diff --git a/core/filter-options/__tests__/get-filtered-packages.test.js b/core/filter-options/__tests__/get-filtered-packages.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9215f6801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/filter-options/__tests__/get-filtered-packages.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+"use strict";
+
+// we're actually testing integration with git
+jest.unmock("@lerna/collect-updates");
+
+const path = require("path");
+const execa = require("execa");
+const touch = require("touch");
+const yargs = require("yargs/yargs");
+
+const initFixture = require("@lerna-test/init-fixture")(path.resolve(__dirname, "../../command"));
+const gitAdd = require("@lerna-test/git-add");
+const gitCommit = require("@lerna-test/git-commit");
+const gitTag = require("@lerna-test/git-tag");
+const PackageGraph = require("@lerna/package-graph");
+const { getPackages } = require("@lerna/project");
+
+const getFilteredPackages = require("../lib/get-filtered-packages");
+const filterOptions = require("..");
+
+async function buildGraph(cwd) {
+  const packages = await getPackages(cwd);
+  return new PackageGraph(packages);
+}
+
+function parseOptions(...args) {
+  return filterOptions(yargs()).parse(args);
+}
+
+test("--scope filters packages by glob", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("filtering");
+  const packageGraph = await buildGraph(cwd);
+  const execOpts = { cwd };
+  const options = parseOptions("--scope", "package-2", "--scope", "*-4");
+
+  const result = await getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options);
+
+  expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
+  expect(result[0].name).toBe("package-2");
+  expect(result[1].name).toBe("package-4");
+});
+
+test("--since returns all packages if no tag is found", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("filtering");
+  const packageGraph = await buildGraph(cwd);
+  const execOpts = { cwd };
+  const options = parseOptions("--since");
+
+  const result = await getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options);
+
+  expect(result).toHaveLength(5);
+});
+
+test("--since returns packages updated since the last tag", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("filtering");
+  const packageGraph = await buildGraph(cwd);
+  const execOpts = { cwd };
+  const options = parseOptions("--since");
+
+  await gitTag(cwd, "v1.0.0");
+  await touch(path.join(cwd, "packages/package-2/random-file"));
+  await gitAdd(cwd, "-A");
+  await gitCommit(cwd, "test");
+
+  const result = await getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options);
+
+  expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
+  expect(result[0].name).toBe("package-2");
+  expect(result[1].name).toBe("package-3");
+});
+
+test("--since <ref> should return packages updated since <ref>", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("filtering");
+  const packageGraph = await buildGraph(cwd);
+  const execOpts = { cwd };
+  const options = parseOptions("--since", "master");
+
+  // We first tag, then modify master to ensure that specifying --since will override checking against
+  // the latest tag.
+  await gitTag(cwd, "v1.0.0");
+
+  await touch(path.join(cwd, "packages/package-1/random-file"));
+  await gitAdd(cwd, "-A");
+  await gitCommit(cwd, "test");
+
+  // Then we can checkout a new branch, update and commit.
+  await execa("git", ["checkout", "-b", "test"], execOpts);
+
+  await touch(path.join(cwd, "packages/package-2/random-file"));
+  await gitAdd(cwd, "-A");
+  await gitCommit(cwd, "test");
+
+  const result = await getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options);
+
+  expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
+  expect(result[0].name).toBe("package-2");
+  expect(result[1].name).toBe("package-3");
+});
+
+test("--scope package-{2,3,4} --since master", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("filtering");
+  const packageGraph = await buildGraph(cwd);
+  const execOpts = { cwd };
+  const options = parseOptions("--scope", "package-{2,3,4}", "--since", "master");
+
+  await execa("git", ["checkout", "-b", "test"], execOpts);
+  await touch(path.join(cwd, "packages/package-4/random-file"));
+  await gitAdd(cwd, "-A");
+  await gitCommit(cwd, "test");
+
+  const result = await getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options);
+
+  expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(result[0].name).toBe("package-4");
+});
+
+test("--include-filtered-dependents", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("filtering");
+  const packageGraph = await buildGraph(cwd);
+  const execOpts = { cwd };
+  const options = parseOptions("--scope", "package-1", "--include-filtered-dependents");
+
+  const result = await getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options);
+
+  expect(result.map(pkg => pkg.name)).toEqual(["package-1", "package-2", "package-5", "package-3"]);
+});
+
+test("--include-filtered-dependencies", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("filtering");
+  const packageGraph = await buildGraph(cwd);
+  const execOpts = { cwd };
+  const options = parseOptions("--scope", "package-3", "--include-filtered-dependencies");
+
+  const result = await getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options);
+
+  expect(result.map(pkg => pkg.name)).toEqual(["package-3", "package-2", "package-1"]);
+});
diff --git a/core/filter-options/index.js b/core/filter-options/index.js
index 046b6014f6..63bc257169 100644
--- a/core/filter-options/index.js
+++ b/core/filter-options/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const dedent = require("dedent");
+const getFilteredPackages = require("./lib/get-filtered-packages");
 
 module.exports = filterOptions;
+module.exports.getFilteredPackages = getFilteredPackages;
 
 function filterOptions(yargs) {
   // Only for 'run', 'exec', 'clean', 'ls', and 'bootstrap' commands
diff --git a/core/filter-options/lib/get-filtered-packages.js b/core/filter-options/lib/get-filtered-packages.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79bd3c0579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/filter-options/lib/get-filtered-packages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const collectUpdates = require("@lerna/collect-updates");
+const filterPackages = require("@lerna/filter-packages");
+
+module.exports = getFilteredPackages;
+
+function getFilteredPackages(packageGraph, execOpts, options) {
+  let chain = Promise.resolve();
+
+  chain = chain.then(() =>
+    filterPackages(packageGraph.rawPackageList, options.scope, options.ignore, options.private)
+  );
+
+  if (options.since !== undefined) {
+    chain = chain.then(filteredPackages =>
+      Promise.resolve(collectUpdates(filteredPackages, packageGraph, execOpts, options)).then(updates => {
+        const updated = new Set(updates.map(({ pkg }) => pkg.name));
+
+        return filteredPackages.filter(pkg => updated.has(pkg.name));
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (options.includeFilteredDependents) {
+    chain = chain.then(filteredPackages => packageGraph.addDependents(filteredPackages));
+  }
+
+  if (options.includeFilteredDependencies) {
+    chain = chain.then(filteredPackages => packageGraph.addDependencies(filteredPackages));
+  }
+
+  return chain;
+}
diff --git a/core/filter-options/package.json b/core/filter-options/package.json
index d2e05c8d1d..a83b5b0300 100644
--- a/core/filter-options/package.json
+++ b/core/filter-options/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/evocateur"
   },
   "files": [
+    "lib",
     "index.js"
   ],
   "main": "index.js",
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
     "test": "echo \"Run tests from root\" && exit 1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@lerna/collect-updates": "file:../../utils/collect-updates",
+    "@lerna/filter-packages": "file:../../utils/filter-packages",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 18b271ea55..32628cda36 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@
     "@lerna/filter-options": {
       "version": "file:core/filter-options",
       "requires": {
+        "@lerna/collect-updates": "file:utils/collect-updates",
+        "@lerna/filter-packages": "file:utils/filter-packages",
         "dedent": "^0.7.0"
       }
     },