diff --git a/tests/unit/test_filters.py b/tests/unit/test_filters.py
index 8849e737..c302ddb1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_filters.py
@@ -202,6 +202,23 @@ def test_replace_json_post_data_parameters():
     assert request_data == expected_data
 
 
+def test_replace_recursive_post_data_parameters():
+    body = b'{"nested": "change", "one": {"key": "secret", "nested": {"key": "secret"}}}'
+    request = Request("POST", "http://google.com", body, {})
+    request.headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    replace_post_data_parameters(
+        request,
+        [
+            ("key", None),
+            ("nested", "aboba"),
+        ],
+        recursive=True
+    )
+    request_data = json.loads(request.body)
+    expected_data = json.loads('{"nested": "aboba", "one": {"nested": "aboba"}}')
+    assert request_data == expected_data
+
+
 def test_remove_json_post_data_parameters():
     # Test the backward-compatible API wrapper.
     body = b'{"id": "secret", "foo": "bar", "baz": "qux"}'
diff --git a/vcr/config.py b/vcr/config.py
index dbd105e5..e8e24a02 100644
--- a/vcr/config.py
+++ b/vcr/config.py
@@ -206,9 +206,14 @@ def _build_before_record_request(self, options):
                 functools.partial(filters.replace_query_parameters, replacements=replacements),
             )
         if filter_post_data_parameters:
+            recursive = options.get("recursive_filter", False)
             replacements = [p if isinstance(p, tuple) else (p, None) for p in filter_post_data_parameters]
             filter_functions.append(
-                functools.partial(filters.replace_post_data_parameters, replacements=replacements),
+                functools.partial(
+                    filters.replace_post_data_parameters,
+                    replacements=replacements,
+                    recursive=recursive,
+                ),
             )
 
         hosts_to_ignore = set(ignore_hosts)
diff --git a/vcr/filters.py b/vcr/filters.py
index 7f33155e..8f0b2f86 100644
--- a/vcr/filters.py
+++ b/vcr/filters.py
@@ -69,7 +69,35 @@ def remove_query_parameters(request, query_parameters_to_remove):
     return replace_query_parameters(request, replacements)
 
 
-def replace_post_data_parameters(request, replacements):
+def filtering_body(request, body_data, replacements):
+    """Filtering the request body by default to only top level keys"""
+    for k, rv in replacements.items():
+        if k in body_data:
+            ov = body_data.pop(k)
+            if callable(rv):
+                rv = rv(key=k, value=ov, request=request)
+            if rv is not None:
+                body_data[k] = rv
+
+
+def recursive_filtering_body(request, body_data, replacements):
+    """Recursive filtering the request body with nested keys"""
+    for k, ov in list(body_data.items()):
+        if isinstance(ov, dict):
+            recursive_filtering_body(request, ov, replacements)
+            if not ov:
+                body_data.pop(k)
+        if k in replacements:
+            rv = replacements[k]
+            if callable(rv):
+                rv = rv(key=k, value=ov, request=request)
+            if rv is not None:
+                body_data[k] = rv
+            elif k in body_data:
+                body_data.pop(k)
+
+
+def replace_post_data_parameters(request, replacements, recursive=False):
     """Replace post data in request--either form data or json--according to replacements.
 
     The replacements should be a list of (key, value) pairs where the value can be any of:
@@ -86,23 +114,17 @@ def replace_post_data_parameters(request, replacements):
     if request.method == "POST" and not isinstance(request.body, BytesIO):
         if isinstance(request.body, dict):
             new_body = request.body.copy()
-            for k, rv in replacements.items():
-                if k in new_body:
-                    ov = new_body.pop(k)
-                    if callable(rv):
-                        rv = rv(key=k, value=ov, request=request)
-                    if rv is not None:
-                        new_body[k] = rv
+            if recursive:
+                recursive_filtering_body(request, new_body, replacements)
+            else:
+                filtering_body(request, new_body, replacements)
             request.body = new_body
         elif request.headers.get("Content-Type") == "application/json":
             json_data = json.loads(request.body)
-            for k, rv in replacements.items():
-                if k in json_data:
-                    ov = json_data.pop(k)
-                    if callable(rv):
-                        rv = rv(key=k, value=ov, request=request)
-                    if rv is not None:
-                        json_data[k] = rv
+            if recursive:
+                recursive_filtering_body(request, json_data, replacements)
+            else:
+                filtering_body(request, json_data, replacements)
             request.body = json.dumps(json_data).encode("utf-8")
         else:
             if isinstance(request.body, str):