diff --git a/app/client/components/BaseView.js b/app/client/components/BaseView.js
index 61f4c75d..8e328308 100644
--- a/app/client/components/BaseView.js
+++ b/app/client/components/BaseView.js
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ BaseView.commonCommands = {
   insertCurrentDateTime: function() { this.insertCurrentDate(true); },
 
   copyLink: function() { this.copyLink().catch(reportError); },
+
+  filterByThisCellValue: function() { this.filterByThisCellValue(); },
 };
 
 /**
@@ -305,6 +307,26 @@ BaseView.prototype.copyLink = async function() {
   }
 };
 
+BaseView.prototype.filterByThisCellValue = function() {
+  const rowId = this.viewData.getRowId(this.cursor.rowIndex());
+  const col = this.viewSection.viewFields().peek()[this.cursor.fieldIndex()].column();
+  let value = this.tableModel.tableData.getValue(rowId, col.colId.peek());
+
+  // This mimics the logic in ColumnFilterMenu.addCountsToMap
+  // ChoiceList and Reflist values get 'flattened' out so we filter by each element within.
+  // In any other column type, complex values (even lists) get converted to JSON.
+  let filterValues;
+  if (gristTypes.isList(value) && gristTypes.isListType(col.type.peek())) {
+    filterValues = value.slice(1);
+  } else {
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      value = JSON.stringify(value);
+    }
+    filterValues = [value];
+  }
+  this.viewSection.setFilter(col.getRowId(), JSON.stringify({included: filterValues}));
+};
+
 /**
  * Insert a new row immediately before the row at the given index if given an Integer. Otherwise
  * insert a new row at the end.
diff --git a/app/client/components/commandList.js b/app/client/components/commandList.js
index a1483608..ca5bb1d6 100644
--- a/app/client/components/commandList.js
+++ b/app/client/components/commandList.js
@@ -384,6 +384,15 @@ exports.groups = [{
     },
 
   ],
+}, {
+  group: 'Filtering',
+  commands: [
+    {
+      name: 'filterByThisCellValue',
+      keys: [],
+      desc: `Filter this column by just this cell's value`,
+    },
+  ]
 }, {
   group: 'Linking',
   commands: [
diff --git a/app/client/ui/CellContextMenu.ts b/app/client/ui/CellContextMenu.ts
index 63359777..b4f1d7ef 100644
--- a/app/client/ui/CellContextMenu.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui/CellContextMenu.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ export function CellContextMenu(rowOptions: IRowContextMenu, colOptions: IMultiC
     ...(
       (numCols > 1 || numRows > 1) ? [] : [
         menuDivider(),
-        menuItemCmd(allCommands.copyLink, 'Copy anchor link')
+        menuItemCmd(allCommands.copyLink, 'Copy anchor link'),
+        menuDivider(),
+        menuItemCmd(allCommands.filterByThisCellValue, `Filter by this value`),
       ]
     ),
 
diff --git a/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts b/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts
index bb2bdae2..4ca761d5 100644
--- a/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ interface ICountOptions {
  *
  * The optional column type controls how complex cell values are decomposed into keys (e.g. Choice Lists have
  * the possible choices as keys).
+ * Note that this logic is replicated in BaseView.prototype.filterByThisCellValue.
  */
 function addCountsToMap(valueMap: Map<CellValue, IFilterCount>, rowIds: RowId[],
                         { keyMapFunc = identity, labelMapFunc = identity, columnType,