diff --git a/docarray/array/mixins/find.py b/docarray/array/mixins/find.py
index 8730d2a98b4..b467e945445 100644
--- a/docarray/array/mixins/find.py
+++ b/docarray/array/mixins/find.py
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ def find(
         elif isinstance(query, str) or (
             isinstance(query, list) and isinstance(query[0], str)
         ):
-            if filter is not None:
-                raise ValueError('cannot use filter with text search')
-            result = self._find_by_text(query, index=index, limit=limit, **kwargs)
+            result = self._find_by_text(
+                query, index=index, filter=filter, limit=limit, **kwargs
+            )
             if isinstance(query, str):
                 return result[0]
             else:
diff --git a/docarray/array/storage/elastic/find.py b/docarray/array/storage/elastic/find.py
index d588251ad1e..43a680f8e11 100644
--- a/docarray/array/storage/elastic/find.py
+++ b/docarray/array/storage/elastic/find.py
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ def _find_similar_vectors(
         return da
 
     def _find_similar_documents_from_text(
-        self, query: str, index: str = 'text', limit: int = 10
+        self,
+        query: str,
+        index: str = 'text',
+        filter: Union[dict, list] = None,
+        limit: int = 10,
     ):
         """
         Return keyword matches for the input query
@@ -89,9 +93,18 @@ def _find_similar_documents_from_text(
            the closest Document objects for each of the queries in `query`.
         """
 
+        query = {
+            "bool": {
+                "must": [
+                    {"match": {index: query}},
+                ],
+                "filter": filter,
+            }
+        }
+
         resp = self._client.search(
             index=self._config.index_name,
-            query={'match': {index: query}},
+            query=query,
             source=['id', 'blob', 'text'],
             size=limit,
         )
@@ -106,7 +119,11 @@ def _find_similar_documents_from_text(
         return da
 
     def _find_by_text(
-        self, query: Union[str, List[str]], index: str = 'text', limit: int = 10
+        self,
+        query: Union[str, List[str]],
+        index: str = 'text',
+        filter: Union[dict, list] = None,
+        limit: int = 10,
     ):
         if isinstance(query, str):
             query = [query]
@@ -115,6 +132,7 @@ def _find_by_text(
             self._find_similar_documents_from_text(
                 q,
                 index=index,
+                filter=filter,
                 limit=limit,
             )
             for q in query
diff --git a/docarray/array/storage/redis/find.py b/docarray/array/storage/redis/find.py
index 94473748e6a..bacb539d36a 100644
--- a/docarray/array/storage/redis/find.py
+++ b/docarray/array/storage/redis/find.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ def _find_by_text(
         self,
         query: Union[str, List[str]],
         index: str = 'text',
+        filter: Optional[Union[str, Dict]] = None,
         limit: Union[int, float] = 20,
         **kwargs,
     ):
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ def _find_by_text(
             self._find_similar_documents_from_text(
                 q,
                 index=index,
+                filter=filter,
                 limit=limit,
                 **kwargs,
             )
@@ -137,10 +139,17 @@ def _find_similar_documents_from_text(
         self,
         query: str,
         index: str = 'text',
+        filter: Optional[Union[str, Dict]] = None,
         limit: Union[int, float] = 20,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         query_str = _build_query_str(query)
+
+        if filter:
+            filter_str = _get_redis_filter_query(filter)
+        else:
+            filter_str = ''
+
         scorer = kwargs.get('scorer', 'BM25')
         if scorer not in [
             'BM25',
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ def _find_similar_documents_from_text(
                 f'Expecting a valid text similarity ranking algorithm, got {scorer} instead'
             )
 
-        q = Query(f'@{index}:{query_str}').scorer(scorer).paging(0, limit)
+        q = Query(f'@{index}:{query_str} {filter_str}').scorer(scorer).paging(0, limit)
 
         results = self._client.ft(index_name=self._config.index_name).search(q).docs
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_find.py b/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_find.py
index 975a13b1379..bf7fa00226c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_find.py
+++ b/tests/unit/array/mixins/test_find.py
@@ -145,6 +145,66 @@ def test_find_by_text(storage, config, start_storage):
     assert len(results[1]) == 0  # 'token' is not present in da vocabulary
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'storage, config, filter',
+    [
+        (
+            'elasticsearch',
+            {'n_dim': 32, 'columns': {'i': 'int'}, 'index_text': True},
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            'elasticsearch',
+            {'n_dim': 32, 'columns': {'i': 'int'}, 'index_text': True},
+            {
+                'range': {
+                    'i': {
+                        'lte': 5,
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            'elasticsearch',
+            {'n_dim': 32, 'columns': {'i': 'int'}, 'index_text': True},
+            [
+                {
+                    'range': {
+                        'i': {
+                            'lte': 5,
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            ],
+        ),
+        ('redis', {'n_dim': 32, 'columns': {'i': 'int'}, 'index_text': True}, None),
+        (
+            'redis',
+            {'n_dim': 32, 'columns': {'i': 'int'}, 'index_text': True},
+            '@i:[-inf 5]',
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_find_by_text_and_filter(storage, config, filter, start_storage):
+    da = DocumentArray(storage=storage, config=config)
+    with da:
+        da.extend(
+            [Document(id=f'{i}', tags={'i': i}, text=f'pizza {i}') for i in range(10)]
+        )
+        da.extend(
+            [
+                Document(id=f'{i+10}', tags={'i': i}, text=f'noodles {i}')
+                for i in range(10)
+            ]
+        )
+
+    results = da.find('pizza', filter=filter)
+
+    assert len(results) > 0
+    assert all([int(r.id) < 10 for r in results])
+    assert all([r.tags['i'] < 10 for r in results])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'storage, config',
     [