diff --git a/list-objects-filter.c b/list-objects-filter.c
index 39e2f15333..0ebfa52966 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter.c
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_blobs_none(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		/* always include all tree objects */
@@ -173,6 +183,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_trees_depth(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_END_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		filter_data->current_depth--;
@@ -267,6 +287,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_blobs_limit(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		/* always include all tree objects */
@@ -371,6 +401,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_sparse(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		dtype = DT_DIR;
diff --git a/list-objects-filter.h b/list-objects-filter.h
index cfd784e203..9e98814111 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.h
+++ b/list-objects-filter.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ enum list_objects_filter_result {
 };
 
 enum list_objects_filter_situation {
+	LOFS_COMMIT,
+	LOFS_TAG,
 	LOFS_BEGIN_TREE,
 	LOFS_END_TREE,
 	LOFS_BLOB
diff --git a/list-objects.c b/list-objects.c
index a5a60301cb..0c524a81ac 100644
--- a/list-objects.c
+++ b/list-objects.c
@@ -217,8 +217,14 @@ static void process_tag(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 			struct tag *tag,
 			const char *name)
 {
-	tag->object.flags |= SEEN;
-	ctx->show_object(&tag->object, name, ctx->show_data);
+	enum list_objects_filter_result r;
+
+	r = list_objects_filter__filter_object(ctx->revs->repo, LOFS_TAG,
+					       &tag->object, "", 0, ctx->filter);
+	if (r & LOFR_MARK_SEEN)
+		tag->object.flags |= SEEN;
+	if (r & LOFR_DO_SHOW)
+		ctx->show_object(&tag->object, name, ctx->show_data);
 }
 
 static void mark_edge_parents_uninteresting(struct commit *commit,
@@ -368,6 +374,12 @@ static void do_traverse(struct traversal_context *ctx)
 	strbuf_init(&csp, PATH_MAX);
 
 	while ((commit = get_revision(ctx->revs)) != NULL) {
+		enum list_objects_filter_result r;
+
+		r = list_objects_filter__filter_object(ctx->revs->repo,
+				LOFS_COMMIT, &commit->object,
+				NULL, NULL, ctx->filter);
+
 		/*
 		 * an uninteresting boundary commit may not have its tree
 		 * parsed yet, but we are not going to show them anyway
@@ -382,7 +394,11 @@ static void do_traverse(struct traversal_context *ctx)
 			die(_("unable to load root tree for commit %s"),
 			      oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
 		}
-		ctx->show_commit(commit, ctx->show_data);
+
+		if (r & LOFR_MARK_SEEN)
+			commit->object.flags |= SEEN;
+		if (r & LOFR_DO_SHOW)
+			ctx->show_commit(commit, ctx->show_data);
 
 		if (ctx->revs->tree_blobs_in_commit_order)
 			/*
