diff --git a/pygmt/__init__.py b/pygmt/__init__.py
index 512865264b0..4a38fe40ad6 100644
--- a/pygmt/__init__.py
+++ b/pygmt/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from .sampling import grdtrack
 from .mathops import makecpt
 from .modules import GMTDataArrayAccessor, config, info, grdinfo, which
-from .gridops import grdcut
+from .gridops import grdcut, grdfilter
 from .x2sys import x2sys_init, x2sys_cross
 from . import datasets
 
diff --git a/pygmt/gridops.py b/pygmt/gridops.py
index 122aa42340e..4adca2f6e6b 100644
--- a/pygmt/gridops.py
+++ b/pygmt/gridops.py
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 
 @fmt_docstring
 @use_alias(
-    G="outgrid",
-    R="region",
-    J="projection",
-    N="extend",
-    S="circ_subregion",
-    Z="z_subregion",
-)
+           G="outgrid",
+           R="region",
+           J="projection",
+           N="extend",
+           S="circ_subregion",
+           Z="z_subregion"
+           )
 @kwargs_to_strings(R="sequence")
 def grdcut(grid, **kwargs):
     """
@@ -113,3 +113,85 @@ def grdcut(grid, **kwargs):
             result = None  # if user sets an outgrid, return None
 
         return result
+
+@fmt_docstring
+@use_alias(
+           G="outgrid",
+           F="filter",
+           D="distance"
+           )
+@kwargs_to_strings(R="sequence")
+
+def grdfilter(grid, **kwargs):
+    """
+    filter a grid file in the time domain using one of the selected convolution
+    or non-convolution isotropic or rectangular filters and compute distances
+    using Cartesian or Spherical geometries. The output grid file can optionally
+    be generated as a sub-region of the input (via -R) and/or with new increment
+    (via -I) or registration (via -T). In this way, one may have “extra space” in
+    the input data so that the edges will not be used and the output can be within
+    one half-width of the input edges. If the filter is low-pass, then the output
+    may be less frequently sampled than the input.
+        
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    grid : str or xarray.DataArray
+        The file name of the input grid or the grid loaded as a DataArray.
+        outgrid : str or None
+        The name of the output netCDF file with extension .nc to store the grid
+        in.
+    {F} : str
+        Name of filter type you which to apply, followed by the width
+        b: Box Car; c: Cosine Arch; g: Gaussian; o: Operator; m: Median; p: Maximum Likelihood probability; h: histogram
+    {D}: str
+        Distance flag, that tells how grid (x,y) rrlated to the filter width as follows:
+        flag = p: grid (px,py) with width an odd number of pixels; Cartesian distances.
+        
+        flag = 0: grid (x,y) same units as width, Cartesian distances.
+        
+        flag = 1: grid (x,y) in degrees, width in kilometers, Cartesian distances.
+        
+        flag = 2: grid (x,y) in degrees, width in km, dx scaled by cos(middle y), Cartesian distances.
+        
+        The above options are fastest because they allow weight matrix to be computed only once. The next three options are slower because they recompute weights for each latitude.
+        
+        flag = 3: grid (x,y) in degrees, width in km, dx scaled by cosine(y), Cartesian distance calculation.
+        
+        flag = 4: grid (x,y) in degrees, width in km, Spherical distance calculation.
+        
+        flag = 5: grid (x,y) in Mercator -Jm1 img units, width in km, Spherical distance calculation.
+        
+    Returns
+    -------
+    ret: xarray.DataArray or None
+        Return type depends on whether the *outgrid* parameter is set:
+        - xarray.DataArray if *outgrid* is not set
+        - None if *outgrid* is set (grid output will be stored in *outgrid*)
+    """
+    kind = data_kind(grid)
+    
+    with GMTTempFile(suffix=".nc") as tmpfile:
+        with Session() as lib:
+            if kind == "file":
+                file_context = dummy_context(grid)
+            elif kind == "grid":
+                file_context = lib.virtualfile_from_grid(grid)
+            else:
+                raise GMTInvalidInput("Unrecognized data type: {}".format(type(grid)))
+            
+            with file_context as infile:
+                if "G" not in kwargs.keys():  # if outgrid is unset, output to tempfile
+                    kwargs.update({"G": tmpfile.name})
+                outgrid = kwargs["G"]
+                arg_str = " ".join([infile, build_arg_string(kwargs)])
+                lib.call_module("grdfilter", arg_str)
+    
+        if outgrid == tmpfile.name:  # if user did not set outgrid, return DataArray
+            with xr.open_dataarray(outgrid) as dataarray:
+                result = dataarray.load()
+                _ = result.gmt  # load GMTDataArray accessor information
+        else:
+            result = None  # if user sets an outgrid, return None
+        
+        return result
+