diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.test.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.test.ts
index b32cf7bd7a..3aff8cbbb7 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.test.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe('DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory', () => {
     it('should filter catalog entities when a custom filter is set', async () => {
       factory = DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.fromConfig(config, {
         ...options,
-        entityFilter: entities =>
+        entityFilterFunction: entities =>
           entities.filter(entity => entity.kind !== 'Component'),
       });
       collator = await factory.getCollator();
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.ts
index fb8393898a..2890610c03 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/collators/DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   CATALOG_FILTER_EXISTS,
   CatalogApi,
   CatalogClient,
+  EntityFilterQuery,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import {
   Entity,
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ export type TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions = {
   legacyPathCasing?: boolean;
   entityTransformer?: TechDocsCollatorEntityTransformer;
   documentTransformer?: TechDocsCollatorDocumentTransformer;
-  entityFilter?: (entity: Entity[]) => Entity[];
+  entityFilterFunction?: (entity: Entity[]) => Entity[];
+  customCatalogApiFilters?: EntityFilterQuery;
 };
 
 type EntityInfo = {
@@ -98,7 +100,8 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
   private readonly legacyPathCasing: boolean;
   private entityTransformer: TechDocsCollatorEntityTransformer;
   private documentTransformer: TechDocsCollatorDocumentTransformer;
-  private entityFilter: Function | undefined;
+  private entityFilterFunction: Function | undefined;
+  private customCatalogApiFilters: EntityFilterQuery | undefined;
 
   private constructor(options: TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions) {
     this.discovery = options.discovery;
@@ -112,7 +115,8 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
     this.legacyPathCasing = options.legacyPathCasing ?? false;
     this.entityTransformer = options.entityTransformer ?? (() => ({}));
     this.documentTransformer = options.documentTransformer ?? (() => ({}));
-    this.entityFilter = options.entityFilter;
+    this.entityFilterFunction = options.entityFilterFunction;
+    this.customCatalogApiFilters = options.customCatalogApiFilters;
 
     this.auth = createLegacyAuthAdapters({
       auth: options.auth,
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
             filter: {
               'metadata.annotations.backstage.io/techdocs-ref':
                 CATALOG_FILTER_EXISTS,
+              ...this.customCatalogApiFilters,
             },
             limit: batchSize,
             offset: entitiesRetrieved,
@@ -180,8 +185,8 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
       moreEntitiesToGet = entities.length === batchSize;
       entitiesRetrieved += entities.length;
 
-      const filteredEntities = this.entityFilter
-        ? this.entityFilter(entities)
+      const filteredEntities = this.entityFilterFunction
+        ? this.entityFilterFunction(entities)
         : this.defaultFilteringFunction(entities);
 
       const docPromises = filteredEntities.map((entity: Entity) =>
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/module.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/module.ts
index 68749a21ab..2888b9527b 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/module.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/src/module.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   createExtensionPoint,
   readSchedulerServiceTaskScheduleDefinitionFromConfig,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { EntityFilterQuery } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { catalogServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
 import {
@@ -54,7 +55,10 @@ export const techdocsCollatorEntityTransformerExtensionPoint =
 
 /** @public */
 export interface TechDocsCollatorEntityFilterExtensionPoint {
-  setEntityFilter(filterFunction: (entities: Entity[]) => Entity[]): void;
+  setEntityFilterFunction(
+    filterFunction: (entities: Entity[]) => Entity[],
+  ): void;
+  setCustomCatalogApiFilters(apiFilters: EntityFilterQuery): void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -77,7 +81,8 @@ export default createBackendModule({
   register(env) {
     let entityTransformer: TechDocsCollatorEntityTransformer | undefined;
     let documentTransformer: TechDocsCollatorDocumentTransformer | undefined;
-    let entityFilter: ((e: Entity[]) => Entity[]) | undefined;
+    let entityFilterFunction: ((e: Entity[]) => Entity[]) | undefined;
+    let customCatalogApiFilters: EntityFilterQuery | undefined;
 
     env.registerExtensionPoint(
       techdocsCollatorEntityTransformerExtensionPoint,
@@ -102,11 +107,21 @@ export default createBackendModule({
     );
 
     env.registerExtensionPoint(techDocsCollatorEntityFilterExtensionPoint, {
-      setEntityFilter(newEntityFilter) {
-        if (entityFilter) {
-          throw new Error('TechDocs entity filters may only be set once');
+      setEntityFilterFunction(newEntityFilterFunction) {
+        if (entityFilterFunction) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'TechDocs entity filter functions may only be set once',
+          );
         }
-        entityFilter = newEntityFilter;
+        entityFilterFunction = newEntityFilterFunction;
+      },
+      setCustomCatalogApiFilters(newCatalogApiFilters) {
+        if (customCatalogApiFilters) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'TechDocs catalog entity filters may only be set once',
+          );
+        }
+        customCatalogApiFilters = newCatalogApiFilters;
       },
     });
 
@@ -153,7 +168,8 @@ export default createBackendModule({
             catalogClient: catalog,
             entityTransformer,
             documentTransformer,
-            entityFilter,
+            customCatalogApiFilters,
+            entityFilterFunction,
           }),
         });
       },