diff --git a/benchs/bench_fw/descriptors.py b/benchs/bench_fw/descriptors.py
index 212e643426..ca8c8c9410 100644
--- a/benchs/bench_fw/descriptors.py
+++ b/benchs/bench_fw/descriptors.py
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ class DatasetDescriptor:
 
     embedding_id_column: Optional[str] = None
 
+    # filters on the dataset where each filter is a
+    # string rep of a filter expression
+    filters: Optional[List[str]] = None
+
     # unused in open-source
     splits_distribution: Optional[List[List[bytes]]] = None