diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.websocket/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/websocket/event/EventWebSocket.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.websocket/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/websocket/event/EventWebSocket.java
index 3b7d16c8355..4e874045e46 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.websocket/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/websocket/event/EventWebSocket.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.io.websocket/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/io/websocket/event/EventWebSocket.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.annotations.WebSocket;
 import org.openhab.core.events.Event;
 import org.openhab.core.events.EventPublisher;
+import org.openhab.core.events.TopicEventFilter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
  * The {@link EventWebSocket} is the WebSocket implementation that extends the event bus
  *
  * @author Jan N. Klug - Initial contribution
+ * @author Florian Hotze - Add topic filter
  */
 @WebSocket
 @NonNullByDefault
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ public class EventWebSocket {
     public static final String WEBSOCKET_TOPIC_PREFIX = "openhab/websocket/";
 
     private static final Type STRING_LIST_TYPE = TypeToken.getParameterized(List.class, String.class).getType();
+    private static final Pattern TOPIC_VALIDATE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^(\\w*\\*?\\/?)+$");
 
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EventWebSocket.class);
 
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ public class EventWebSocket {
 
     private List<String> typeFilter = List.of();
     private List<String> sourceFilter = List.of();
+    private @Nullable TopicEventFilter topicFilter = null;
 
     public EventWebSocket(Gson gson, EventWebSocketAdapter wsAdapter, ItemEventUtility itemEventUtility,
             EventPublisher eventPublisher) {
@@ -148,6 +153,25 @@ public void onText(String message) {
                                     remoteEndpoint.getInetSocketAddress(), typeFilter);
                             responseEvent = new EventDTO(WEBSOCKET_EVENT_TYPE, WEBSOCKET_TOPIC_PREFIX + "filter/source",
                                     eventDTO.payload, null, eventDTO.eventId);
+                        } else if ((WEBSOCKET_TOPIC_PREFIX + "filter/topic").equals(eventDTO.topic)) {
+                            List<String> topics = Objects
+                                    .requireNonNullElse(gson.fromJson(eventDTO.payload, STRING_LIST_TYPE), List.of());
+                            for (String topic : topics) {
+                                if (!TOPIC_VALIDATE_PATTERN.matcher(topic).matches()) {
+                                    throw new EventProcessingException(
+                                            "Invalid topic '" + topic + "' in topic filter WebSocketEvent");
+                                }
+                            }
+                            // convert to regex: replace any wildcard (*) with the regex pattern (.*)
+                            topics = topics.stream().map(t -> t.trim().replace("*", ".*") + "$").toList();
+                            // create topic filter if topic list not empty
+                            if (!topics.isEmpty()) {
+                                topicFilter = new TopicEventFilter(topics);
+                            }
+                            logger.debug("Setting topic filter for connection to {}: {}",
+                                    remoteEndpoint.getInetSocketAddress(), topics);
+                            responseEvent = new EventDTO(WEBSOCKET_EVENT_TYPE, WEBSOCKET_TOPIC_PREFIX + "filter/topic",
+                                    eventDTO.payload, null, eventDTO.eventId);
                         } else {
                             throw new EventProcessingException("Invalid topic or payload in WebSocketEvent");
                         }
@@ -195,7 +219,8 @@ public void processEvent(Event event) {
         try {
             String source = event.getSource();
             if ((source == null || !sourceFilter.contains(event.getSource()))
-                    && (typeFilter.isEmpty() || typeFilter.contains(event.getType()))) {
+                    && (typeFilter.isEmpty() || typeFilter.contains(event.getType()))
+                    && (topicFilter == null || topicFilter.apply(event))) {
                 sendMessage(gson.toJson(new EventDTO(event)));
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/events/TopicEventFilter.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/events/TopicEventFilter.java
index 83a67fadece..e28c0eb71dc 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/events/TopicEventFilter.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/events/TopicEventFilter.java
@@ -12,20 +12,25 @@
  */
 package org.openhab.core.events;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * The {@link TopicEventFilter} is a default openHAB {@link EventFilter} implementation that ensures filtering
- * of events based on an event topic.
+ * of events based on a single event topic or multiple event topics.
  *
  * @author Stefan Bußweiler - Initial contribution
+ * @author Florian Hotze - Add support for filtering of events by multiple event topics
  */
 @NonNullByDefault
 public class TopicEventFilter implements EventFilter {
 
-    private final Pattern topicRegex;
+    private final @Nullable Pattern topicRegex;
+    private final List<Pattern> topicsRegexes = new ArrayList<>();
 
     /**
      * Constructs a new topic event filter.
@@ -38,8 +43,28 @@ public TopicEventFilter(String topicRegex) {
         this.topicRegex = Pattern.compile(topicRegex);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new topic event filter.
+     *
+     * @param topicsRegexes the regular expressions of multiple topics
+     * @see <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/util/regex/Pattern.html">Java
+     *      Regex</a>
+     */
+    public TopicEventFilter(List<String> topicsRegexes) {
+        this.topicRegex = null;
+        for (String topicRegex : topicsRegexes) {
+            this.topicsRegexes.add(Pattern.compile(topicRegex));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean apply(Event event) {
-        return topicRegex.matcher(event.getTopic()).matches();
+        String topic = event.getTopic();
+        Pattern topicRegex = this.topicRegex;
+        if (topicRegex != null) {
+            return topicRegex.matcher(topic).matches();
+        } else {
+            return topicsRegexes.stream().anyMatch(p -> p.matcher(topic).matches());
+        }
     }
 }