diff --git a/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/contraband/reporter.json b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/contraband/reporter.json
index 7519f31a3c..dbe50f8c69 100644
--- a/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/contraband/reporter.json
+++ b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/contraband/reporter.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
         { "name": "loggerName",        "type": "String"                                           },
         { "name": "maximumErrors",     "type": "int"                                              },
         { "name": "useColor",          "type": "boolean"                                          },
-        { "name": "logLevel",          "type": "java.util.logging.Level"                           },
+        { "name": "msgFilters",        "type": "java.util.regex.Pattern*"                         },
+        { "name": "fileFilters",       "type": "java.util.regex.Pattern*"                         },
+        { "name": "logLevel",          "type": "java.util.logging.Level"                          },
         { "name": "positionMapper",    "type": "java.util.function.Function<Position, Position>"  }
       ]
     }
diff --git a/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/FilteredReporter.scala b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/FilteredReporter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7d50194b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/FilteredReporter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package sbt.internal.inc
+
+import sbt.internal.util.ManagedLogger
+import xsbti.{ Position, Problem, Severity }
+
+import scala.util.matching.Regex
+
+/**
+ * Defines a filtered reporter as Pants Zinc's fork does letting users control which messages
+ * are reported or not. This implementation has been adapted from the Pants repository.
+ *
+ * @link https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/master/src/scala/org/pantsbuild/zinc/logging/Reporters.scala#L28
+ *
+ * This reporter may be useful to companies that have domain-specific knowledge
+ * about compile messages that are not relevant and can be filtered out, or users
+ * that hold similar knowledge about the piece of code that they compile.
+ */
+class FilteredReporter(
+    fileFilters: Array[Regex],
+    msgFilters: Array[Regex],
+    maximumErrors: Int,
+    logger: ManagedLogger,
+    positionMapper: Position => Position
+) extends LoggerReporter(maximumErrors, logger, positionMapper) {
+  private final def isFiltered(filters: Seq[Regex], str: String): Boolean =
+    filters.exists(_.findFirstIn(str).isDefined)
+
+  private final def isFiltered(pos: Position, msg: String, severity: Severity): Boolean = {
+    severity != Severity.Error && (
+      (pos.sourceFile.isPresent && isFiltered(fileFilters, pos.sourceFile.get.getPath)) ||
+      (isFiltered(msgFilters, msg))
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Redefines display so that non-error messages whose paths match a regex in `fileFilters`
+   * or whose messages' content match `msgFilters` are not reported to the user.
+   */
+  override def display(problem: Problem): Unit = {
+    val severity = problem.severity()
+    val dontShow = isFiltered(problem.position(), problem.message(), severity)
+    if (dontShow) inc(severity)
+    else super.display(problem)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/LoggerReporter.scala b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/LoggerReporter.scala
index 46c05d0cf7..11838dcb3e 100644
--- a/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/LoggerReporter.scala
+++ b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/LoggerReporter.scala
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class LoggerReporter(
       logger.error(countElementsAsString(errors, "error") + " found")
   }
 
-  private def inc(sev: Severity) = count.put(sev, count.get(sev) + 1)
+  protected def inc(sev: Severity) = count.put(sev, count.get(sev) + 1)
 
   // this is used by sbt
   private[sbt] def display(p: Problem): Unit = {
diff --git a/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/ReporterManager.scala b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/ReporterManager.scala
index f3a3bc3194..c430e6709f 100644
--- a/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/ReporterManager.scala
+++ b/internal/zinc-compile-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/inc/ReporterManager.scala
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.util.logging.Level
 
 import sbt.internal.util.{ ConsoleAppender, MainAppender }
-import sbt.util.{ LogExchange }
+import sbt.util.LogExchange
 import sbt.util.{ Level => SbtLevel }
 import xsbti.{ Position, Reporter, ReporterConfig }
 
+import scala.util.matching.Regex
+
 object ReporterManager {
   import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
   private val idGenerator: AtomicInteger = new AtomicInteger
-  private val DefaultReporterName = "zinc-out"
+  private val DefaultName = "zinc-out"
   private def generateZincReporterId(name: String): String =
     s"$name-${idGenerator.incrementAndGet}"
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ object ReporterManager {
     }
   }
 
-  private val FallbackUseColor = ConsoleAppender.formatEnabled
+  private val UseColor = ConsoleAppender.formatEnabled
   private val NoPositionMapper = java.util.function.Function.identity[Position]()
 
   import java.util.function.{ Function => JavaFunction }
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ object ReporterManager {
 
   /** Returns sane defaults with a long tradition in sbt. */
   def getDefaultReporterConfig: ReporterConfig =
-    new ReporterConfig(DefaultReporterName, 100, FallbackUseColor, Level.INFO, NoPositionMapper)
+    new ReporterConfig(DefaultName, 100, UseColor, Array(), Array(), Level.INFO, NoPositionMapper)
 
   def getReporter(toOutput: PrintWriter, config: ReporterConfig): Reporter = {
     val printWriterToAppender = MainAppender.defaultBacked(config.useColor())
@@ -69,7 +71,16 @@ object ReporterManager {
     val sbtLogLevel = fromJavaLogLevel(config.logLevel())
     val toAppend = List(appender -> sbtLogLevel)
     LogExchange.bindLoggerAppenders(loggerName, toAppend)
-    new LoggerReporter(config.maximumErrors(), logger, config.positionMapper().toScala)
+
+    val maxErrors = config.maximumErrors()
+    val posMapper = config.positionMapper().toScala
+    if (config.fileFilters().isEmpty && config.msgFilters.isEmpty)
+      new LoggerReporter(maxErrors, logger, posMapper)
+    else {
+      implicit def scalaPatterns(patterns: Array[java.util.regex.Pattern]): Array[Regex] =
+        patterns.map(_.pattern().r)
+      new FilteredReporter(config.fileFilters, config.msgFilters, maxErrors, logger, posMapper)
+    }
   }
 
   def getReporter(toOutput: PrintStream, config: ReporterConfig): Reporter = {