diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/combinator.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/combinator.rs
index e79de20870..669ddf63a7 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/combinator.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/combinator.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ where
         cmp::min(self.a.max_level_hint(), self.b.max_level_hint())
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn event_enabled(&self, event: &tracing_core::Event<'_>, cx: &Context<'_, S>) -> bool {
+        self.a.event_enabled(event, cx) && self.b.event_enabled(event, cx)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn on_new_span(&self, attrs: &Attributes<'_>, id: &Id, ctx: Context<'_, S>) {
         self.a.on_new_span(attrs, id, ctx.clone());
@@ -324,6 +329,11 @@ where
         Some(cmp::max(self.a.max_level_hint()?, self.b.max_level_hint()?))
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn event_enabled(&self, event: &tracing_core::Event<'_>, cx: &Context<'_, S>) -> bool {
+        self.a.event_enabled(event, cx) || self.b.event_enabled(event, cx)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn on_new_span(&self, attrs: &Attributes<'_>, id: &Id, ctx: Context<'_, S>) {
         self.a.on_new_span(attrs, id, ctx.clone());
@@ -393,7 +403,16 @@ where
     /// If the wrapped filter would enable a span or event, it will be disabled. If
     /// it would disable a span or event, that span or event will be enabled.
     ///
+    /// This inverts the values returned by the [`enabled`] and [`callsite_enabled`]
+    /// methods on the wrapped filter; it does *not* invert [`event_enabled`], as
+    /// implementing that method is optional, and filters which do not implement
+    /// filtering on event field values will return `true` even for events that their
+    /// [`enabled`] method would disable.
+    ///
     /// [`Filter`]: crate::layer::Filter
+    /// [`enabled`]: crate::layer::Filter::enabled
+    /// [`event_enabled`]: crate::layer::Filter::event_enabled
+    /// [`callsite_enabled`]: crate::layer::Filter::callsite_enabled
     pub(crate) fn new(a: A) -> Self {
         Self { a, _s: PhantomData }
     }
@@ -421,6 +440,14 @@ where
         None
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn event_enabled(&self, event: &tracing_core::Event<'_>, cx: &Context<'_, S>) -> bool {
+        // Never disable based on event_enabled; we "disabled" it in `enabled`,
+        // so the `not` has already been applied and filtered this not out.
+        let _ = (event, cx);
+        true
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn on_new_span(&self, attrs: &Attributes<'_>, id: &Id, ctx: Context<'_, S>) {
         self.a.on_new_span(attrs, id, ctx);
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/mod.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/mod.rs
index 8949cfb5a8..fbfa55a443 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/mod.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/layer_filters/mod.rs
@@ -298,6 +298,17 @@ pub trait FilterExt<S>: layer::Filter<S> {
 
     /// Inverts `self`, returning a filter that enables spans and events only if
     /// `self` would *not* enable them.
+    ///
+    /// This inverts the values returned by the [`enabled`] and [`callsite_enabled`]
+    /// methods on the wrapped filter; it does *not* invert [`event_enabled`], as
+    /// implementing that method is optional, and filters which do not implement
+    /// filtering on event field values will return `true` even for events that their
+    /// [`enabled`] method would disable.
+    ///
+    /// [`Filter`]: crate::subscribe::Filter
+    /// [`enabled`]: crate::subscribe::Filter::enabled
+    /// [`event_enabled`]: crate::subscribe::Filter::event_enabled
+    /// [`callsite_enabled`]: crate::subscribe::Filter::callsite_enabled
     fn not(self) -> combinator::Not<Self, S>
     where
         Self: Sized,
@@ -643,6 +654,22 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    fn event_enabled(&self, event: &Event<'_>, cx: Context<'_, S>) -> bool {
+        let cx = cx.with_filter(self.id());
+        let enabled = FILTERING
+            .with(|filtering| filtering.and(self.id(), || self.filter.event_enabled(event, &cx)));
+
+        if enabled {
+            // If the filter enabled this event, ask the wrapped subscriber if
+            // _it_ wants it --- it might have a global filter.
+            self.layer.event_enabled(event, cx)
+        } else {
+            // Otherwise, return `true`. See the comment in `enabled` for why this
+            // is necessary.
+            true
+        }
+    }
+
     fn on_event(&self, event: &Event<'_>, cx: Context<'_, S>) {
         self.did_enable(|| {
             self.layer.on_event(event, cx.with_filter(self.id()));
@@ -1014,6 +1041,14 @@ impl FilterState {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Run a second filtering pass, e.g. for Subscribe::event_enabled.
+    fn and(&self, filter: FilterId, f: impl FnOnce() -> bool) -> bool {
+        let map = self.enabled.get();
+        let enabled = map.is_enabled(filter) && f();
+        self.enabled.set(map.set(filter, enabled));
+        enabled
+    }
+
     /// Clears the current in-progress filter state.
     ///
     /// This resets the [`FilterMap`] and current [`Interest`] as well as
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/layer/mod.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/layer/mod.rs
index d4bccfcf1a..c5ce1f2e88 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/layer/mod.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/layer/mod.rs
@@ -1352,6 +1352,26 @@ feature! {
             Interest::sometimes()
         }
 
+        /// Called before the filtered [`Layer]'s [`on_event`], to determine if
+        /// `on_event` should be called.
+        ///
+        /// This gives a chance to filter events based on their fields. Note,
+        /// however, that this *does not* override [`enabled`], and is not even
+        /// called if [`enabled`] returns `false`.
+        ///
+        /// ## Default Implementation
+        ///
+        /// By default, this method returns `true`, indicating that no events are
+        /// filtered out based on their fields.
+        ///
+        /// [`enabled`]: crate::layer::Filter::enabled
+        /// [`on_event`]: crate::layer::Layer::on_event
+        #[inline] // collapse this to a constant please mrs optimizer
+        fn event_enabled(&self, event: &Event<'_>, cx: &Context<'_, S>) -> bool {
+            let _ = (event, cx);
+            true
+        }
+
         /// Returns an optional hint of the highest [verbosity level][level] that
         /// this `Filter` will enable.
         ///
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs
index b81d5fef83..7978997678 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,13 @@ impl Subscriber for Registry {
 
     fn record_follows_from(&self, _span: &span::Id, _follows: &span::Id) {}
 
+    fn event_enabled(&self, _event: &Event<'_>) -> bool {
+        if self.has_per_layer_filters() {
+            return FilterState::event_enabled();
+        }
+        true
+    }
+
     /// This is intentionally not implemented, as recording events
     /// is the responsibility of layers atop of this registry.
     fn event(&self, _: &Event<'_>) {}
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/tests/layer_filters/main.rs b/tracing-subscriber/tests/layer_filters/main.rs
index 0233f063b9..10f06c24c6 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/tests/layer_filters/main.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/tests/layer_filters/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use self::support::*;
 mod boxed;
 mod downcast_raw;
 mod filter_scopes;
+mod per_event;
 mod targets;
 mod trees;
 mod vec;
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/tests/layer_filters/per_event.rs b/tracing-subscriber/tests/layer_filters/per_event.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c785f9a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/tests/layer_filters/per_event.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+use crate::support::*;
+use tracing::Level;
+use tracing_subscriber::{field::Visit, layer::Filter, prelude::*};
+
+struct FilterEvent;
+
+impl<S> Filter<S> for FilterEvent {
+    fn enabled(
+        &self,
+        _meta: &tracing::Metadata<'_>,
+        _cx: &tracing_subscriber::layer::Context<'_, S>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn event_enabled(
+        &self,
+        event: &tracing::Event<'_>,
+        _cx: &tracing_subscriber::layer::Context<'_, S>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        struct ShouldEnable(bool);
+        impl Visit for ShouldEnable {
+            fn record_bool(&mut self, field: &tracing_core::Field, value: bool) {
+                if field.name() == "enable" {
+                    self.0 = value;
+                }
+            }
+
+            fn record_debug(
+                &mut self,
+                _field: &tracing_core::Field,
+                _value: &dyn core::fmt::Debug,
+            ) {
+            }
+        }
+        let mut should_enable = ShouldEnable(false);
+        event.record(&mut should_enable);
+        should_enable.0
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn per_subscriber_event_field_filtering() {
+    let (expect, handle) = layer::mock()
+        .event(event::mock().at_level(Level::TRACE))
+        .event(event::mock().at_level(Level::INFO))
+        .done()
+        .run_with_handle();
+
+    let _subscriber = tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(expect.with_filter(FilterEvent))
+        .set_default();
+
+    tracing::trace!(enable = true, "hello trace");
+    tracing::debug!("hello debug");
+    tracing::info!(enable = true, "hello info");
+    tracing::warn!(enable = false, "hello warn");
+    tracing::error!("hello error");
+
+    handle.assert_finished();
+}