struct metasubtree_t *ms_next;
 } metasubtree_t;
 
+typedef struct metafilter_t {
+       struct metafilter_t *mf_next;
+       struct berval mf_regex_pattern;
+       regex_t mf_regex;
+} metafilter_t;
+
 typedef struct metacommon_t {
        int                             mc_version;
        int                             mc_nretries;
        LDAP_URLLIST_PROC       *mt_urllist_f;
        void                    *mt_urllist_p;
 
+       metafilter_t    *mt_filter;
        metasubtree_t           *mt_subtree;
        /* F: subtree-include; T: subtree-exclude */
        int                     mt_subtree_exclude;
 extern int
 meta_subtree_destroy( metasubtree_t *ms );
 
+extern void
+meta_filter_destroy( metafilter_t *mf );
+
 extern int
 meta_target_finish( metainfo_t *mi, metatarget_t *mt,
        const char *log, char *msg, size_t msize
 
        LDAP_BACK_CFG_PSEUDOROOTDN,
        LDAP_BACK_CFG_PSEUDOROOTPW,
        LDAP_BACK_CFG_KEEPALIVE,
+       LDAP_BACK_CFG_FILTER,
 
        LDAP_BACK_CFG_LAST
 };
                        "SINGLE-VALUE )",
                NULL, NULL },
 
+       { "filter", "pattern", 2, 2, 0,
+               ARG_MAGIC|LDAP_BACK_CFG_FILTER,
+               meta_back_cf_gen, "( OLcfgDbAt:3.112 "
+                       "NAME 'olcDbFilter' "
+                       "DESC 'Filter regex pattern to include in target' "
+                       "EQUALITY caseExactMatch "
+                       "SYNTAX OMsDirectoryString )",
+               NULL, NULL },
+
        { NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, ARG_IGNORED,
                NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL }
 };
                        "$ olcDbSubtreeInclude "
                        "$ olcDbTimeout "
                        "$ olcDbKeepalive "
+                       "$ olcDbFilter "
 
                        /* defaults may be inherited */
                        COMMON_ATTRS
        return meta_subtree_free( ms );
 }
 
+static void
+meta_filter_free( metafilter_t *mf )
+{
+       regfree( &mf->mf_regex );
+       ber_memfree( mf->mf_regex_pattern.bv_val );
+       ch_free( mf );
+}
+
+void
+meta_filter_destroy( metafilter_t *mf )
+{
+       if ( mf->mf_next )
+               meta_filter_destroy( mf->mf_next );
+       meta_filter_free( mf );
+}
+
 static struct berval st_styles[] = {
        BER_BVC("subtree"),
        BER_BVC("children"),
                        rc = meta_subtree_unparse( c, mt );
                        break;
 
+               case LDAP_BACK_CFG_FILTER:
+                       if ( mt->mt_filter == NULL ) {
+                               rc = 1;
+                       } else {
+                               metafilter_t *mf;
+                               for ( mf = mt->mt_filter; mf; mf = mf->mf_next )
+                                       value_add_one( &c->rvalue_vals, &mf->mf_regex_pattern );
+                       }
+                       break;
+
                /* replaced by idassert */
                case LDAP_BACK_CFG_PSEUDOROOTDN:
                case LDAP_BACK_CFG_PSEUDOROOTPW:
                        }
                        break;
 
+               case LDAP_BACK_CFG_FILTER:
+                       if ( c->valx < 0 ) {
+                               meta_filter_destroy( mt->mt_filter );
+                               mt->mt_filter = NULL;
+                       } else {
+                               metafilter_t *mf, **mprev;
+                               for (i=0, mprev = &mt->mt_filter, mf = *mprev; mf; mf = *mprev) {
+                                       if ( i == c->valx ) {
+                                               *mprev = mf->mf_next;
+                                               meta_filter_free( mf );
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                                       i++;
+                                       mprev = &mf->mf_next;
+                               }
+                               if ( i != c->valx )
+                                       rc = 1;
+                       }
+                       break;
+
                case LDAP_BACK_CFG_KEEPALIVE:
                        mt->mt_tls.sb_keepalive.sk_idle = 0;
                        mt->mt_tls.sb_keepalive.sk_probes = 0;
                }
                break;
 
+       case LDAP_BACK_CFG_FILTER: {
+               metafilter_t *mf, **m2;
+               mf = ch_malloc( sizeof( metafilter_t ));
+               rc = regcomp( &mf->mf_regex, c->argv[1], REG_EXTENDED );
+               if ( rc ) {
+                       char regerr[ SLAP_TEXT_BUFLEN ];
+                       regerror( rc, &mf->mf_regex, regerr, sizeof(regerr) );
+                       snprintf( c->cr_msg, sizeof( c->cr_msg ),
+                               "regular expression \"%s\" bad because of %s",
+                               c->argv[1], regerr );
+                       ch_free( mf );
+                       return 1;
+               }
+               ber_str2bv( c->argv[1], 0, 1, &mf->mf_regex_pattern );
+               for ( m2 = &mt->mt_filter; *m2; m2 = &(*m2)->mf_next )
+                       ;
+               *m2 = mf;
+       } break;
+
        case LDAP_BACK_CFG_DEFAULT_T:
        /* default target directive */
                i = mi->mi_ntargets - 1;