diff --git a/path-walk.c b/path-walk.c
index 136ec08fb0e..c7456a9c1c0 100644
--- a/path-walk.c
+++ b/path-walk.c

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "object.h"
 #include "oid-array.h"
 #include "prio-queue.h"
+#include "repository.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "strmap.h"

@@ -173,6 +174,23 @@ static int add_tree_entries(struct path_walk_context *ctx,
 		if (type == OBJ_TREE)
 			strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
 
+		if (ctx->info->pl) {
+			int dtype;
+			enum pattern_match_result match;
+			match = path_matches_pattern_list(path.buf, path.len,
+							  path.buf + base_len, &dtype,
+							  ctx->info->pl,
+							  ctx->repo->index);
+
+			if (ctx->info->pl->use_cone_patterns &&
+			    match == NOT_MATCHED)
+				continue;
+			else if (!ctx->info->pl->use_cone_patterns &&
+				 type == OBJ_BLOB &&
+				 match != MATCHED)

diff --git a/t/helper/test-path-walk.c b/t/helper/test-path-walk.c
index 7f2d409c5bc..61e845e5ec2 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-path-walk.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-path-walk.c

@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ static int emit_block(const char *path, struct oid_array *oids,
 
 int cmd__path_walk(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	int res;
+	int res, stdin_pl = 0;
 	struct rev_info revs = REV_INFO_INIT;
 	struct path_walk_info info = PATH_WALK_INFO_INIT;
 	struct path_walk_test_data data = { 0 };

@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ int cmd__path_walk(int argc, const char **argv)
 			 N_("toggle inclusion of tree objects")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "prune", &info.prune_all_uninteresting,
 			 N_("toggle pruning of uninteresting paths")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-pl", &stdin_pl,
+			 N_("read a pattern list over stdin")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};