diff --git a/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents.go b/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents.go
index ed40d071106..2e110b7536c 100644
--- a/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents.go
+++ b/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type Opts struct {
 	StackTraces   bool
 	ImaHash       bool
 	PolicyNames   []string
+	CelExpression []string
 }
 
 var Options Opts
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ var GetFilter = func() *tetragon.Filter {
 	if len(Options.PolicyNames) > 0 {
 		filter.PolicyNames = Options.PolicyNames
 	}
+	if len(Options.CelExpression) > 0 {
+		filter.CelExpression = Options.CelExpression
+	}
 
 	return &filter
 }
@@ -222,5 +226,6 @@ redirection of events to the stdin. Examples:
 	flags.BoolVar(&Options.StackTraces, "stack-traces", true, "Include stack traces in compact output")
 	flags.BoolVar(&Options.ImaHash, "ima-hash", true, "Include ima hashes in compact output")
 	flags.StringSliceVar(&Options.PolicyNames, "policy-names", nil, "Get events by tracing policy names")
+	flags.StringSliceVar(&Options.CelExpression, "cel-expression", nil, "Get events satisfying the CEL expression")
 	return &cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents_test.go b/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents_test.go
index 290fa99cb4f..0d8e0ce09ac 100644
--- a/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents_test.go
+++ b/cmd/tetra/getevents/getevents_test.go
@@ -130,4 +130,25 @@ func Test_GetEvents_FilterFields(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NotEmpty(t, res.GetProcessExec().Parent)
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("FilterCelExpression", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testutils.MockPipedFile(t, testutils.RepoRootPath("testdata/events.json"))
+		cmd := New()
+		cmd.SetArgs([]string{"--cel-expression", "process_exec.process.pod.pod_labels['class'] == 'deathstar'"})
+		output := testutils.RedirectStdoutExecuteCmd(t, cmd)
+		// remove last trailing newline for splitting
+		output = bytes.TrimSpace(output)
+		lines := bytes.Split(output, []byte("\n"))
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, len(lines))
+		for _, line := range lines {
+			var res tetragon.GetEventsResponse
+			err := json.Unmarshal(line, &res)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			class, ok := res.GetProcessExec().Process.Pod.PodLabels["class"]
+			assert.True(t, ok, "Class label should be present")
+			assert.Equal(t, class, "deathstar")
+		}
+	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/filters/filters.go b/pkg/filters/filters.go
index 648f7457b02..4cde2b55576 100644
--- a/pkg/filters/filters.go
+++ b/pkg/filters/filters.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	hubbleFilters "github.com/cilium/cilium/pkg/hubble/filters"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/api/v1/tetragon"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/api/v1/tetragon/codegen/helpers"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // ParseFilterList parses a list of process filters in JSON format into protobuf messages.
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ var Filters = []OnBuildFilter{
 	&PodRegexFilter{},
 	&PolicyNamesFilter{},
 	&CapsFilter{},
+	NewCELExpressionFilter(logrus.New()),
 }
 
 func GetProcess(event *v1.Event) *tetragon.Process {
diff --git a/pkg/filters/filters_test.go b/pkg/filters/filters_test.go
index b8d66e1d537..2d903403dc4 100644
--- a/pkg/filters/filters_test.go
+++ b/pkg/filters/filters_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ func TestParseFilterList(t *testing.T) {
 {"pid_set":[1]}
 {"event_set":["PROCESS_EXEC", "PROCESS_EXIT", "PROCESS_KPROBE", "PROCESS_TRACEPOINT"]}
 {"arguments_regex":["^--version$","^-a -b -c$"]}
-{"capabilities": {"effective": {"all": ["CAP_BPF", "CAP_SYS_ADMIN"]}}}`
+{"capabilities": {"effective": {"all": ["CAP_BPF", "CAP_SYS_ADMIN"]}}}
+{"cel_expression": ["process_exec.process.bad_field_name == 'curl'"]}`
 	filterProto, err := ParseFilterList(f, true)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func TestParseFilterList(t *testing.T) {
 					All: []tetragon.CapabilitiesType{tetragon.CapabilitiesType_CAP_BPF, tetragon.CapabilitiesType_CAP_SYS_ADMIN},
 				},
 			}},
+			{CelExpression: []string{"process_exec.process.bad_field_name == 'curl'"}},
 		},
 		filterProto,
 		cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(tetragon.Filter{}),