diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e52115ea..b5e0f4cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,6 +153,22 @@ For more information, see [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/blob
     # changes using git commands.
     # Default: ${{ github.token }}
     token: ''
+
+    # Optional parameter to override the default behavior of file matching algorithm. 
+    # By default files that match at least one pattern defined by the filters will be included.
+    # This parameter allows to override the "at least one pattern" behavior to make it so that
+    # all of the patterns have to match or otherwise the file is excluded. 
+    # An example scenario where this is useful if you would like to match all 
+    # .ts files in a sub-directory but not .md files. 
+    # The filters below will match markdown files despite the exclusion syntax UNLESS 
+    # you specify 'every' as the predicate-quantifier parameter. When you do that, 
+    # it will only match the .ts files in the subdirectory as expected.
+    #
+    # backend:
+    #  - 'pkg/a/b/c/**'
+    #  - '!**/*.jpeg'
+    #  - '!**/*.md'
+    predicate-quantifier: 'some'
 ```
 
 ## Outputs
@@ -463,6 +479,32 @@ jobs:
 
 </details>
 
+<details>
+  <summary>Detect changes in folder only for some file extensions</summary>
+
+```yaml
+- uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+      id: filter
+      with:
+        # This makes it so that all the patterns have to match a file for it to be
+        # considered changed. Because we have the exclusions for .jpeg and .md files
+        # the end result is that if those files are changed they will be ignored
+        # because they don't match the respective rules excluding them.
+        #
+        # This can be leveraged to ensure that you only build & test software changes
+        # that have real impact on the behavior of the code, e.g. you can set up your
+        # build to run when Typescript/Rust/etc. files are changed but markdown
+        # changes in the diff will be ignored and you consume less resources to build.
+        predicate-quantifier: 'every'
+        filters: |
+          backend:
+            - 'pkg/a/b/c/**'
+            - '!**/*.jpeg'
+            - '!**/*.md'
+```
+
+</details>
+
 ### Custom processing of changed files
 
 <details>
diff --git a/__tests__/filter.test.ts b/__tests__/filter.test.ts
index be2a1487..7d7da947 100644
--- a/__tests__/filter.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/filter.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Filter} from '../src/filter'
+import {Filter, FilterConfig, PredicateQuantifier} from '../src/filter'
 import {File, ChangeStatus} from '../src/file'
 
 describe('yaml filter parsing tests', () => {
@@ -117,6 +117,37 @@ describe('matching tests', () => {
     expect(pyMatch.backend).toEqual(pyFiles)
   })
 
+  test('matches only files that are matching EVERY pattern when set to PredicateQuantifier.EVERY', () => {
+    const yaml = `
+    backend:
+      - 'pkg/a/b/c/**'
+      - '!**/*.jpeg'
+      - '!**/*.md'
+    `
+    const filterConfig: FilterConfig = {predicateQuantifier: PredicateQuantifier.EVERY}
+    const filter = new Filter(yaml, filterConfig)
+
+    const typescriptFiles = modified(['pkg/a/b/c/some-class.ts', 'pkg/a/b/c/src/main/some-class.ts'])
+    const otherPkgTypescriptFiles = modified(['pkg/x/y/z/some-class.ts', 'pkg/x/y/z/src/main/some-class.ts'])
+    const otherPkgJpegFiles = modified(['pkg/x/y/z/some-pic.jpeg', 'pkg/x/y/z/src/main/jpeg/some-pic.jpeg'])
+    const docsFiles = modified([
+      'pkg/a/b/c/some-pics.jpeg',
+      'pkg/a/b/c/src/main/jpeg/some-pic.jpeg',
+      'pkg/a/b/c/src/main/some-docs.md',
+      'pkg/a/b/c/some-docs.md'
+    ])
+
+    const typescriptMatch = filter.match(typescriptFiles)
+    const otherPkgTypescriptMatch = filter.match(otherPkgTypescriptFiles)
+    const docsMatch = filter.match(docsFiles)
+    const otherPkgJpegMatch = filter.match(otherPkgJpegFiles)
+
+    expect(typescriptMatch.backend).toEqual(typescriptFiles)
+    expect(otherPkgTypescriptMatch.backend).toEqual([])
+    expect(docsMatch.backend).toEqual([])
+    expect(otherPkgJpegMatch.backend).toEqual([])
+  })
+
   test('matches path based on rules included using YAML anchor', () => {
     const yaml = `
     shared: &shared
@@ -186,3 +217,9 @@ function modified(paths: string[]): File[] {
     return {filename, status: ChangeStatus.Modified}
   })
 }
+
+function renamed(paths: string[]): File[] {
+  return paths.map(filename => {
+    return {filename, status: ChangeStatus.Renamed}
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/filter.ts b/src/filter.ts
index d0428e4b..2b201fb2 100644
--- a/src/filter.ts
+++ b/src/filter.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,48 @@ interface FilterRuleItem {
   isMatch: (str: string) => boolean // Matches the filename
 }
 
+/**
+ * Enumerates the possible logic quantifiers that can be used when determining
+ * if a file is a match or not with multiple patterns.
+ *
+ * The YAML configuration property that is parsed into one of these values is
+ * 'predicate-quantifier' on the top level of the configuration object of the
+ * action.
+ *
+ * The default is to use 'some' which used to be the hardcoded behavior prior to
+ * the introduction of the new mechanism.
+ *
+ * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantifier_(logic)
+ */
+export enum PredicateQuantifier {
+  /**
+   * When choosing 'every' in the config it means that files will only get matched
+   * if all the patterns are satisfied by the path of the file, not just at least one of them.
+   */
+  EVERY = 'every',
+  /**
+   * When choosing 'some' in the config it means that files will get matched as long as there is
+   * at least one pattern that matches them. This is the default behavior if you don't
+   * specify anything as a predicate quantifier.
+   */
+  SOME = 'some'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Used to define customizations for how the file filtering should work at runtime.
+ */
+export type FilterConfig = {readonly predicateQuantifier: PredicateQuantifier}
+
+/**
+ * An array of strings (at runtime) that contains the valid/accepted values for
+ * the configuration parameter 'predicate-quantifier'.
+ */
+export const SUPPORTED_PREDICATE_QUANTIFIERS = Object.values(PredicateQuantifier)
+
+export function isPredicateQuantifier(x: unknown): x is PredicateQuantifier {
+  return SUPPORTED_PREDICATE_QUANTIFIERS.includes(x as PredicateQuantifier)
+}
+
 export interface FilterResults {
   [key: string]: File[]
 }
@@ -31,7 +73,7 @@ export class Filter {
   rules: {[key: string]: FilterRuleItem[]} = {}
 
   // Creates instance of Filter and load rules from YAML if it's provided
-  constructor(yaml?: string) {
+  constructor(yaml?: string, public readonly filterConfig?: FilterConfig) {
     if (yaml) {
       this.load(yaml)
     }
@@ -62,9 +104,14 @@ export class Filter {
   }
 
   private isMatch(file: File, patterns: FilterRuleItem[]): boolean {
-    return patterns.some(
-      rule => (rule.status === undefined || rule.status.includes(file.status)) && rule.isMatch(file.filename)
-    )
+    const aPredicate = (rule: Readonly<FilterRuleItem>) => {
+      return (rule.status === undefined || rule.status.includes(file.status)) && rule.isMatch(file.filename)
+    }
+    if (this.filterConfig?.predicateQuantifier === 'every') {
+      return patterns.every(aPredicate)
+    } else {
+      return patterns.some(aPredicate)
+    }
   }
 
   private parseFilterItemYaml(item: FilterItemYaml): FilterRuleItem[] {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 18daefbb..8320287c 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import {GetResponseDataTypeFromEndpointMethod} from '@octokit/types'
 import {PushEvent, PullRequestEvent} from '@octokit/webhooks-types'
 
-import {Filter, FilterResults} from './filter'
+import {
+  isPredicateQuantifier,
+  Filter,
+  FilterConfig,
+  FilterResults,
+  PredicateQuantifier,
+  SUPPORTED_PREDICATE_QUANTIFIERS
+} from './filter'
 import {File, ChangeStatus} from './file'
 import * as git from './git'
 import {backslashEscape, shellEscape} from './list-format/shell-escape'
@@ -26,13 +33,22 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const filtersYaml = isPathInput(filtersInput) ? getConfigFileContent(filtersInput) : filtersInput
     const listFiles = core.getInput('list-files', {required: false}).toLowerCase() || 'none'
     const initialFetchDepth = parseInt(core.getInput('initial-fetch-depth', {required: false})) || 10
+    const predicateQuantifier = core.getInput('predicate-quantifier', {required: false}) || PredicateQuantifier.SOME
 
     if (!isExportFormat(listFiles)) {
       core.setFailed(`Input parameter 'list-files' is set to invalid value '${listFiles}'`)
       return
     }
 
-    const filter = new Filter(filtersYaml)
+    if (!isPredicateQuantifier(predicateQuantifier)) {
+      const predicateQuantifierInvalidErrorMsg =
+        `Input parameter 'predicate-quantifier' is set to invalid value ` +
+        `'${predicateQuantifier}'. Valid values: ${SUPPORTED_PREDICATE_QUANTIFIERS.join(', ')}`
+      throw new Error(predicateQuantifierInvalidErrorMsg)
+    }
+    const filterConfig: FilterConfig = {predicateQuantifier}
+
+    const filter = new Filter(filtersYaml, filterConfig)
     const files = await getChangedFiles(token, base, ref, initialFetchDepth)
     core.info(`Detected ${files.length} changed files`)
     const results = filter.match(files)