diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/DefaultWebClientBuilder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/DefaultWebClientBuilder.java
index 26876ce0003..a6eb33ea1dc 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/DefaultWebClientBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/DefaultWebClientBuilder.java
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ class DefaultWebClientBuilder implements WebClient.Builder {
 							this.strategies));
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public WebClient filter(ExchangeFilterFunction filter) {
+			Assert.notNull(filter, "'filter' must not be null");
+
+			ExchangeFilterFunction composedFilter = filter.andThen(this.filter);
+
+			return new DefaultWebClient(this.clientHttpConnector, this.strategies, composedFilter);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private class NoOpFilter implements ExchangeFilterFunction {
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClient.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClient.java
index afdef85611d..38d138b63e0 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClient.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClient.java
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ public interface WebClient extends ExchangeFunction {
 	@Override
 	Mono<ClientResponse> exchange(ClientRequest<?> request);
 
+	/**
+	 * Filters this client with the given {@code ExchangeFilterFunction}, resulting in a filtered
+	 * {@code WebClient}.
+	 * @param filterFunction the filter to apply to this client
+	 * @return the filtered client
+	 * @see ExchangeFilterFunction#apply(ExchangeFunction)
+	 */
+	WebClient filter(ExchangeFilterFunction filterFunction);
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new instance of {@code WebClient} with the given connector. This method uses
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClientIntegrationTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
index 1597c628c06..a2c773c0cf8 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/reactive/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void filter() throws Exception {
+	public void buildFilter() throws Exception {
 		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/greeting?name=Spring");
 		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").setBody("Hello Spring!"));
 
@@ -296,6 +296,35 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void filter() throws Exception {
+		HttpUrl baseUrl = server.url("/greeting?name=Spring");
+		this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").setBody("Hello Spring!"));
+
+		ExchangeFilterFunction filter = (request, next) -> {
+			ClientRequest<?> filteredRequest = ClientRequest.from(request)
+					.header("foo", "bar").build();
+			return next.exchange(filteredRequest);
+		};
+		WebClient client = WebClient.create(new ReactorClientHttpConnector());
+		WebClient filteredClient = client.filter(filter);
+
+		ClientRequest<Void> request = ClientRequest.GET(baseUrl.toString()).build();
+
+		Mono<String> result = filteredClient.exchange(request)
+				.then(response -> response.body(toMono(String.class)));
+
+		StepVerifier.create(result)
+				.expectNext("Hello Spring!")
+				.expectComplete()
+				.verify();
+
+		RecordedRequest recordedRequest = server.takeRequest();
+		assertEquals(1, server.getRequestCount());
+		assertEquals("bar", recordedRequest.getHeader("foo"));
+
+	}
+
 	@After
 	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
 		this.server.shutdown();