diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 4aa15ad28..ebab02b55 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ default = ["openssl-tls", "kubederive", "ws", "latest", "runtime"]
 kubederive = ["kube/derive"]
 openssl-tls = ["kube/client", "kube/openssl-tls"]
 rustls-tls = ["kube/client", "kube/rustls-tls"]
-runtime = ["kube/runtime"]
+runtime = ["kube/runtime", "kube/unstable-runtime"]
 ws = ["kube/ws"]
 latest = ["k8s-openapi/v1_26"]
 
diff --git a/examples/node_reflector.rs b/examples/node_reflector.rs
index 38c2f3a83..c0c9fbf51 100644
--- a/examples/node_reflector.rs
+++ b/examples/node_reflector.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use futures::{pin_mut, TryStreamExt};
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Node;
 use kube::{
     api::{Api, ResourceExt},
-    runtime::{reflector, watcher, WatchStreamExt},
+    runtime::{predicates, reflector, watcher, WatchStreamExt},
     Client,
 };
 use tracing::*;
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .timeout(10); // short watch timeout in this example
 
     let (reader, writer) = reflector::store();
-    let rf = reflector(writer, watcher(nodes, wc));
+    let rf = reflector(writer, watcher(nodes, wc))
+        .applied_objects()
+        .predicate_filter(predicates::labels); // NB: requires an unstable feature
 
     // Periodically read our state in the background
     tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -29,10 +31,10 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         }
     });
 
-    // Drain and log applied events from the reflector
-    let mut rfa = rf.applied_objects().boxed();
-    while let Some(event) = rfa.try_next().await? {
-        info!("saw {}", event.name_any());
+    // Log applied events with changes from the reflector
+    pin_mut!(rf);
+    while let Some(node) = rf.try_next().await? {
+        info!("saw node {} with hitherto unseen labels", node.name_any());
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index a42f30274..3bc6c6d86 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fmt:
   rustfmt +nightly --edition 2021 $(find . -type f -iname *.rs)
 
 doc:
-  RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs" cargo +nightly doc --lib --workspace --features=derive,ws,oauth,jsonpatch,client,derive,runtime,admission,k8s-openapi/v1_26 --open
+  RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs" cargo +nightly doc --lib --workspace --features=derive,ws,oauth,jsonpatch,client,derive,runtime,admission,k8s-openapi/v1_26,unstable-runtime --open
 
 deny:
   # might require rm Cargo.lock first to match CI
diff --git a/kube-runtime/Cargo.toml b/kube-runtime/Cargo.toml
index ec1e3f529..bbefb28ab 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kube-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ rust-version = "1.63.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
-unstable-runtime = ["unstable-runtime-subscribe"]
+unstable-runtime = ["unstable-runtime-subscribe", "unstable-runtime-predicates"]
 unstable-runtime-subscribe = []
+unstable-runtime-predicates = []
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["k8s-openapi/v1_26", "unstable-runtime"]
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/lib.rs b/kube-runtime/src/lib.rs
index d2f945f49..2f2afbb18 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ pub use reflector::reflector;
 pub use scheduler::scheduler;
 pub use utils::WatchStreamExt;
 pub use watcher::{metadata_watcher, watcher};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-predicates")] pub use utils::predicates;
+pub use wait::conditions;
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/utils/mod.rs b/kube-runtime/src/utils/mod.rs
index d40dd295e..dddc00571 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 
 mod backoff_reset_timer;
 mod event_flatten;
+#[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-predicates")] mod predicate;
 mod stream_backoff;
 #[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-subscribe")] pub mod stream_subscribe;
 mod watch_ext;
 
 pub use backoff_reset_timer::ResetTimerBackoff;
 pub use event_flatten::EventFlatten;
+#[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-predicates")]
+pub use predicate::{predicates, PredicateFilter};
 pub use stream_backoff::StreamBackoff;
 #[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-subscribe")]
 pub use stream_subscribe::StreamSubscribe;
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/utils/predicate.rs b/kube-runtime/src/utils/predicate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5905365cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/utils/predicate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+use crate::{reflector::ObjectRef, watcher::Error};
+use core::{
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+use futures::{ready, Stream};
+use kube_client::Resource;
+use pin_project::pin_project;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, hash::Hash};
+
+#[allow(clippy::pedantic)]
+#[pin_project]
+/// Stream returned by the [`predicate_filter`](super::WatchStreamExt::predicate_filter) method.
+#[must_use = "streams do nothing unless polled"]
+pub struct PredicateFilter<St, K: Resource, Func> {
+    #[pin]
+    stream: St,
+    predicate: Func,
+    cache: HashMap<ObjectRef<K>, u64>,
+}
+impl<St, K, F> PredicateFilter<St, K, F>
+where
+    St: Stream<Item = Result<K, Error>>,
+    K: Resource,
+    F: Fn(&K) -> Option<u64> + 'static,
+{
+    pub(super) fn new(stream: St, predicate: F) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            stream,
+            predicate,
+            cache: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl<St, K, F> Stream for PredicateFilter<St, K, F>
+where
+    St: Stream<Item = Result<K, Error>>,
+    K: Resource,
+    K::DynamicType: Default + Eq + Hash,
+    F: Fn(&K) -> Option<u64> + 'static,
+{
+    type Item = Result<K, Error>;
+
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        let mut me = self.project();
+        Poll::Ready(loop {
+            break match ready!(me.stream.as_mut().poll_next(cx)) {
+                Some(Ok(obj)) => {
+                    if let Some(val) = (me.predicate)(&obj) {
+                        let key = ObjectRef::from_obj(&obj);
+                        let changed = if let Some(old) = me.cache.get(&key) {
+                            *old != val
+                        } else {
+                            true
+                        };
+                        if let Some(old) = me.cache.get_mut(&key) {
+                            *old = val;
+                        } else {
+                            me.cache.insert(key, val);
+                        }
+                        if changed {
+                            Some(Ok(obj))
+                        } else {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // if we can't evaluate predicate, always emit K
+                        Some(Ok(obj))
+                    }
+                }
+                Some(Err(err)) => Some(Err(err)),
+                None => return Poll::Ready(None),
+            };
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+pub mod predicates {
+    use kube_client::{Resource, ResourceExt};
+    use std::{
+        collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher,
+        hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    };
+
+    // See: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/blob/v0.12.0/pkg/predicate/predicate.go
+
+    fn hash<T: Hash>(t: &T) -> u64 {
+        let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+        t.hash(&mut hasher);
+        hasher.finish()
+    }
+
+    /// Hash the generation of a Resource K
+    pub fn generation<K: Resource>(obj: &K) -> Option<u64> {
+        obj.meta().generation.map(|g| hash(&g))
+    }
+
+    /// Hash the labels of a Resource K
+    pub fn labels<K: Resource>(obj: &K) -> Option<u64> {
+        Some(hash(obj.labels()))
+    }
+
+    /// Hash the annotations of a Resource K
+    pub fn annotations<K: Resource>(obj: &K) -> Option<u64> {
+        Some(hash(obj.annotations()))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) mod tests {
+    use std::task::Poll;
+
+    use super::{predicates, Error, PredicateFilter};
+    use futures::{pin_mut, poll, stream, FutureExt, StreamExt};
+    use kube_client::Resource;
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn predicate_filtering_hides_equal_predicate_values() {
+        use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Pod;
+        let mkobj = |gen: i32| {
+            let p: Pod = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+                "apiVersion": "v1",
+                "kind": "Pod",
+                "metadata": {
+                    "name": "blog",
+                    "generation": Some(gen),
+                },
+                "spec": {
+                    "containers": [{
+                      "name": "blog",
+                      "image": "clux/blog:0.1.0"
+                    }],
+                }
+            }))
+            .unwrap();
+            p
+        };
+        let data = stream::iter([
+            Ok(mkobj(1)),
+            Err(Error::TooManyObjects),
+            Ok(mkobj(1)),
+            Ok(mkobj(2)),
+        ]);
+        let rx = PredicateFilter::new(data, predicates::generation);
+        pin_mut!(rx);
+
+        // mkobj(1) passed through
+        let first = rx.next().now_or_never().unwrap().unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(first.meta().generation, Some(1));
+
+        // Error passed through
+        assert!(matches!(
+            poll!(rx.next()),
+            Poll::Ready(Some(Err(Error::TooManyObjects)))
+        ));
+        // (no repeat mkobj(1) - same generation)
+        // mkobj(2) next
+        let second = rx.next().now_or_never().unwrap().unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(second.meta().generation, Some(2));
+        assert!(matches!(poll!(rx.next()), Poll::Ready(None)));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/utils/watch_ext.rs b/kube-runtime/src/utils/watch_ext.rs
index 7cda50245..e2e3e1b50 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/src/utils/watch_ext.rs
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/utils/watch_ext.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-predicates")]
+use crate::utils::predicate::PredicateFilter;
 #[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-subscribe")]
 use crate::utils::stream_subscribe::StreamSubscribe;
 use crate::{
     utils::{event_flatten::EventFlatten, stream_backoff::StreamBackoff},
     watcher,
 };
+#[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-predicates")] use kube_client::Resource;
+
 use backoff::backoff::Backoff;
 use futures::{Stream, TryStream};
 
@@ -38,6 +42,43 @@ pub trait WatchStreamExt: Stream {
         EventFlatten::new(self, true)
     }
 
+
+    /// Filter out a flattened stream on [`predicates`](crate::predicates).
+    ///
+    /// This will filter out repeat calls where the predicate returns the same result.
+    /// Common use case for this is to avoid repeat events for status updates
+    /// by filtering on []`predicates::generation`].
+    ///
+    /// ## Usage
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # use futures::{pin_mut, Stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+    /// use kube::{Api, Client, ResourceExt};
+    /// use kube_runtime::{watcher, WatchStreamExt, predicates};
+    /// use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Pod;
+    /// # async fn wrapper() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    /// # let client: kube::Client = todo!();
+    /// let pods: Api<Pod> = Api::default_namespaced(client);
+    /// let changed_pods = watcher(pods, watcher::Config::default())
+    ///     .applied_objects()
+    ///     .predicate_filter(predicates::generation);
+    /// pin_mut!(changed_pods);
+    ///
+    /// while let Some(pod) = changed_pods.try_next().await? {
+    ///    println!("saw Pod '{} with hitherto unseen generation", pod.name_any());
+    /// }
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-predicates")]
+    fn predicate_filter<K, F>(self, predicate: F) -> PredicateFilter<Self, K, F>
+    where
+        Self: Stream<Item = Result<K, watcher::Error>> + Sized,
+        K: Resource + 'static,
+        F: Fn(&K) -> Option<u64> + 'static,
+    {
+        PredicateFilter::new(self, predicate)
+    }
+
     /// Create a [`StreamSubscribe`] from a [`watcher()`] stream.
     ///
     /// The [`StreamSubscribe::subscribe()`] method which allows additional consumers
@@ -103,3 +144,36 @@ pub trait WatchStreamExt: Stream {
 }
 
 impl<St: ?Sized> WatchStreamExt for St where St: Stream {}
+
+// Compile tests
+#[cfg(feature = "unstable-runtime-predicates")]
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::predicates;
+    use futures::StreamExt;
+    use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Pod;
+    use kube_client::{Api, Resource};
+
+    fn compile_type<T>() -> T {
+        unimplemented!("not called - compile test only")
+    }
+
+    pub fn assert_stream<T, K>(x: T) -> T
+    where
+        T: Stream<Item = watcher::Result<K>> + Send,
+        K: Resource + Clone + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        x
+    }
+
+    // not #[test] because this is only a compile check verification
+    #[allow(dead_code, unused_must_use)]
+    fn test_watcher_stream_type_drift() {
+        let pred_watch = watcher(compile_type::<Api<Pod>>(), Default::default())
+            .touched_objects()
+            .predicate_filter(predicates::generation)
+            .boxed();
+        assert_stream(pred_watch);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kube/Cargo.toml b/kube/Cargo.toml
index e2211e64e..8124d64af 100644
--- a/kube/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kube/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runtime = ["kube-runtime"]
 unstable-runtime = ["kube-runtime/unstable-runtime"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = ["client", "rustls-tls", "openssl-tls", "derive", "ws", "oauth", "jsonpatch", "admission", "runtime", "k8s-openapi/v1_26"]
+features = ["client", "rustls-tls", "openssl-tls", "derive", "ws", "oauth", "jsonpatch", "admission", "runtime", "k8s-openapi/v1_26", "unstable-runtime"]
 # Define the configuration attribute `docsrs`. Used to enable `doc_cfg` feature.
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]