diff --git a/browser/devtools/webconsole/test/browser.ini b/browser/devtools/webconsole/test/browser.ini
index 585dcc38f75..a82c17e4e74 100644
--- a/browser/devtools/webconsole/test/browser.ini
+++ b/browser/devtools/webconsole/test/browser.ini
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ skip-if = e10s # Bug 1042253 - webconsole tests disabled with e10s
 skip-if = buildapp == 'mulet' || e10s # Bug 1042253 - webconsole e10s tests
 [browser_console_variables_view.js]
 skip-if = e10s # Bug 1042253 - webconsole tests disabled with e10s
+[browser_console_variables_view_filter.js]
 [browser_console_variables_view_dom_nodes.js]
 [browser_console_variables_view_dont_sort_non_sortable_classes_properties.js]
 skip-if = buildapp == 'mulet'
diff --git a/browser/devtools/webconsole/test/browser_console_variables_view_filter.js b/browser/devtools/webconsole/test/browser_console_variables_view_filter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3142c68455d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/devtools/webconsole/test/browser_console_variables_view_filter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+ * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+ */
+
+// Check that variables view filter feature works fine in the console.
+
+function props(view, prefix = "") {
+  // First match only the visible one, not hidden by a search
+  let visible = [...view].filter(([id, prop]) => prop._isMatch);
+  // Then flatten the list into a list of strings
+  // being the jsonpath of each attribute being visible in the view
+  return visible.reduce((list, [id, prop]) => {
+                   list.push(prefix + id);
+                   return list.concat(props(prop, prefix + id + "."));
+                 }, []);
+}
+
+function assertAttrs(view, expected, message) {
+  is(props(view).join(","), expected, message);
+}
+
+let test = asyncTest(function* () {
+  yield loadTab("data:text/html,webconsole-filter");
+
+  let hud = yield openConsole();
+
+  let jsterm = hud.jsterm;
+
+  let fetched = jsterm.once("variablesview-fetched");
+
+  yield jsterm.execute("inspect({ foo: { bar : \"baz\" } })");
+
+  let view = yield fetched;
+  let variablesView = view._variablesView;
+  let searchbox = variablesView._searchboxNode;
+
+  assertAttrs(view, "foo,__proto__", "To start with, we just see the top level foo attr");
+
+  fetched = jsterm.once("variablesview-fetched");
+  searchbox.focus();
+  EventUtils.sendString("bar", variablesView.window);
+  view = yield fetched;
+
+  assertAttrs(view, "", "If we don't manually expand nested attr, we don't see them in search");
+
+  fetched = jsterm.once("variablesview-fetched");
+  searchbox.focus();
+  searchbox.value = "";
+  EventUtils.synthesizeKey("VK_RETURN", {}, variablesView.window);
+  view = yield fetched;
+
+  assertAttrs(view, "foo", "If we reset the search, we get back to original state");
+
+  yield [...view][0][1].expand();
+
+  fetched = jsterm.once("variablesview-fetched");
+  searchbox.focus();
+  EventUtils.sendString("bar", variablesView.window);
+  view = yield fetched;
+
+  assertAttrs(view, "foo,foo.bar", "Now if we expand, we see the nested attr");
+
+  fetched = jsterm.once("variablesview-fetched");
+  searchbox.focus();
+  searchbox.value = "";
+  EventUtils.sendString("baz", variablesView.window);
+  view = yield fetched;
+
+  assertAttrs(view, "foo,foo.bar", "We can also search for attr values");
+
+  fetched = jsterm.once("variablesview-fetched");
+  searchbox.focus();
+  searchbox.value = "";
+  EventUtils.synthesizeKey("VK_RETURN", {}, variablesView.window);
+  view = yield fetched;
+
+  assertAttrs(view, "foo", "If we reset again, we get back to original state again");
+});