diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts
index faa1612fb6..5d0be6f943 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/loadUtils.ts
@@ -218,11 +218,12 @@ async function filterTestGroups(config: FullConfigInternal, testGroups: TestGrou
   let filteredTestGroups = testGroups.map(group => ({ tests: group.tests.map(test => test as reporterTypes.TestCase) }));
   const allTests = new Set(filteredTestGroups.flatMap(group => group.tests));
   for (const filter of filters) {
+    const filterThis = { config: config.config };
     if ('filterTestGroups' in filter) {
-      const result = filter.filterTestGroups(filteredTestGroups, config.config);
+      const result = filter.filterTestGroups.call(filterThis, filteredTestGroups);
       filteredTestGroups = result instanceof Promise ? await result : result;
     } else if ('filterTests' in filter) {
-      const result = filter.filterTests(filteredTestGroups.flatMap(group => group.tests), config.config);
+      const result = filter.filterTests.call(filterThis, filteredTestGroups.flatMap(group => group.tests), config.config);
       const filteredTests = result instanceof Promise ? await result : result;
       if (!Array.isArray(filteredTests))
         throw new Error('Invalid filter result: tests should be an array');
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ async function filterTestGroups(config: FullConfigInternal, testGroups: TestGrou
       filteredTestGroups = filteredTestGroups.map(group => {
         return {
           tests: group.tests.filter(test => {
-            const result = filter(test);
+            const result = filter.call(filterThis, test);
             if (typeof result !== 'boolean')
               throw new Error('Invalid filter result: filter function should return a boolean');
             return result;
diff --git a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
index 9c908caf74..7940922af7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
@@ -1885,9 +1885,10 @@ export type TestDetails = {
   annotation?: TestDetailsAnnotation | TestDetailsAnnotation[];
 }
 
-type TestFilterFunction = (test: TestCase) => boolean;
-type TestsFilter = { filterTests(tests: TestCase[], config: FullConfig): Promise<TestCase[]> | TestCase[] };
-type TestGroupsFilter = { filterTestGroups(testGroups: { tests: TestCase[] }[], config: FullConfig): Promise<{ tests: TestCase[] }[]> | { tests: TestCase[] }[] };
+type TestFilterThis = { config: FullConfig };
+type TestFilterFunction = (this: TestFilterThis, test: TestCase) => boolean;
+type TestsFilter = { filterTests(this: TestFilterThis, tests: TestCase[]): Promise<TestCase[]> | TestCase[] };
+type TestGroupsFilter = { filterTestGroups(this: TestFilterThis, testGroups: { tests: TestCase[] }[]): Promise<{ tests: TestCase[] }[]> | { tests: TestCase[] }[] };
 export type TestFilter = TestFilterFunction | TestsFilter | TestGroupsFilter;
 
 interface SuiteFunction {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/test-filter.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/test-filter.spec.ts
index 899f21c902..835fa3694a 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/test-filter.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/test-filter.spec.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,85 @@ test('config.filter async filterTestGroups should work', async ({ runInlineTest
   ]);
 });
 
+test('config.filter function should have access to config', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    ...testFiles,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      module.exports = {
+        filter(test) {
+          console.log('\\n%% .config.workers: '+this.config.workers);
+          return test.title === 'a2-test2'
+        },
+      };
+    `,
+  }, { workers: 2 });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
+  result.outputLines.sort();
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    // filter function is called once per test...
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    'a2-test2',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('config.filter filterTests should have access to config', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    ...testFiles,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      module.exports = {
+        filter: {
+          filterTests(tests) {
+            console.log('\\n%% .config.workers: '+this.config.workers);
+            return tests.filter((test, index) => index % 2 === 0)
+          },
+        },
+      };
+    `,
+  }, { workers: 2 });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
+  result.outputLines.sort();
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    // filterTests is only called once...
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    'a1-test1',
+    'a2-test1',
+    'a3-test1',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('config.filter filterTestGroups should have access to config', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    ...testFiles,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      module.exports = {
+        filter: {
+          filterTestGroups(testgroups) {
+            console.log('\\n%% .config.workers: '+this.config.workers);
+            return testgroups.filter((testgroup, index) => index % 2 === 1);
+          },
+        },
+      };
+    `,
+  }, { workers: 2 });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
+  result.outputLines.sort(); // Due to parallel execution, the order of output lines is not deterministic.
+  expect(result.outputLines).toEqual([
+    // filterTestGroups is only called once...
+    '.config.workers: 2',
+    'a2-test1',
+    'a2-test2',
+    'a4-test1',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('config.filter invalid function should throw', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
     ...testFiles,
diff --git a/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts b/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
index 0cfe2a3aa3..8c222213ae 100644
--- a/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
+++ b/utils/generate_types/overrides-test.d.ts
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ export type TestDetails = {
   annotation?: TestDetailsAnnotation | TestDetailsAnnotation[];
 }
 
-type TestFilterFunction = (test: TestCase) => boolean;
-type TestsFilter = { filterTests(tests: TestCase[], config: FullConfig): Promise<TestCase[]> | TestCase[] };
-type TestGroupsFilter = { filterTestGroups(testGroups: { tests: TestCase[] }[], config: FullConfig): Promise<{ tests: TestCase[] }[]> | { tests: TestCase[] }[] };
+type TestFilterThis = { config: FullConfig };
+type TestFilterFunction = (this: TestFilterThis, test: TestCase) => boolean;
+type TestsFilter = { filterTests(this: TestFilterThis, tests: TestCase[]): Promise<TestCase[]> | TestCase[] };
+type TestGroupsFilter = { filterTestGroups(this: TestFilterThis, testGroups: { tests: TestCase[] }[]): Promise<{ tests: TestCase[] }[]> | { tests: TestCase[] }[] };
 export type TestFilter = TestFilterFunction | TestsFilter | TestGroupsFilter;
 
 interface SuiteFunction {