diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 57823cd..45eeefd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2552,6 +2552,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "console-subscriber",
  "dunce",
  "embed-resource",
+ "futures",
  "insta",
  "miette",
  "mimalloc",
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index d46c247..b47e054 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ miette = { version = "3.2.0", features = ["fancy"] }
 notify-rust = "4.5.2"
 tracing = "0.1.26"
 watchexec = { path = "../lib" }
+futures = "0.3.17"
 
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "2.33.3"
diff --git a/cli/src/args.rs b/cli/src/args.rs
index 816f223..152cf4e 100644
--- a/cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/cli/src/args.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ pub fn get_args(tagged_filterer: bool) -> Result<ArgMatches<'static>> {
 			.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_FILTERING))
 			.help("Skip auto-ignoring of commonly ignored globs")
 			.long("no-default-ignore"))
+		.arg(Arg::with_name("no-global-ignore") // TODO
+			.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_FILTERING))
+			.help("Skip auto-loading of global or environment-wide ignore files")
+			.long("no-default-ignore"))
 		.arg(Arg::with_name("postpone")
 			.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_BEHAVIOUR))
 			.help("Wait until first change to execute command")
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ pub fn get_args(tagged_filterer: bool) -> Result<ArgMatches<'static>> {
 				.value_name("tagged filter"),
 		)
 		.arg(
-			Arg::with_name("filter-files") // TODO
+			Arg::with_name("filter-files")
 				.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_FILTERING))
 				.help("Load tagged filters from a file")
 				.short("F")
@@ -175,6 +179,12 @@ pub fn get_args(tagged_filterer: bool) -> Result<ArgMatches<'static>> {
 				.takes_value(true)
 				.value_name("path"),
 		)
+		.arg(
+			Arg::with_name("no-global-filters")
+				.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_FILTERING))
+				.help("Skip auto-loading of global or environment-wide ignore files")
+				.long("no-default-filters"),
+		)
 		.arg(
 			Arg::with_name("no-meta") // TODO
 				.help_heading(Some(OPTSET_FILTERING))
diff --git a/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs b/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
index 397d44e..18d0327 100644
--- a/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
+++ b/cli/src/filterer/tagged.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 
 use clap::ArgMatches;
+use futures::future::try_join_all;
 use miette::Result;
 use tracing::debug;
-use watchexec::filter::tagged::{Filter, TaggedFilterer};
+use watchexec::{
+	filter::tagged::{
+		files::{self, FilterFile},
+		Filter, TaggedFilterer,
+	},
+	ignore_files::IgnoreFile,
+};
 
 pub async fn tagged(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<TaggedFilterer>> {
 	let (project_origin, workdir) = super::common::dirs(args).await?;
@@ -27,8 +34,32 @@ pub async fn tagged(args: &ArgMatches<'static>) -> Result<Arc<TaggedFilterer>> {
 		filterer.add_ignore_file(ignore).await?;
 	}
 
-	// TODO: load global/env filter files
-	// TODO: load -F filter files
+	let mut filter_files = Vec::new();
+	for path in args.values_of_os("filter-file").unwrap_or_default() {
+		let file = FilterFile(IgnoreFile {
+			applies_in: None,
+			applies_to: None,
+			path: PathBuf::from(path),
+		});
+		filter_files.push(file);
+	}
+
+	if !args.is_present("no-global-filters") {
+		// TODO: handle errors
+		let (global_filter_files, _errors) = files::from_environment().await;
+		filter_files.extend(global_filter_files);
+	}
+
+	let filters = try_join_all(
+		filter_files
+			.into_iter()
+			.map(|file| async move { file.load().await }),
+	)
+	.await?
+	.into_iter()
+	.flatten()
+	.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+	filterer.add_filters(&filters).await?;
 
 	Ok(filterer)
 }