diff --git a/src/app/components/tree/tree.ts b/src/app/components/tree/tree.ts
index 817aaeb5efe..7fb2d7caccd 100755
--- a/src/app/components/tree/tree.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/tree/tree.ts
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ export class Tree implements OnInit,AfterContentInit,OnChanges,OnDestroy,Blockab
 
     @ViewChild(CdkVirtualScrollViewport) virtualScrollBody: CdkVirtualScrollViewport;
 
+    @ViewChild('filter') filterViewChild: ElementRef;
+
     serializedValue: any[];
 
     headerTemplate: TemplateRef<any>;
@@ -1209,6 +1211,14 @@ export class Tree implements OnInit,AfterContentInit,OnChanges,OnDestroy,Blockab
         });
     }
 
+    resetFilter() {
+        this.filteredNodes = null;
+
+        if (this.filterViewChild && this.filterViewChild.nativeElement) {
+            this.filterViewChild.nativeElement.value = '';
+        }
+    }
+
     findFilteredNodes(node, paramsWithoutNode) {
         if (node) {
             let matched = false;
diff --git a/src/app/showcase/components/tree/treedemo.html b/src/app/showcase/components/tree/treedemo.html
index 98f70be6ae3..e88e4e370a3 100644
--- a/src/app/showcase/components/tree/treedemo.html
+++ b/src/app/showcase/components/tree/treedemo.html
@@ -805,6 +805,11 @@ <h5>Methods</h5>
                         </tr>
                     </thead>
                     <tbody>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td>resetFilter</td>
+                            <td>-</td>
+                            <td>Resets filtering.</td>
+                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                             <td>_filter</td>
                             <td>value: string</td>