {
+         Hashtable_put(filteredProcesses, p->pid, (void*) 1);
+         ppid = Process_getParentPid(p);
+         p = Hashtable_get(this->processTable, ppid);
+      } while (this->settings->showParentsInFilter && p && p->pid != p->ppid);
+   }
+
    bool foundFollowed = false;
 
    for (int i = 0; i < processCount; i++) {
@@ -399,7 +429,7 @@ void ProcessList_rebuildPanel(ProcessList* this) {
 
       if ( (!p->show)
          || (this->userId != (uid_t) -1 && (p->st_uid != this->userId))
-         || (incFilter && !(String_contains_i(Process_getCommand(p), incFilter, true)))
+         || (incFilter && !Hashtable_get(filteredProcesses, p->pid))
          || (this->pidMatchList && !Hashtable_get(this->pidMatchList, p->tgid)) )
          continue;
 
@@ -428,6 +458,7 @@ void ProcessList_rebuildPanel(ProcessList* this) {
 
       this->panel->scrollV = currScrollV;
    }
+   Hashtable_delete(filteredProcesses);
 }
 
 Process* ProcessList_getProcess(ProcessList* this, pid_t pid, bool* preExisting, Process_New constructor) {
diff --git a/Settings.c b/Settings.c
index f1664d37a..00e5d7ee7 100644
--- a/Settings.c
+++ b/Settings.c
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ static bool Settings_read(Settings* this, const char* fileName, unsigned int ini
          // old (no screen) naming also supported for backwards compatibility
          screen = Settings_defaultScreens(this);
          screen->allBranchesCollapsed = atoi(option[1]);
+      } else if (String_eq(option[0], "show_parents_in_filter")) {
+         this->showParentsInFilter = atoi(option[1]);
+      } else if (String_eq(option[0], "show_children_in_filter")) {
+         this->showChildrenInFilter = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "hide_kernel_threads")) {
          this->hideKernelThreads = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "hide_userland_threads")) {
@@ -624,6 +628,8 @@ int Settings_write(const Settings* this, bool onCrash) {
    // Legacy compatibility with older versions of htop
    printSettingInteger("tree_view", this->screens[0]->treeView);
    // This "-1" is for compatibility with the older enum format.
+   printSettingInteger("show_parents_in_filter", this->showParentsInFilter);
+   printSettingInteger("show_children_in_filter", this->showChildrenInFilter);
    printSettingInteger("sort_key", this->screens[0]->sortKey - 1);
    printSettingInteger("tree_sort_key", this->screens[0]->treeSortKey - 1);
    printSettingInteger("sort_direction", this->screens[0]->direction);
@@ -673,6 +679,8 @@ Settings* Settings_new(unsigned int initialCpuCount, Hashtable* dynamicColumns)
    this->hideKernelThreads = true;
    this->hideUserlandThreads = false;
    this->hideRunningInContainer = false;
+   this->showParentsInFilter = false;
+   this->showChildrenInFilter = false;
    this->highlightBaseName = false;
    this->highlightDeletedExe = true;
    this->highlightMegabytes = true;
diff --git a/Settings.h b/Settings.h
index f6a6ea653..8707a76cf 100644
--- a/Settings.h
+++ b/Settings.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ typedef struct Settings_ {
    bool showCPUTemperature;
    bool degreeFahrenheit;
    #endif
+   bool showParentsInFilter;
+   bool showChildrenInFilter;
    bool showProgramPath;
    bool shadowOtherUsers;
    bool showThreadNames;