diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.test.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.test.tsx
index 942eef9d82..b6d6688a09 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.test.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { EntityFilterQuery } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { CatalogApi, catalogApiRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { renderInTestApp, TestApiProvider } from '@backstage/test-utils';
@@ -34,7 +35,13 @@ describe('<EntityPicker />', () => {
   const schema = {};
   const required = false;
   let uiSchema: {
-    'ui:options': { allowedKinds?: string[]; defaultKind?: string };
+    'ui:options': {
+      allowedKinds?: string[];
+      defaultKind?: string;
+      allowArbitraryValues?: boolean;
+      defaultNamespace?: string | false;
+      catalogFilter?: EntityFilterQuery;
+    };
   };
   const rawErrors: string[] = [];
   const formData = undefined;
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ describe('<EntityPicker />', () => {
 
   afterEach(() => jest.resetAllMocks());
 
-  describe('without allowedKinds', () => {
+  describe('without allowedKinds and catalogFilter', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       uiSchema = { 'ui:options': {} };
       props = {
@@ -136,4 +143,97 @@ describe('<EntityPicker />', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('with catalogFilter', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      uiSchema = {
+        'ui:options': {
+          catalogFilter: [
+            {
+              kind: ['Group'],
+              'metadata.name': 'test-entity',
+            },
+            {
+              kind: ['User'],
+              'metadata.name': 'test-entity',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      };
+      props = {
+        onChange,
+        schema,
+        required,
+        uiSchema,
+        rawErrors,
+        formData,
+      } as unknown as FieldProps<any>;
+
+      catalogApi.getEntities.mockResolvedValue({ items: entities });
+    });
+
+    it('searches for a specific group entity', async () => {
+      await renderInTestApp(
+        <Wrapper>
+          <EntityPicker {...props} />
+        </Wrapper>,
+      );
+
+      expect(catalogApi.getEntities).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        filter: [
+          {
+            kind: ['Group'],
+            'metadata.name': 'test-entity',
+          },
+          {
+            kind: ['User'],
+            'metadata.name': 'test-entity',
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('catalogFilter should take precedence over allowedKinds', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      uiSchema = {
+        'ui:options': {
+          catalogFilter: [
+            {
+              kind: ['Group'],
+              'metadata.name': 'test-group',
+            },
+          ],
+          allowedKinds: ['User'],
+        },
+      };
+      props = {
+        onChange,
+        schema,
+        required,
+        uiSchema,
+        rawErrors,
+        formData,
+      } as unknown as FieldProps<any>;
+
+      catalogApi.getEntities.mockResolvedValue({ items: entities });
+    });
+
+    it('searches for a Group entity', async () => {
+      await renderInTestApp(
+        <Wrapper>
+          <EntityPicker {...props} />
+        </Wrapper>,
+      );
+
+      expect(catalogApi.getEntities).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        filter: [
+          {
+            kind: ['Group'],
+            'metadata.name': 'test-group',
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
index bc78e00576..48e60b60ad 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import { type EntityFilterQuery } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
   catalogApiRef,
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ export const EntityPicker = (props: EntityPickerProps) => {
     idSchema,
   } = props;
   const allowedKinds = uiSchema['ui:options']?.allowedKinds;
+
+  const catalogFilter: EntityFilterQuery | undefined =
+    uiSchema['ui:options']?.catalogFilter ||
+    (allowedKinds && { kind: allowedKinds });
+
   const defaultKind = uiSchema['ui:options']?.defaultKind;
   const defaultNamespace = uiSchema['ui:options']?.defaultNamespace;
 
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ export const EntityPicker = (props: EntityPickerProps) => {
 
   const { value: entities, loading } = useAsync(() =>
     catalogApi.getEntities(
-      allowedKinds ? { filter: { kind: allowedKinds } } : undefined,
+      catalogFilter ? { filter: catalogFilter } : undefined,
     ),
   );
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
index 9236457fc0..38fc0c9dc2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { makeFieldSchemaFromZod } from '../utils';
 
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export const entityQueryFilterExpressionSchema = z.record(
+  z.string().or(z.array(z.string())),
+);
+
 /**
  * @public
  */
@@ -42,6 +49,11 @@ export const EntityPickerFieldSchema = makeFieldSchemaFromZod(
       .describe(
         'The default namespace. Options with this namespace will not be prefixed.',
       ),
+    catalogFilter: z
+      .array(entityQueryFilterExpressionSchema)
+      .or(entityQueryFilterExpressionSchema)
+      .optional()
+      .describe('List of key-value filter expression for entities'),
   }),
 );