diff --git a/app/api_topologies.go b/app/api_topologies.go
index b1ed68022..fb3e30170 100644
--- a/app/api_topologies.go
+++ b/app/api_topologies.go
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ func MakeRegistry() *Registry {
 		},
 	}
 
+	k8sCombinedTypeFilter := APITopologyOptionGroup{
+		ID:         "grouptype",
+		Default:    "",
+		SelectType: "union",
+		NoneLabel:  "All Types",
+		Options: []APITopologyOption{
+			{Value: report.Deployment, Label: "Deployments", filter: render.IsTopology(report.Deployment), filterPseudo: false},
+			{Value: report.DaemonSet, Label: "Daemonsets", filter: render.IsTopology(report.DaemonSet), filterPseudo: false},
+		},
+	}
+
 	// Topology option labels should tell the current state. The first item must
 	// be the verb to get to that state
 	registry.Add(
@@ -273,7 +284,7 @@ func MakeRegistry() *Registry {
 			parent:      podsID,
 			renderer:    render.KubeCombinedRenderer,
 			Name:        "combined",
-			Options:     []APITopologyOptionGroup{unmanagedFilter},
+			Options:     []APITopologyOptionGroup{unmanagedFilter, k8sCombinedTypeFilter},
 			HideIfEmpty: true,
 		},
 		APITopologyDesc{
diff --git a/render/filters.go b/render/filters.go
index 93721d36a..a49c26032 100644
--- a/render/filters.go
+++ b/render/filters.go
@@ -322,12 +322,6 @@ func IsNotPseudo(n report.Node) bool {
 	return n.Topology != Pseudo || strings.HasSuffix(n.ID, TheInternetID) || strings.HasPrefix(n.ID, ServiceNodeIDPrefix)
 }
 
-// IsPseudoTopology returns true if the node is in a pseudo topology,
-// mimicing the check performed by MakeFilter() instead of the more complex check in IsNotPseudo()
-func IsPseudoTopology(n report.Node) bool {
-	return n.Topology == Pseudo
-}
-
 // IsNamespace checks if the node is a pod/service in the specified namespace
 func IsNamespace(namespace string) FilterFunc {
 	return func(n report.Node) bool {
@@ -347,6 +341,17 @@ func IsNamespace(namespace string) FilterFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// IsTopology checks if the node is from a particular report topology
+func IsTopology(topology string) FilterFunc {
+	return func(n report.Node) bool {
+		return n.Topology == topology
+	}
+}
+
+// IsPseudoTopology returns true if the node is in a pseudo topology,
+// mimicing the check performed by MakeFilter() instead of the more complex check in IsNotPseudo()
+var IsPseudoTopology = IsTopology(Pseudo)
+
 var systemContainerNames = map[string]struct{}{
 	"weavescope": {},
 	"weavedns":   {},