diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/task/index/IndexReplicationTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/task/index/IndexReplicationTask.kt
index 33a311c0..156c2732 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/task/index/IndexReplicationTask.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/task/index/IndexReplicationTask.kt
@@ -518,13 +518,18 @@ open class IndexReplicationTask(id: Long, type: String, action: String, descript
                     for (alias in toAdd) {
                         log.info("Adding alias ${alias.alias} from $followerIndexName")
                         // Copying writeIndex from leader doesn't cause any issue as writes will be blocked anyways
-                        request.addAliasAction(AliasActions.add().index(followerIndexName)
-                                .alias(alias.alias)
-                                .indexRouting(alias.indexRouting)
-                                .searchRouting(alias.searchRouting)
-                                .writeIndex(alias.writeIndex())
-                                .isHidden(alias.isHidden)
-                        )
+                        var aliasAction = AliasActions.add().index(followerIndexName)
+                            .alias(alias.alias)
+                            .indexRouting(alias.indexRouting)
+                            .searchRouting(alias.searchRouting)
+                            .writeIndex(alias.writeIndex())
+                            .isHidden(alias.isHidden)
+
+                        if (alias.filteringRequired())  {
+                            aliasAction = aliasAction.filter(alias.filter.string())
+                        }
+
+                        request.addAliasAction(aliasAction)
                     }
 
                     var toRemove = followerAliases - leaderAliases
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt
index 954b637d..f989859c 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MapperService
 import org.opensearch.repositories.fs.FsRepository
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase.assertBusy
 import org.junit.Assert
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.AliasMetadata
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.DeprecationHandler
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry
 import org.opensearch.replication.ReplicationPlugin.Companion.REPLICATION_INDEX_TRANSLOG_PRUNING_ENABLED_SETTING
@@ -344,8 +345,10 @@ class StartReplicationIT: MultiClusterRestTestCase() {
 
         createConnectionBetweenClusters(FOLLOWER, LEADER)
 
-        val createIndexResponse = leaderClient.indices().create(CreateIndexRequest(leaderIndexName).alias(Alias("leaderAlias")), RequestOptions.DEFAULT)
-        assertThat(createIndexResponse.isAcknowledged).isTrue()
+        val createIndexResponse = leaderClient.indices().create(CreateIndexRequest(leaderIndexName)
+            .alias(Alias("leaderAlias").filter("{\"term\":{\"year\":2016}}").routing("1"))
+            , RequestOptions.DEFAULT)
+        assertThat(createIndexResponse.isAcknowledged).isTrue
         try {
             followerClient.startReplication(StartReplicationRequest("source", leaderIndexName, followerIndexName),
                 waitForRestore = true)
@@ -361,6 +364,7 @@ class StartReplicationIT: MultiClusterRestTestCase() {
                         followerClient.indices().getAlias(GetAliasesRequest().indices(followerIndexName),
                                 RequestOptions.DEFAULT).aliases[followerIndexName]
                 )
+
             }, 30L, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
         } finally {
             followerClient.stopReplication(followerIndexName)
@@ -541,7 +545,7 @@ class StartReplicationIT: MultiClusterRestTestCase() {
             var indicesAliasesRequest = IndicesAliasesRequest()
             var aliasAction = IndicesAliasesRequest.AliasActions.add()
                     .index(leaderIndexName)
-                    .alias("alias1")
+                    .alias("alias1").filter("{\"term\":{\"year\":2016}}").routing("1")
             indicesAliasesRequest.addAliasAction(aliasAction)
             leaderClient.indices().updateAliases(indicesAliasesRequest, RequestOptions.DEFAULT)