diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 63100c3d144b3..52700f0097b1c 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ Clears all registered handlers.
   - `slowMo` <[number]> Slows down Puppeteer operations by the specified amount of milliseconds. Useful so that you can see what is going on.
   - `transport` <[ConnectionTransport]> **Experimental** Specify a custom transport object for Puppeteer to use.
   - `product` <[string]> Possible values are: `chrome`, `firefox`. Defaults to `chrome`.
+  - `targetFilter` <?[function]\([Protocol.Target.TargetInfo]\):[Promise]<[boolean]>|[boolean]> Use this function to decide if Puppeteer should connect to the given target. If a `targetFilter` is provided, Puppeteer only connects to targets for which `targetFilter` returns `true`. By default, Puppeteer connects to all available targets.
 - returns: <[Promise]<[Browser]>>
 
 This methods attaches Puppeteer to an existing browser instance.
@@ -623,6 +624,7 @@ try {
   - `devtools` <[boolean]> Whether to auto-open a DevTools panel for each tab. If this option is `true`, the `headless` option will be set `false`.
   - `pipe` <[boolean]> Connects to the browser over a pipe instead of a WebSocket. Defaults to `false`.
   - `extraPrefsFirefox` <[Object]> Additional [preferences](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference) that can be passed to Firefox (see `PUPPETEER_PRODUCT`)
+  - `targetFilter` <?[function]\([Protocol.Target.TargetInfo]\):[Promise]<[boolean]>|[boolean]> Use this function to decide if Puppeteer should connect to the given target. If a `targetFilter` is provided, Puppeteer only connects to targets for which `targetFilter` returns `true`. By default, Puppeteer connects to all available targets.
 - returns: <[Promise]<[Browser]>> Promise which resolves to browser instance.
 
 You can use `ignoreDefaultArgs` to filter out `--mute-audio` from default arguments:
diff --git a/src/common/Browser.ts b/src/common/Browser.ts
index 5d1d142400474..d4acb4cf24702 100644
--- a/src/common/Browser.ts
+++ b/src/common/Browser.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ import { Viewport } from './PuppeteerViewport.js';
  */
 export type BrowserCloseCallback = () => Promise<void> | void;
 
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export type TargetFilterCallback = (
+  target: Protocol.Target.TargetInfo
+) => Promise<boolean> | boolean;
+
 const WEB_PERMISSION_TO_PROTOCOL_PERMISSION = new Map<
   Permission,
   Protocol.Browser.PermissionType
@@ -189,7 +196,8 @@ export class Browser extends EventEmitter {
     ignoreHTTPSErrors: boolean,
     defaultViewport?: Viewport | null,
     process?: ChildProcess,
-    closeCallback?: BrowserCloseCallback
+    closeCallback?: BrowserCloseCallback,
+    targetFilterCallback?: TargetFilterCallback
   ): Promise<Browser> {
     const browser = new Browser(
       connection,
@@ -197,7 +205,8 @@ export class Browser extends EventEmitter {
       ignoreHTTPSErrors,
       defaultViewport,
       process,
-      closeCallback
+      closeCallback,
+      targetFilterCallback
     );
     await connection.send('Target.setDiscoverTargets', { discover: true });
     return browser;
@@ -207,6 +216,7 @@ export class Browser extends EventEmitter {
   private _process?: ChildProcess;
   private _connection: Connection;
   private _closeCallback: BrowserCloseCallback;
+  private _targetFilterCallback: TargetFilterCallback;
   private _defaultContext: BrowserContext;
   private _contexts: Map<string, BrowserContext>;
   /**
@@ -224,7 +234,8 @@ export class Browser extends EventEmitter {
     ignoreHTTPSErrors: boolean,
     defaultViewport?: Viewport | null,
     process?: ChildProcess,
-    closeCallback?: BrowserCloseCallback
+    closeCallback?: BrowserCloseCallback,
+    targetFilterCallback?: TargetFilterCallback
   ) {
     super();
     this._ignoreHTTPSErrors = ignoreHTTPSErrors;
@@ -232,6 +243,7 @@ export class Browser extends EventEmitter {
     this._process = process;
     this._connection = connection;
     this._closeCallback = closeCallback || function (): void {};
+    this._targetFilterCallback = targetFilterCallback || ((): boolean => true);
 
     this._defaultContext = new BrowserContext(this._connection, this, null);
     this._contexts = new Map();
@@ -330,6 +342,11 @@ export class Browser extends EventEmitter {
         ? this._contexts.get(browserContextId)
         : this._defaultContext;
 
+    const shouldAttachToTarget = await this._targetFilterCallback(targetInfo);
+    if (!shouldAttachToTarget) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const target = new Target(
       targetInfo,
       context,
diff --git a/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts b/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
index 1f8963bae95a4..58cdf4ce6ace0 100644
--- a/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
+++ b/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ConnectionTransport } from './ConnectionTransport.js';
-import { Browser } from './Browser.js';
+import { Browser, TargetFilterCallback } from './Browser.js';
 import { assert } from './assert.js';
 import { debugError } from '../common/helper.js';
 import { Connection } from './Connection.js';
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ export interface BrowserConnectOptions {
    * aid debugging.
    */
   slowMo?: number;
+  /**
+   * Callback to decide if Puppeteer should connect to a given target or not.
+   */
+  targetFilter?: TargetFilterCallback;
 }
 
 const getWebSocketTransportClass = async () => {
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ export const connectToBrowser = async (
     defaultViewport = { width: 800, height: 600 },
     transport,
     slowMo = 0,
+    targetFilter,
   } = options;
 
   assert(
@@ -106,7 +111,8 @@ export const connectToBrowser = async (
     ignoreHTTPSErrors,
     defaultViewport,
     null,
-    () => connection.send('Browser.close').catch(debugError)
+    () => connection.send('Browser.close').catch(debugError),
+    targetFilter
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/test/launcher.spec.ts b/test/launcher.spec.ts
index 864cebdaa0c7c..c302db28c6b2f 100644
--- a/test/launcher.spec.ts
+++ b/test/launcher.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
+import Protocol from 'devtools-protocol';
 import {
   getTestState,
   itFailsFirefox,
@@ -538,6 +539,35 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         await page.close();
         await browser.close();
       });
+      it('should support targetFilter option', async () => {
+        const { server, puppeteer, defaultBrowserOptions } = getTestState();
+
+        const originalBrowser = await puppeteer.launch(defaultBrowserOptions);
+        const browserWSEndpoint = originalBrowser.wsEndpoint();
+
+        const page1 = await originalBrowser.newPage();
+        await page1.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+
+        const page2 = await originalBrowser.newPage();
+        await page2.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE + '?should-be-ignored');
+
+        const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
+          browserWSEndpoint,
+          targetFilter: (targetInfo: Protocol.Target.TargetInfo) =>
+            !targetInfo.url.includes('should-be-ignored'),
+        });
+
+        const pages = await browser.pages();
+
+        await page2.close();
+        await page1.close();
+        await browser.close();
+
+        expect(pages.map((p: Page) => p.url()).sort()).toEqual([
+          'about:blank',
+          server.EMPTY_PAGE,
+        ]);
+      });
       itFailsFirefox(
         'should be able to reconnect to a disconnected browser',
         async () => {