diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 047d13fb..7c50391b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Added
 -----
 
 * Added new ``assigned_numbers`` module and ``AdvertisementDataType`` enum.
+* Added new ``bluez`` kwarg to ``BleakScanner`` in BlueZ backend.
 
 Changed
 -------
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ Changed
 * ``BleakScanner()`` args ``detection_callback`` and ``service_uuids`` are no longer keyword-only.
 * ``BleakScanner()`` arg ``scanning_mode`` is no longer Windows-only and is no longer keyword-only.
 * All ``BleakScanner()`` instances in BlueZ backend now use common D-Bus object manager.
+* Deprecated ``filters`` kwarg in ``BleakScanner`` in BlueZ backend.
 
 
 `0.14.3`_ (2022-04-29)
diff --git a/bleak/backends/bluezdbus/scanner.py b/bleak/backends/bluezdbus/scanner.py
index 80505b16..a7b12571 100644
--- a/bleak/backends/bluezdbus/scanner.py
+++ b/bleak/backends/bluezdbus/scanner.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import logging
+import sys
 from typing import Callable, Coroutine, Dict, List, Literal, Optional
+from warnings import warn
 
 from dbus_next import Variant
 
@@ -10,6 +12,32 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    from typing import TypedDict
+
+    class BlueZDiscoveryFilters(TypedDict, total=False):
+        UUIDs: List[str]
+        RSSI: int
+        Pathloss: int
+        Transport: str
+        DuplicateData: bool
+        Discoverable: bool
+        Pattern: str
+
+    class BlueZArgs(TypedDict, total=False):
+        """
+        :class:`BleakScanner` args that are specific to the BlueZ backend.
+        """
+
+        filters: BlueZDiscoveryFilters
+        """
+        Filters to pass to the adapter SetDiscoveryFilter D-Bus method.
+        """
+
+else:
+    BlueZDiscoveryFilters = Dict[str, object]
+    BlueZArgs = Dict[str, object]
+
 
 class BleakScannerBlueZDBus(BaseBleakScanner):
     """The native Linux Bleak BLE Scanner.
@@ -28,10 +56,10 @@ class BleakScannerBlueZDBus(BaseBleakScanner):
             also enables scanning while the screen is off on Android.
         scanning_mode:
             Set to ``"passive"`` to avoid the ``"active"`` scanning mode.
+        **bluez:
+            Dictionary of arguments specific to the BlueZ backend.
         **adapter (str):
             Bluetooth adapter to use for discovery.
-        **filters (dict):
-            A dict of filters to be applied on discovery.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -39,6 +67,8 @@ def __init__(
         detection_callback: Optional[AdvertisementDataCallback] = None,
         service_uuids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         scanning_mode: Literal["active", "passive"] = "active",
+        *,
+        bluez: BlueZArgs = {},
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super(BleakScannerBlueZDBus, self).__init__(detection_callback, service_uuids)
@@ -66,7 +96,19 @@ def __init__(
         if self._service_uuids:
             self._filters["UUIDs"] = Variant("as", self._service_uuids)
 
-        self.set_scanning_filter(**kwargs)
+        filters = kwargs.get("filters")
+
+        if filters is None:
+            filters = bluez.get("filters")
+        else:
+            warn(
+                "the 'filters' kwarg is deprecated, use 'bluez' kwarg instead",
+                FutureWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
+        if filters is not None:
+            self.set_scanning_filter(filters=filters)
 
     async def start(self):
         manager = await get_bluez_manager()