diff --git a/packages/reactivity/__tests__/watch.spec.ts b/packages/reactivity/__tests__/watch.spec.ts
index 245acfd63be..3333f1cb8c0 100644
--- a/packages/reactivity/__tests__/watch.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/reactivity/__tests__/watch.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   type WatchScheduler,
   computed,
   onWatcherCleanup,
+  reactive,
   ref,
   watch,
 } from '../src'
@@ -211,6 +212,27 @@ describe('watch', () => {
     expect(dummy).toBe(1)
   })
 
+  test('skip option', async () => {
+    let dummy = 0
+    const source = reactive({
+      num1: 1,
+      nested: { _skip: true, num2: 0 },
+    })
+    watch(source, () => dummy++, {
+      deep: true,
+      skip(val) {
+        return val._skip
+      },
+    })
+    expect(dummy).toBe(0)
+    source.nested.num2++
+    expect(dummy).toBe(0)
+    source.num1++
+    expect(dummy).toBe(1)
+    source.nested.num2++
+    expect(dummy).toBe(1)
+  })
+
   // #12033
   test('recursive sync watcher on computed', () => {
     const r = ref(0)
diff --git a/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts b/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts
index f0445e87da0..e435c318994 100644
--- a/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/reactivity/src/index.ts
@@ -93,5 +93,6 @@ export {
   type WatchEffect,
   type WatchSource,
   type WatchCallback,
+  type WatchSkip,
   type OnCleanup,
 } from './watch'
diff --git a/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts b/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts
index 073bf88b93f..5d44075b877 100644
--- a/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts
+++ b/packages/reactivity/src/watch.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export type OnCleanup = (cleanupFn: () => void) => void
 export interface WatchOptions<Immediate = boolean> extends DebuggerOptions {
   immediate?: Immediate
   deep?: boolean | number
+  skip?: WatchSkip
   once?: boolean
   scheduler?: WatchScheduler
   onWarn?: (msg: string, ...args: any[]) => void
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ const INITIAL_WATCHER_VALUE = {}
 
 export type WatchScheduler = (job: () => void, isFirstRun: boolean) => void
 
+export type WatchSkip = (val: any) => boolean | undefined
+
 const cleanupMap: WeakMap<ReactiveEffect, (() => void)[]> = new WeakMap()
 let activeWatcher: ReactiveEffect | undefined = undefined
 
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ export function watch(
   cb?: WatchCallback | null,
   options: WatchOptions = EMPTY_OBJ,
 ): WatchHandle {
-  const { immediate, deep, once, scheduler, augmentJob, call } = options
+  const { immediate, deep, skip, once, scheduler, augmentJob, call } = options
 
   const warnInvalidSource = (s: unknown) => {
     ;(options.onWarn || warn)(
@@ -138,9 +141,9 @@ export function watch(
     if (deep) return source
     // for `deep: false | 0` or shallow reactive, only traverse root-level properties
     if (isShallow(source) || deep === false || deep === 0)
-      return traverse(source, 1)
+      return traverse(source, 1, skip)
     // for `deep: undefined` on a reactive object, deeply traverse all properties
-    return traverse(source)
+    return traverse(source, Infinity, skip)
   }
 
   let effect: ReactiveEffect
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ export function watch(
   if (cb && deep) {
     const baseGetter = getter
     const depth = deep === true ? Infinity : deep
-    getter = () => traverse(baseGetter(), depth)
+    getter = () => traverse(baseGetter(), depth, skip)
   }
 
   const scope = getCurrentScope()
@@ -331,12 +334,18 @@ export function watch(
 export function traverse(
   value: unknown,
   depth: number = Infinity,
+  skip?: WatchSkip,
   seen?: Set<unknown>,
 ): unknown {
   if (depth <= 0 || !isObject(value) || (value as any)[ReactiveFlags.SKIP]) {
     return value
   }
-
+  if (skip) {
+    pauseTracking()
+    const res = skip(value)
+    resetTracking()
+    if (res) return value
+  }
   seen = seen || new Set()
   if (seen.has(value)) {
     return value
@@ -344,22 +353,22 @@ export function traverse(
   seen.add(value)
   depth--
   if (isRef(value)) {
-    traverse(value.value, depth, seen)
+    traverse(value.value, depth, skip, seen)
   } else if (isArray(value)) {
     for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
-      traverse(value[i], depth, seen)
+      traverse(value[i], depth, skip, seen)
     }
   } else if (isSet(value) || isMap(value)) {
     value.forEach((v: any) => {
-      traverse(v, depth, seen)
+      traverse(v, depth, skip, seen)
     })
   } else if (isPlainObject(value)) {
     for (const key in value) {
-      traverse(value[key], depth, seen)
+      traverse(value[key], depth, skip, seen)
     }
     for (const key of Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(value)) {
       if (Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(value, key)) {
-        traverse(value[key as any], depth, seen)
+        traverse(value[key as any], depth, skip, seen)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts
index 8f6168cdf29..812cc746ab3 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/src/apiWatch.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type WatchCallback,
   type WatchEffect,
   type WatchHandle,
+  type WatchSkip,
   type WatchSource,
   watch as baseWatch,
 } from '@vue/reactivity'
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export interface WatchEffectOptions extends DebuggerOptions {
 export interface WatchOptions<Immediate = boolean> extends WatchEffectOptions {
   immediate?: Immediate
   deep?: boolean | number
+  skip?: WatchSkip
   once?: boolean
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ function doWatch(
   cb: WatchCallback | null,
   options: WatchOptions = EMPTY_OBJ,
 ): WatchHandle {
-  const { immediate, deep, flush, once } = options
+  const { immediate, deep, skip: skip, flush, once } = options
 
   if (__DEV__ && !cb) {
     if (immediate !== undefined) {
@@ -158,6 +160,12 @@ function doWatch(
           `watch(source, callback, options?) signature.`,
       )
     }
+    if (skip !== undefined) {
+      warn(
+        `watch() "skip" option is only respected when using the ` +
+          `watch(source, callback, options?) signature.`,
+      )
+    }
     if (once !== undefined) {
       warn(
         `watch() "once" option is only respected when using the ` +