diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -675,10 +675,10 @@
         Intended to be overwritten by filtered repo."""
         return self
 
-    def filtered(self, name):
+    def filtered(self, name, visibilityexceptions=None):
         """Return a filtered version of a repository"""
         cls = repoview.newtype(self.unfiltered().__class__)
-        return cls(self, name)
+        return cls(self, name, visibilityexceptions)
 
     @repofilecache('bookmarks', 'bookmarks.current')
     def _bookmarks(self):
diff --git a/mercurial/repoview.py b/mercurial/repoview.py
--- a/mercurial/repoview.py
+++ b/mercurial/repoview.py
@@ -187,11 +187,14 @@
     subclasses of `localrepo`. Eg: `bundlerepo` or `statichttprepo`.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, repo, filtername):
+    def __init__(self, repo, filtername, visibilityexceptions=None):
         object.__setattr__(self, r'_unfilteredrepo', repo)
         object.__setattr__(self, r'filtername', filtername)
         object.__setattr__(self, r'_clcachekey', None)
         object.__setattr__(self, r'_clcache', None)
+        # revs which are exceptions and must not be hidden
+        object.__setattr__(self, r'_visibilityexceptions',
+                           visibilityexceptions)
 
     # not a propertycache on purpose we shall implement a proper cache later
     @property
@@ -227,11 +230,11 @@
         """Return an unfiltered version of a repo"""
         return self._unfilteredrepo
 
-    def filtered(self, name):
+    def filtered(self, name, visibilityexceptions=None):
         """Return a filtered version of a repository"""
-        if name == self.filtername:
+        if name == self.filtername and not visibilityexceptions:
             return self
-        return self.unfiltered().filtered(name)
+        return self.unfiltered().filtered(name, visibilityexceptions)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return r'<%s:%s %r>' % (self.__class__.__name__,