diff --git a/app/api/v2/handlers/payload_api.py b/app/api/v2/handlers/payload_api.py
index 1b034a332..6c6350348 100644
--- a/app/api/v2/handlers/payload_api.py
+++ b/app/api/v2/handlers/payload_api.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import re
 from io import IOBase
+from typing import Optional
 
 import aiohttp_apispec
 from aiohttp import web
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ def add_routes(self, app: web.Application):
 
     @aiohttp_apispec.docs(tags=['payloads'],
                           summary='Retrieve payloads',
-                          description='Retrieves all stored payloads.')
+                          description='Retrieves all stored payloads. Supports optional filtering by name '
+                                      '(case-insensitive substring match via the `name` query parameter).')
     @aiohttp_apispec.querystring_schema(PayloadQuerySchema)
     @aiohttp_apispec.response_schema(PayloadSchema(),
                                      description='Returns a list of all payloads in PayloadSchema format.')
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ async def get_payloads(self, request: web.Request):
         sort: bool = request['querystring'].get('sort')
         exclude_plugins: bool = request['querystring'].get('exclude_plugins')
         add_path: bool = request['querystring'].get('add_path')
+        name_filter: Optional[str] = request['querystring'].get('name')
 
         cwd = pathlib.Path.cwd()
         payload_dirs = [cwd / 'data' / 'payloads']
@@ -52,6 +55,11 @@ async def get_payloads(self, request: web.Request):
         }
 
         payloads = list(payloads)
+
+        if name_filter:
+            name_filter_lower = name_filter.lower()
+            payloads = [p for p in payloads if name_filter_lower in pathlib.PurePath(p).name.lower()]
+
         if sort:
             payloads.sort()
 
diff --git a/app/api/v2/schemas/payload_schemas.py b/app/api/v2/schemas/payload_schemas.py
index 22d8701f4..a03af81a6 100644
--- a/app/api/v2/schemas/payload_schemas.py
+++ b/app/api/v2/schemas/payload_schemas.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class PayloadQuerySchema(schema.Schema):
     sort = fields.Boolean(required=False, load_default=False)
     exclude_plugins = fields.Boolean(required=False, load_default=False)
     add_path = fields.Boolean(required=False, load_default=False)
+    name = fields.String(required=False, load_default=None, allow_none=True)
 
 
 class PayloadSchema(schema.Schema):
diff --git a/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_payloads_api.py b/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_payloads_api.py
index 8570f35ba..4ffa34eb7 100644
--- a/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_payloads_api.py
+++ b/tests/api/v2/handlers/test_payloads_api.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import pathlib
 import tempfile
 from http import HTTPStatus
 
@@ -49,6 +50,35 @@ async def test_get_payloads(self, api_v2_client, api_cookies, expected_payload_f
 
         assert filtered_payload_file_names == expected_payload_file_names
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('query_name', ['payload_', 'PAYLOAD_'])
+    async def test_get_payloads_name_filter(self, api_v2_client, api_cookies, expected_payload_file_names, query_name):
+        resp = await api_v2_client.get(f'/api/v2/payloads?name={query_name}', cookies=api_cookies)
+        assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.OK
+        payload_file_names = await resp.json()
+
+        # All expected payloads should be present
+        assert expected_payload_file_names <= set(payload_file_names)
+        # Every returned payload must match the filter (no false positives)
+        assert all('payload_' in pathlib.PurePath(p).name.lower() for p in payload_file_names)
+
+    async def test_get_payloads_name_filter_no_match(self, api_v2_client, api_cookies):
+        resp = await api_v2_client.get('/api/v2/payloads?name=__no_match_xyzzy__', cookies=api_cookies)
+        assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.OK
+        assert await resp.json() == []
+
+    async def test_get_payloads_name_filter_with_sort_and_add_path(
+            self, api_v2_client, api_cookies, expected_payload_file_names):
+        resp = await api_v2_client.get('/api/v2/payloads?name=payload_&sort=true&add_path=true', cookies=api_cookies)
+        assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.OK
+        payload_paths = await resp.json()
+
+        # Results should be sorted
+        assert payload_paths == sorted(payload_paths)
+        # Every returned path's filename must match the filter
+        assert all('payload_' in pathlib.PurePath(p).name.lower() for p in payload_paths)
+        # Results should contain paths (not bare filenames)
+        assert all(os.sep in p or '/' in p for p in payload_paths)
+
     async def test_unauthorized_get_payloads(self, api_v2_client):
         resp = await api_v2_client.get('/api/v2/payloads')
         assert resp.status == HTTPStatus.UNAUTHORIZED