diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIO.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIO.java
index 6441524fc847..92c13ea30fe7 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIO.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIO.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.ChangeStreamRecord;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.KeyOffset;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -610,6 +611,23 @@ public Read withRowFilter(RowFilter filter) {
       return withRowFilter(StaticValueProvider.of(filter));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a new {@link BigtableIO.Read} that will filter the rows read from Cloud Bigtable
+     * using the given row filter encoded with {@link RowUtils#encodeRowFilter(RowFilter)}. If
+     * {@link #withRowFilter(RowFilter)} is also set, it'll use the row filter specified in {@link
+     * #withRowFilter(RowFilter)}.
+     *
+     * <p>Does not modify this object.
+     */
+    public Read withEncodedRowFilter(ValueProvider<String> filter) {
+      checkArgumentNotNull(filter, "filter can not be null");
+      BigtableReadOptions bigtableReadOptions = getBigtableReadOptions();
+      return toBuilder()
+          .setBigtableReadOptions(
+              bigtableReadOptions.toBuilder().setEncodedRowFilter(filter).build())
+          .build();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a new {@link BigtableIO.Read} that will break up read requests into smaller batches.
      * This function will switch the base BigtableIO.Reader class to using the SegmentReader. If
@@ -1939,7 +1957,19 @@ public List<ByteKeyRange> getRanges() {
 
     public @Nullable RowFilter getRowFilter() {
       ValueProvider<RowFilter> rowFilter = readOptions.getRowFilter();
-      return rowFilter != null && rowFilter.isAccessible() ? rowFilter.get() : null;
+      if (rowFilter != null && rowFilter.isAccessible()) {
+        return rowFilter.get();
+      }
+      ValueProvider<String> encoded = readOptions.getEncodedRowFilter();
+      if (encoded != null && encoded.isAccessible()) {
+        String filterString = encoded.get();
+        try {
+          return RowUtils.decodeRowFilter(filterString);
+        } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException("Failed to decode row filter string", e);
+        }
+      }
+      return null;
     }
 
     public @Nullable Integer getMaxBufferElementCount() {
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableReadOptions.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableReadOptions.java
index 46834cc9756f..d3bdd299cfe0 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableReadOptions.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableReadOptions.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ abstract class BigtableReadOptions implements Serializable {
   /** Returns the row filter to use. */
   abstract @Nullable ValueProvider<RowFilter> getRowFilter();
 
+  /** Returns the row filter string encoded with {@link RowUtils#encodeRowFilter(RowFilter)}. */
+  abstract @Nullable ValueProvider<String> getEncodedRowFilter();
+
   /** Returns the key ranges to read. */
   abstract @Nullable ValueProvider<List<ByteKeyRange>> getKeyRanges();
 
@@ -73,6 +76,8 @@ abstract static class Builder {
 
     abstract Builder setRowFilter(ValueProvider<RowFilter> rowFilter);
 
+    abstract Builder setEncodedRowFilter(ValueProvider<String> serializedRowFilter);
+
     abstract Builder setMaxBufferElementCount(@Nullable Integer maxBufferElementCount);
 
     abstract Builder setKeyRanges(ValueProvider<List<ByteKeyRange>> keyRanges);
@@ -110,6 +115,9 @@ void populateDisplayData(DisplayData.Builder builder) {
     builder
         .addIfNotNull(DisplayData.item("tableId", getTableId()).withLabel("Bigtable Table Id"))
         .addIfNotNull(DisplayData.item("rowFilter", getRowFilter()).withLabel("Row Filter"))
+        .addIfNotNull(
+            DisplayData.item("encodedRowFilter", getEncodedRowFilter())
+                .withLabel("Encoded Row Filter"))
         .addIfNotNull(DisplayData.item("keyRanges", getKeyRanges()).withLabel("Key Ranges"))
         .addIfNotNull(
             DisplayData.item("attemptTimeout", getAttemptTimeout())
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/RowUtils.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/RowUtils.java
index a79a432cb89f..952482605576 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/RowUtils.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/RowUtils.java
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.bigtable;
 
+import com.google.bigtable.v2.RowFilter;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
+import java.util.Base64;
 
 public class RowUtils {
   public static final String KEY = "key";
@@ -33,4 +36,15 @@ public static ByteString byteString(byte[] bytes) {
   public static ByteString byteStringUtf8(String value) {
     return ByteString.copyFromUtf8(value);
   }
+
+  /** Encode a row filter with Base64 encoding. */
+  public static String encodeRowFilter(RowFilter filter) {
+    return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(filter.toByteArray());
+  }
+
+  /** Decode a base64 encoded row filter string. */
+  public static RowFilter decodeRowFilter(String serialized) throws InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+    byte[] decoded = Base64.getDecoder().decode(serialized);
+    return RowFilter.parseFrom(decoded);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIOTest.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIOTest.java
index 2065772a9a4f..92c607441cd0 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIOTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigtable/BigtableIOTest.java
@@ -680,6 +680,36 @@ public void testReadingWithRuntimeParameterizedFilter() throws Exception {
         defaultRead.withTableId(table).withRowFilter(StaticValueProvider.of(filter)),
         Lists.newArrayList(filteredRows));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReadingWithEncodedRowFilter() throws Exception {
+    final String table = "TEST-FILTER-TABLE";
+    final int numRows = 1001;
+    List<Row> testRows = makeTableData(table, numRows);
+    String regex = ".*17.*";
+    final KeyMatchesRegex keyPredicate = new KeyMatchesRegex(regex);
+    Iterable<Row> filteredRows =
+        testRows.stream()
+            .filter(
+                input -> {
+                  verifyNotNull(input, "input");
+                  return keyPredicate.apply(input.getKey());
+                })
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    RowFilter filter =
+        RowFilter.newBuilder().setRowKeyRegexFilter(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(regex)).build();
+    String serializedFilter = RowUtils.encodeRowFilter(filter);
+
+    service.setupSampleRowKeys(table, 5, 10L);
+
+    runReadTest(
+        defaultRead
+            .withTableId(table)
+            .withEncodedRowFilter(StaticValueProvider.of(serializedFilter)),
+        Lists.newArrayList(filteredRows));
+  }
+
   /** Tests dynamic work rebalancing exhaustively. */
   @Test
   public void testReadingSplitAtFractionExhaustive() throws Exception {