diff --git a/src/order/filter/bases.lean b/src/order/filter/bases.lean
index cff7b7d9156fe..d32d0e260209b 100644
--- a/src/order/filter/bases.lean
+++ b/src/order/filter/bases.lean
@@ -342,6 +342,19 @@ lemma has_basis.prod_self (hl : l.has_basis p s) :
   { rintros ⟨i, hi, H⟩,
     exact ⟨s i, hl.mem_of_mem hi, s i, hl.mem_of_mem hi, H⟩ }
 end⟩
+
+lemma has_basis.exists_iff (hl : l.has_basis p s) {P : set α → Prop}
+  (mono : ∀ ⦃s t⦄, s ⊆ t → P t → P s) :
+  (∃ s ∈ l, P s) ↔ ∃ (i) (hi : p i), P (s i) :=
+⟨λ ⟨s, hs, hP⟩, let ⟨i, hi, his⟩ := hl.mem_iff.1 hs in ⟨i, hi, mono his hP⟩,
+  λ ⟨i, hi, hP⟩, ⟨s i, hl.mem_of_mem hi, hP⟩⟩
+
+lemma has_basis.forall_iff (hl : l.has_basis p s) {P : set α → Prop}
+  (mono : ∀ ⦃s t⦄, s ⊆ t → P s → P t) :
+  (∀ s ∈ l, P s) ↔ ∀ i, p i → P (s i) :=
+⟨λ H i hi, H (s i) $ hl.mem_of_mem hi,
+  λ H s hs, let ⟨i, hi, his⟩ := hl.mem_iff.1 hs in mono his (H i hi)⟩
+
 variables [preorder ι] (l p s)
 
 /-- `is_antimono_basis p s` means the image of `s` bounded by `p` is a filter basis
@@ -357,6 +370,7 @@ structure has_antimono_basis [preorder ι] (l : filter α) (p : ι → Prop) (s
   extends has_basis l p s : Prop :=
 (decreasing : ∀ {i j}, p i → p j → i ≤ j → s j ⊆ s i)
 (mono : monotone p)
+
 end same_type
 
 section two_types