diff --git a/cmd/metacache-bucket.go b/cmd/metacache-bucket.go
index 8859c2085..49aebbe0e 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache-bucket.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache-bucket.go
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ func (b *bucketMetacache) findCache(o listPathOptions) metacache {
 			debugPrint("cache %s prefix mismatch, cached:%v, want:%v", cached.id, cached.root, o.BaseDir)
 			continue
 		}
+		if cached.filter != "" && strings.HasPrefix(cached.filter, o.FilterPrefix) {
+			debugPrint("cache %s cannot be used because of filter %s", cached.id, cached.filter)
+			continue
+		}
 		// If the existing listing wasn't recursive root must match.
 		if !cached.recursive && o.BaseDir != cached.root {
 			debugPrint("cache %s  non rec prefix mismatch, cached:%v, want:%v", cached.id, cached.root, o.BaseDir)
diff --git a/cmd/metacache-server-sets.go b/cmd/metacache-server-sets.go
index ee75c71af..97aa001da 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache-server-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache-server-sets.go
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ func (z *erasureServerSets) listPath(ctx context.Context, o listPathOptions) (en
 			rpc = nil
 			o.Transient = true
 		}
+		// Apply prefix filter if enabled.
+		o.SetFilter()
 		if rpc == nil || o.Transient {
 			// Local
 			cache = localMetacacheMgr.findCache(ctx, o)
diff --git a/cmd/metacache-set.go b/cmd/metacache-set.go
index 9e8948011..58c6faa7d 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache-set.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache-set.go
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ type listPathOptions struct {
 	// Scan/return only content with prefix.
 	Prefix string
 
+	// FilterPrefix will return only results with this prefix when scanning.
+	// Should never contain a slash.
+	// Prefix should still be set.
+	FilterPrefix string
+
 	// Marker to resume listing.
 	// The response will be the first entry AFTER this object name.
 	Marker string
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@ func (o listPathOptions) newMetacache() metacache {
 		startedCycle: o.CurrentCycle,
 		endedCycle:   0,
 		dataVersion:  metacacheStreamVersion,
+		filter:       o.FilterPrefix,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -279,6 +285,28 @@ func (o *listPathOptions) objectPath(block int) string {
 	return pathJoin(metacachePrefixForID(o.Bucket, o.ID), "block-"+strconv.Itoa(block)+".s2")
 }
 
+func (o *listPathOptions) SetFilter() {
+	switch {
+	case metacacheSharePrefix:
+		return
+	case o.CurrentCycle != o.OldestCycle:
+		// We have a clean bloom filter
+		return
+	case o.Prefix == o.BaseDir:
+		// No additional prefix
+		return
+	}
+	// Remove basedir.
+	o.FilterPrefix = strings.TrimPrefix(o.Prefix, o.BaseDir)
+	// Remove leading and trailing slashes.
+	o.FilterPrefix = strings.Trim(o.FilterPrefix, slashSeparator)
+
+	if strings.Contains(o.FilterPrefix, slashSeparator) {
+		// Sanity check, should not happen.
+		o.FilterPrefix = ""
+	}
+}
+
 // filter will apply the options and return the number of objects requested by the limit.
 // Will return io.EOF if there are no more entries with the same filter.
 // The last entry can be used as a marker to resume the listing.
@@ -604,7 +632,11 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) listPath(ctx context.Context, o listPathOptions) (entr
 		}
 		// Send request to each disk.
 		go func() {
-			err := d.WalkDir(ctx, WalkDirOptions{Bucket: o.Bucket, BaseDir: o.BaseDir, Recursive: o.Recursive || o.Separator != SlashSeparator}, w)
+			err := d.WalkDir(ctx, WalkDirOptions{
+				Bucket:       o.Bucket,
+				BaseDir:      o.BaseDir,
+				Recursive:    o.Recursive || o.Separator != SlashSeparator,
+				FilterPrefix: o.FilterPrefix}, w)
 			w.CloseWithError(err)
 			if err != io.EOF {
 				logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
diff --git a/cmd/metacache-walk.go b/cmd/metacache-walk.go
index 6d2a755f7..a1b260f2c 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache-walk.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache-walk.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ type WalkDirOptions struct {
 
 	// Do a full recursive scan.
 	Recursive bool
+
+	// FilterPrefix will only return results with given prefix within folder.
+	// Should never contain a slash.
+	FilterPrefix string
 }
 
 // WalkDir will traverse a directory and return all entries found.
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opts WalkDirOptions, wr io.Writ
 	}
 	defer close(out)
 
+	prefix := opts.FilterPrefix
 	var scanDir func(path string) error
 	scanDir = func(current string) error {
 		entries, err := s.ListDir(ctx, opts.Bucket, current, -1)
@@ -98,6 +103,9 @@ func (s *xlStorage) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opts WalkDirOptions, wr io.Writ
 		}
 		dirObjects := make(map[string]struct{})
 		for i, entry := range entries {
+			if len(prefix) > 0 && !strings.HasPrefix(entry, prefix) {
+				continue
+			}
 			if strings.HasSuffix(entry, slashSeparator) {
 				if strings.HasSuffix(entry, globalDirSuffixWithSlash) {
 					// Add without extension so it is sorted correctly.
@@ -148,6 +156,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opts WalkDirOptions, wr io.Writ
 		// Process in sort order.
 		sort.Strings(entries)
 		dirStack := make([]string, 0, 5)
+		prefix = "" // Remove prefix after first level.
 		for _, entry := range entries {
 			if entry == "" {
 				continue
@@ -232,6 +241,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opts WalkDirOption
 	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, opts.Bucket)
 	values.Set(storageRESTDirPath, opts.BaseDir)
 	values.Set(storageRESTRecursive, strconv.FormatBool(opts.Recursive))
+	values.Set(storageRESTPrefixFilter, opts.FilterPrefix)
 	respBody, err := client.call(ctx, storageRESTMethodWalkDir, values, nil, -1)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
@@ -248,11 +258,17 @@ func (s *storageRESTServer) WalkDirHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	volume := vars[storageRESTVolume]
 	dirPath := vars[storageRESTDirPath]
+	prefix := vars[storageRESTPrefixFilter]
 	recursive, err := strconv.ParseBool(vars[storageRESTRecursive])
 	if err != nil {
 		s.writeErrorResponse(w, err)
 		return
 	}
 	writer := streamHTTPResponse(w)
-	writer.CloseWithError(s.storage.WalkDir(r.Context(), WalkDirOptions{Bucket: volume, BaseDir: dirPath, Recursive: recursive}, writer))
+	writer.CloseWithError(s.storage.WalkDir(r.Context(), WalkDirOptions{
+		Bucket:       volume,
+		BaseDir:      dirPath,
+		Recursive:    recursive,
+		FilterPrefix: prefix,
+	}, writer))
 }
diff --git a/cmd/metacache.go b/cmd/metacache.go
index b6a3a5575..770853274 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache.go
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ const (
 
 	// metacacheBlockSize is the number of file/directory entries to have in each block.
 	metacacheBlockSize = 5000
+
+	// metacacheSharePrefix controls whether prefixes on dirty paths are always shared.
+	// This will make `test/a` and `test/b` share listings if they are concurrent.
+	// Enabling this will make cache sharing more likely and cause less IO,
+	// but may cause additional latency to some calls.
+	metacacheSharePrefix = false
 )
 
 //go:generate msgp -file $GOFILE -unexported
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@ type metacache struct {
 	bucket       string     `msg:"b"`
 	root         string     `msg:"root"`
 	recursive    bool       `msg:"rec"`
+	filter       string     `msg:"flt"`
 	status       scanStatus `msg:"stat"`
 	fileNotFound bool       `msg:"fnf"`
 	error        string     `msg:"err"`
@@ -114,16 +121,16 @@ func (m *metacache) canBeReplacedBy(other *metacache) bool {
 	switch {
 	case !m.recursive && !other.recursive:
 		// If both not recursive root must match.
-		return m.root == other.root
+		return m.root == other.root && strings.HasPrefix(m.filter, other.filter)
 	case m.recursive && !other.recursive:
 		// A recursive can never be replaced by a non-recursive
 		return false
 	case !m.recursive && other.recursive:
 		// If other is recursive it must contain this root
-		return strings.HasPrefix(m.root, other.root)
+		return strings.HasPrefix(m.root, other.root) && other.filter == ""
 	case m.recursive && other.recursive:
 		// Similar if both are recursive
-		return strings.HasPrefix(m.root, other.root)
+		return strings.HasPrefix(m.root, other.root) && other.filter == ""
 	}
 	panic("should be unreachable")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/metacache_gen.go b/cmd/metacache_gen.go
index c5d8afda7..ef2577490 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache_gen.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache_gen.go
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ func (z *metacache) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "recursive")
 				return
 			}
+		case "flt":
+			z.filter, err = dc.ReadString()
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "filter")
+				return
+			}
 		case "stat":
 			{
 				var zb0002 uint8
@@ -125,9 +131,9 @@ func (z *metacache) DecodeMsg(dc *msgp.Reader) (err error) {
 
 // EncodeMsg implements msgp.Encodable
 func (z *metacache) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
-	// map header, size 14
+	// map header, size 15
 	// write "id"
-	err = en.Append(0x8e, 0xa2, 0x69, 0x64)
+	err = en.Append(0x8f, 0xa2, 0x69, 0x64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -166,6 +172,16 @@ func (z *metacache) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "recursive")
 		return
 	}
+	// write "flt"
+	err = en.Append(0xa3, 0x66, 0x6c, 0x74)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	err = en.WriteString(z.filter)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "filter")
+		return
+	}
 	// write "stat"
 	err = en.Append(0xa4, 0x73, 0x74, 0x61, 0x74)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -272,9 +288,9 @@ func (z *metacache) EncodeMsg(en *msgp.Writer) (err error) {
 // MarshalMsg implements msgp.Marshaler
 func (z *metacache) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	o = msgp.Require(b, z.Msgsize())
-	// map header, size 14
+	// map header, size 15
 	// string "id"
-	o = append(o, 0x8e, 0xa2, 0x69, 0x64)
+	o = append(o, 0x8f, 0xa2, 0x69, 0x64)
 	o = msgp.AppendString(o, z.id)
 	// string "b"
 	o = append(o, 0xa1, 0x62)
@@ -285,6 +301,9 @@ func (z *metacache) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	// string "rec"
 	o = append(o, 0xa3, 0x72, 0x65, 0x63)
 	o = msgp.AppendBool(o, z.recursive)
+	// string "flt"
+	o = append(o, 0xa3, 0x66, 0x6c, 0x74)
+	o = msgp.AppendString(o, z.filter)
 	// string "stat"
 	o = append(o, 0xa4, 0x73, 0x74, 0x61, 0x74)
 	o = msgp.AppendUint8(o, uint8(z.status))
@@ -360,6 +379,12 @@ func (z *metacache) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "recursive")
 				return
 			}
+		case "flt":
+			z.filter, bts, err = msgp.ReadStringBytes(bts)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "filter")
+				return
+			}
 		case "stat":
 			{
 				var zb0002 uint8
@@ -438,7 +463,7 @@ func (z *metacache) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 
 // Msgsize returns an upper bound estimate of the number of bytes occupied by the serialized message
 func (z *metacache) Msgsize() (s int) {
-	s = 1 + 3 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.id) + 2 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.bucket) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.root) + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 5 + msgp.Uint8Size + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 4 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.error) + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 4 + msgp.TimeSize + 2 + msgp.TimeSize + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 4 + msgp.Uint64Size + 5 + msgp.Uint64Size + 2 + msgp.Uint8Size
+	s = 1 + 3 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.id) + 2 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.bucket) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.root) + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 4 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.filter) + 5 + msgp.Uint8Size + 4 + msgp.BoolSize + 4 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.error) + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 4 + msgp.TimeSize + 2 + msgp.TimeSize + 3 + msgp.TimeSize + 4 + msgp.Uint64Size + 5 + msgp.Uint64Size + 2 + msgp.Uint8Size
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-common.go b/cmd/storage-rest-common.go
index 289c13f20..8f5a5a276 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-common.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-common.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ const (
 	storageRESTLength        = "length"
 	storageRESTCount         = "count"
 	storageRESTMarkerPath    = "marker"
+	storageRESTPrefixFilter  = "prefix"
 	storageRESTRecursive     = "recursive"
 	storageRESTBitrotAlgo    = "bitrot-algo"
 	storageRESTBitrotHash    = "bitrot-hash"
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
index d99ae555e..c76292441 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ func registerStorageRESTHandlers(router *mux.Router, endpointServerSets Endpoint
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodVerifyFile).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.VerifyFileHandler)).
 				Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTFilePath)...)
 			subrouter.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path(storageRESTVersionPrefix + storageRESTMethodWalkDir).HandlerFunc(httpTraceHdrs(server.WalkDirHandler)).
-				Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTDirPath, storageRESTRecursive)...)
+				Queries(restQueries(storageRESTVolume, storageRESTDirPath, storageRESTRecursive, storageRESTPrefixFilter)...)
 		}
 	}
 }