diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
index 03fcae9b7cdbda..c26335ee4bc353 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ const {
   chmodSync,
   copyFileSync,
   lstatSync,
-  mkdirSync,
-  opendirSync,
   readlinkSync,
   statSync,
   symlinkSync,
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ const {
 const {
   dirname,
   isAbsolute,
-  join,
   resolve,
 } = require('path');
 const { isPromise } = require('util/types');
@@ -65,7 +62,13 @@ function getStats(src, dest, opts) {
   const destStat = statSyncFn(dest, { bigint: true, throwIfNoEntry: false });
 
   if (srcStat.isDirectory() && opts.recursive) {
-    return onDir(srcStat, destStat, src, dest, opts);
+    return fsBinding.cpSyncCopyDir(src, dest,
+                                   opts.force,
+                                   opts.dereference,
+                                   opts.errorOnExist,
+                                   opts.verbatimSymlinks,
+                                   opts.preserveTimestamps,
+                                   opts.filter);
   } else if (srcStat.isFile() ||
            srcStat.isCharacterDevice() ||
            srcStat.isBlockDevice()) {
@@ -131,60 +134,6 @@ function setDestTimestamps(src, dest) {
   return utimesSync(dest, updatedSrcStat.atime, updatedSrcStat.mtime);
 }
 
-// TODO(@anonrig): Move this function to C++.
-function onDir(srcStat, destStat, src, dest, opts) {
-  if (!destStat) return copyDir(src, dest, opts, true, srcStat.mode);
-  return copyDir(src, dest, opts);
-}
-
-function copyDir(src, dest, opts, mkDir, srcMode) {
-  if (!opts.filter) {
-    // The caller didn't provide a js filter function, in this case
-    // we can run the whole function faster in C++
-    // TODO(dario-piotrowicz): look into making cpSyncCopyDir also accept the potential filter function
-    return fsBinding.cpSyncCopyDir(src, dest,
-                                   opts.force,
-                                   opts.dereference,
-                                   opts.errorOnExist,
-                                   opts.verbatimSymlinks,
-                                   opts.preserveTimestamps);
-  }
-
-  if (mkDir) {
-    mkdirSync(dest);
-  }
-
-  const dir = opendirSync(src);
-
-  try {
-    let dirent;
-
-    while ((dirent = dir.readSync()) !== null) {
-      const { name } = dirent;
-      const srcItem = join(src, name);
-      const destItem = join(dest, name);
-      let shouldCopy = true;
-
-      if (opts.filter) {
-        shouldCopy = opts.filter(srcItem, destItem);
-        if (isPromise(shouldCopy)) {
-          throw new ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE('boolean', 'filter', shouldCopy);
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (shouldCopy) {
-        getStats(srcItem, destItem, opts);
-      }
-    }
-  } finally {
-    dir.closeSync();
-
-    if (srcMode !== undefined) {
-      setDestMode(dest, srcMode);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 // TODO(@anonrig): Move this function to C++.
 function onLink(destStat, src, dest, verbatimSymlinks) {
   let resolvedSrc = readlinkSync(src);
diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index 3d8ce43e88d961..ccce9907ce02b8 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -3428,8 +3428,9 @@ bool isInsideDir(const std::filesystem::path& src,
 }
 
 static void CpSyncCopyDir(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
-  CHECK_EQ(args.Length(), 7);  // src, dest, force, dereference, errorOnExist,
-                               // verbatimSymlinks, preserveTimestamps
+  CHECK_EQ(args.Length(),
+           8);  // src, dest, force, dereference, errorOnExist,
+                // verbatimSymlinks, preserveTimestamps, filterFunction
 
   Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
   Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
@@ -3448,6 +3449,40 @@ static void CpSyncCopyDir(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   bool verbatim_symlinks = args[5]->IsTrue();
   bool preserve_timestamps = args[6]->IsTrue();
 
+  std::optional<std::function<bool(std::string_view, std::string_view)>>
+      filter_fn;
+
+  if (args[7]->IsFunction()) {
+    Local<v8::Function> args_filter_fn = args[7].As<v8::Function>();
+
+    filter_fn = [env, args_filter_fn](std::string_view src,
+                                      std::string_view dest) -> bool {
+      Local<String> src_arg;
+      Local<String> dest_arg;
+
+      if (!String::NewFromUtf8(
+               env->isolate(), src.data(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal)
+               .ToLocal(&src_arg) ||
+          !String::NewFromUtf8(
+               env->isolate(), dest.data(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal)
+               .ToLocal(&dest_arg)) {
+        // if for some reason we fail to load the src or dest strings
+        // just skip the filtering function and allow the copy
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      Local<Value> argv[] = {src_arg, dest_arg};
+
+      Local<Value> result;
+      if (!args_filter_fn->Call(env->context(), Null(env->isolate()), 2, argv)
+               .ToLocal(&result)) {
+        // if the call failed for whatever reason allow the copy
+        return true;
+      }
+      return result->BooleanValue(env->isolate());
+    };
+  }
+
   std::error_code error;
   std::filesystem::create_directories(*dest, error);
   if (error) {
@@ -3473,11 +3508,19 @@ static void CpSyncCopyDir(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
                        force,
                        error_on_exist,
                        dereference,
-                       &isolate](std::filesystem::path src,
-                                 std::filesystem::path dest) {
+                       &isolate,
+                       &filter_fn](std::filesystem::path src,
+                                   std::filesystem::path dest) {
     std::error_code error;
     for (auto dir_entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(src)) {
+      auto dir_entry_path_str = PathToString(dir_entry.path());
       auto dest_file_path = dest / dir_entry.path().filename();
+      auto dest_file_path_str = PathToString(dest_file_path);
+
+      if (filter_fn && !(*filter_fn)(dir_entry_path_str, dest_file_path_str)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       auto dest_str = PathToString(dest);
 
       if (dir_entry.is_symlink()) {
@@ -3541,7 +3584,6 @@ static void CpSyncCopyDir(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
               }
             } else if (std::filesystem::is_regular_file(dest_file_path)) {
               if (!dereference || (!force && error_on_exist)) {
-                auto dest_file_path_str = PathToString(dest_file_path);
                 env->ThrowStdErrException(
                     std::make_error_code(std::errc::file_exists),
                     "cp",