diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 20328c7..f605640 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex 1.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex-syntax 0.6.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempdir 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "users 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "version_check 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -410,6 +411,15 @@ name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "users"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc 0.2.69 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vec_map"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -522,6 +532,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum textwrap 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
 "checksum thread_local 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d40c6d1b69745a6ec6fb1ca717914848da4b44ae29d9b3080cbee91d72a69b14"
 "checksum unicode-width 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "caaa9d531767d1ff2150b9332433f32a24622147e5ebb1f26409d5da67afd479"
+"checksum users 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "aa4227e95324a443c9fcb06e03d4d85e91aabe9a5a02aa818688b6918b6af486"
 "checksum vec_map 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "05c78687fb1a80548ae3250346c3db86a80a7cdd77bda190189f2d0a0987c81a"
 "checksum version_check 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "078775d0255232fb988e6fccf26ddc9d1ac274299aaedcedce21c6f72cc533ce"
 "checksum void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2cc0819..7ac461a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 version = "2.31.2"
 features = ["suggestions", "color", "wrap_help"]
 
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+users = "0.10.0"
+
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
 
diff --git a/src/filter/owner.rs b/src/filter/owner.rs
index a4da9b6..5b7f64a 100644
--- a/src/filter/owner.rs
+++ b/src/filter/owner.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use std::fs;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct OwnerFilter {
@@ -13,11 +14,29 @@ impl OwnerFilter {
 
         let uid = match fst {
             Some("") | None => None,
-            Some(s) => Some(s.parse()?),
+            Some(s) => {
+                let maybe_uid = s
+                    .parse()
+                    .ok()
+                    .or_else(|| users::get_user_by_name(s).map(|user| user.uid()));
+                match maybe_uid {
+                    Some(uid) => Some(uid),
+                    _ => return Err(anyhow!("'{}' is not a recognized user name", s)),
+                }
+            }
         };
         let gid = match snd {
             Some("") | None => None,
-            Some(s) => Some(s.parse()?),
+            Some(s) => {
+                let maybe_gid = s
+                    .parse()
+                    .ok()
+                    .or_else(|| users::get_group_by_name(s).map(|group| group.gid()));
+                match maybe_gid {
+                    Some(gid) => Some(gid),
+                    _ => return Err(anyhow!("'{}' is not a recognized group name", s)),
+                }
+            }
         };
 
         if uid.is_none() && gid.is_none() {
@@ -29,6 +48,15 @@ impl OwnerFilter {
             Ok(OwnerFilter { uid, gid })
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn matches(&self, md: &fs::Metadata) -> bool {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
+
+        let uid_ok = self.uid.map(|u| u == md.uid()).unwrap_or(true);
+        let gid_ok = self.gid.map(|g| g == md.gid()).unwrap_or(true);
+
+        uid_ok && gid_ok
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index 93f20de..56c0bc0 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -411,6 +411,19 @@ fn spawn_senders(
                 }
             }
 
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            {
+                if let Some(ref owner_constraint) = config.owner_constraint {
+                    if let Ok(ref metadata) = entry_path.metadata() {
+                        if !owner_constraint.matches(&metadata) {
+                            return ignore::WalkState::Continue;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        return ignore::WalkState::Continue;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             // Filter out unwanted sizes if it is a file and we have been given size constraints.
             if !config.size_constraints.is_empty() {
                 if entry_path.is_file() {