diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c5a22ca..9fdcf64 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1425,6 +1425,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.12.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "843bc0191f75f3e22651ae5f1e72939ab2f72a4bc30fa80a066bd66edefc24d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -1668,6 +1680,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonrpsee",
  "prometheus-http-client",
  "rand",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c2594e1..b59e521 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server", "server-auto"] }
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.26", features = ["macros", "async-client"] }
 plotters = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["bitmap_backend", "bitmap_encoder", "ttf", "datetime", "area_series", "line_series", "full_palette"] }
 rand = "0.9"
+regex = "1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/signal-gateway/Cargo.toml b/signal-gateway/Cargo.toml
index 296e66f..339d480 100644
--- a/signal-gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/signal-gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ http-body = { workspace = true }
 http-body-util = { workspace = true }
 humantime = { workspace = true }
 jsonrpsee = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/signal-gateway/src/log_message.rs b/signal-gateway/src/log_message.rs
index c43ba54..6cd3284 100644
--- a/signal-gateway/src/log_message.rs
+++ b/signal-gateway/src/log_message.rs
@@ -266,6 +266,35 @@ impl Origin {
     }
 }
 
+/// A compiled regex that can be cloned and deserialized.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct CompiledRegex(regex::Regex);
+
+impl CompiledRegex {
+    /// Check if the regex matches the given text.
+    pub fn is_match(&self, text: &str) -> bool {
+        self.0.is_match(text)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for CompiledRegex {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "/{}/", self.0.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for CompiledRegex {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let pattern = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        regex::Regex::new(&pattern)
+            .map(CompiledRegex)
+            .map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Filter criteria for matching log messages.
 ///
 /// All non-empty fields must match for the filter to pass.
@@ -274,6 +303,12 @@ pub struct LogFilter {
     /// If non-empty, the message must contain this substring.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub msg_contains: String,
+    /// If non-empty, the message must equal this value exactly.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub msg_equals: String,
+    /// If set, the message must match this regex.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub msg_regex: Option<CompiledRegex>,
     /// If non-empty, the module path must equal this value exactly.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub module_equals: String,
@@ -291,6 +326,12 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for LogFilter {
         if !self.msg_contains.is_empty() {
             s.field("msg_contains", &self.msg_contains);
         }
+        if !self.msg_equals.is_empty() {
+            s.field("msg_equals", &self.msg_equals);
+        }
+        if let Some(regex) = &self.msg_regex {
+            s.field("msg_regex", regex);
+        }
         if !self.module_equals.is_empty() {
             s.field("module_equals", &self.module_equals);
         }
@@ -313,6 +354,16 @@ impl LogFilter {
             return false;
         }
 
+        if !self.msg_equals.is_empty() && *log_msg.msg != *self.msg_equals {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(regex) = &self.msg_regex {
+            if !regex.is_match(&log_msg.msg) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         if !self.module_equals.is_empty() {
             match log_msg.module_path.as_deref() {
                 Some(module) if module == self.module_equals.as_str() => {}
@@ -391,4 +442,70 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(origin2.matches_filter("app@host"));
         assert!(!origin2.matches_filter("app@other"));
     }
+
+    fn make_log_msg(msg: &str) -> LogMessage {
+        LogMessage::builder(Level::ERROR, msg)
+            .module_path("test::module")
+            .file("test.rs")
+            .line("42")
+            .build()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_log_filter_msg_contains() {
+        let filter: LogFilter = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"msg_contains": "error"}"#).unwrap();
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("an error occurred")));
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("error")));
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&make_log_msg("warning message")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_log_filter_msg_equals() {
+        let filter: LogFilter = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"msg_equals": "exact match"}"#).unwrap();
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("exact match")));
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&make_log_msg("exact match with extra")));
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&make_log_msg("not exact match")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_log_filter_msg_regex() {
+        let filter: LogFilter = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"msg_regex": "error \\d+"}"#).unwrap();
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("error 123")));
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("an error 456 occurred")));
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&make_log_msg("error")));
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&make_log_msg("warning 123")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_log_filter_combined() {
+        // msg_contains AND module_equals must both match
+        let filter: LogFilter = serde_json::from_str(
+            r#"{"msg_contains": "error", "module_equals": "test::module"}"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("an error occurred")));
+
+        // Wrong module
+        let mut msg = make_log_msg("an error occurred");
+        msg.module_path = Some("other::module".into());
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&msg));
+
+        // Wrong message
+        let msg2 = make_log_msg("warning message");
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&msg2));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_log_filter_empty_matches_all() {
+        let filter: LogFilter = serde_json::from_str(r#"{}"#).unwrap();
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("anything")));
+        assert!(filter.matches(&make_log_msg("")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_compiled_regex_debug() {
+        let filter: LogFilter = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"msg_regex": "test.*pattern"}"#).unwrap();
+        let debug_str = format!("{:?}", filter);
+        assert!(debug_str.contains("/test.*pattern/"));
+    }
 }