diff --git a/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/filtering.go b/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/filtering.go
index 885d4ae2a..b6a2a12c7 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/filtering.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/filtering.go
@@ -4,15 +4,32 @@ import "github.com/netobserv/flowlogs-pipeline/pkg/config"
 
 func (p *Preprocessed) ApplyFilters(flow config.GenericMap, flatParts []config.GenericMap) (bool, []config.GenericMap) {
 	filteredParts := flatParts
-	for _, filter := range p.filters {
-		if filter.useFlat {
-			filteredParts = filter.filterFlatParts(filteredParts)
-			if len(filteredParts) == 0 {
-				return false, nil
+	// For a given key, all related filters are OR'ed
+	for _, filtersPerKey := range p.filters {
+		allFailed := true
+		for _, filter := range filtersPerKey {
+			passed, nfp := applySingleFilter(flow, &filter, filteredParts)
+			if passed {
+				allFailed = false
+				filteredParts = nfp
+				break
 			}
-		} else if !filter.predicate(flow) {
+		}
+		if allFailed {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return true, filteredParts
+}
+
+func applySingleFilter(flow config.GenericMap, filter *preprocessedFilter, filteredParts []config.GenericMap) (bool, []config.GenericMap) {
+	if filter.useFlat {
+		filteredParts = filter.filterFlatParts(filteredParts)
+		if len(filteredParts) == 0 {
 			return false, nil
 		}
+	} else if !filter.predicate(flow) {
+		return false, nil
 	}
 	return true, filteredParts
 }
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess.go b/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess.go
index 5aabc8311..e1a87becf 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 type Preprocessed struct {
 	*api.MetricsItem
-	filters         []preprocessedFilter
+	filters         map[string][]preprocessedFilter
 	MappedLabels    []MappedLabel
 	FlattenedLabels []MappedLabel
 }
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func filterToPredicate(filter api.MetricsFilter) filters.Predicate {
 func Preprocess(def *api.MetricsItem) *Preprocessed {
 	mi := Preprocessed{
 		MetricsItem: def,
+		filters:     make(map[string][]preprocessedFilter),
 	}
 	for _, l := range def.Labels {
 		ml := MappedLabel{Source: l, Target: l}
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func Preprocess(def *api.MetricsItem) *Preprocessed {
 		}
 	}
 	for _, f := range def.Filters {
-		mi.filters = append(mi.filters, preprocessedFilter{
+		mi.filters[f.Key] = append(mi.filters[f.Key], preprocessedFilter{
 			predicate: filterToPredicate(f),
 			useFlat:   mi.isFlattened(f.Key),
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess_test.go b/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess_test.go
index 3a5fe8a13..42a71d6b8 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline/encode/metrics/preprocess_test.go
@@ -42,3 +42,24 @@ func Test_Flatten(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}, fl)
 }
+
+func Test_ORedFilters(t *testing.T) {
+	// Several filters on the same key are ORed
+	pp := Preprocess(&api.MetricsItem{Filters: []api.MetricsFilter{
+		{
+			Key:  "label",
+			Type: api.MetricFilterAbsence,
+		},
+		{
+			Key:   "label",
+			Type:  api.MetricFilterRegex,
+			Value: "^EXT-.*",
+		},
+	}})
+	keep, _ := pp.ApplyFilters(config.GenericMap{"namespace": "A", "bytes": 7, "label": "Something"}, nil)
+	assert.False(t, keep)
+	keep, _ = pp.ApplyFilters(config.GenericMap{"namespace": "A", "bytes": 7, "label": "EXT-Something"}, nil)
+	assert.True(t, keep)
+	keep, _ = pp.ApplyFilters(config.GenericMap{"namespace": "A", "bytes": 7}, nil)
+	assert.True(t, keep)
+}