diff --git a/.changeset/brown-ads-smell.md b/.changeset/brown-ads-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3851e06d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brown-ads-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/filter-workspace-packages": minor
+---
+
+Make the scope of the package optional, when filtering.
diff --git a/packages/filter-workspace-packages/src/index.ts b/packages/filter-workspace-packages/src/index.ts
index a14d83257e..d6c3fa0499 100644
--- a/packages/filter-workspace-packages/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/filter-workspace-packages/src/index.ts
@@ -271,9 +271,14 @@ function reverseGraph (graph: Graph): Graph {
 function matchPackages<T> (
   graph: PackageGraph<T>,
   pattern: string
-) {
+): string[] {
   const match = matcher(pattern)
-  return Object.keys(graph).filter((id) => graph[id].package.manifest.name && match(graph[id].package.manifest.name!))
+  const matches = Object.keys(graph).filter((id) => graph[id].package.manifest.name && match(graph[id].package.manifest.name!))
+  if (matches.length === 0 && !pattern.startsWith('@') && !pattern.includes('/')) {
+    const scopedMatches = matchPackages(graph, `@*/${pattern}`)
+    return scopedMatches.length !== 1 ? [] : scopedMatches
+  }
+  return matches
 }
 
 function matchPackagesByExactPath<T> (
diff --git a/packages/filter-workspace-packages/test/index.ts b/packages/filter-workspace-packages/test/index.ts
index 6acfe93431..176d31cd1e 100644
--- a/packages/filter-workspace-packages/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/filter-workspace-packages/test/index.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,95 @@ test('select just a package by name', async () => {
   expect(Object.keys(selectedProjectsGraph)).toStrictEqual(['/project-2'])
 })
 
+test('select package without specifying its scope', async () => {
+  const PKGS_GRAPH: PackageGraph<{}> = {
+    '/packages/bar': {
+      dependencies: [],
+      package: {
+        dir: '/packages/bar',
+        manifest: {
+          name: '@foo/bar',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+  const { selectedProjectsGraph } = await filterWorkspacePackages(PKGS_GRAPH, [
+    {
+      excludeSelf: false,
+      namePattern: 'bar',
+    },
+  ], { workspaceDir: process.cwd() })
+
+  expect(Object.keys(selectedProjectsGraph)).toStrictEqual(['/packages/bar'])
+})
+
+test('when a scoped package with the same name exists, only pick the exact match', async () => {
+  const PKGS_GRAPH: PackageGraph<{}> = {
+    '/packages/@foo/bar': {
+      dependencies: [],
+      package: {
+        dir: '/packages/@foo/bar',
+        manifest: {
+          name: '@foo/bar',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    '/packages/bar': {
+      dependencies: [],
+      package: {
+        dir: '/packages/bar',
+        manifest: {
+          name: 'bar',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+  const { selectedProjectsGraph } = await filterWorkspacePackages(PKGS_GRAPH, [
+    {
+      excludeSelf: false,
+      namePattern: 'bar',
+    },
+  ], { workspaceDir: process.cwd() })
+
+  expect(Object.keys(selectedProjectsGraph)).toStrictEqual(['/packages/bar'])
+})
+
+test('when two scoped packages match the searched name, don\'t select any', async () => {
+  const PKGS_GRAPH: PackageGraph<{}> = {
+    '/packages/@foo/bar': {
+      dependencies: [],
+      package: {
+        dir: '/packages/@foo/bar',
+        manifest: {
+          name: '@foo/bar',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    '/packages/@types/bar': {
+      dependencies: [],
+      package: {
+        dir: '/packages/@types/bar',
+        manifest: {
+          name: '@types/bar',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }
+  const { selectedProjectsGraph } = await filterWorkspacePackages(PKGS_GRAPH, [
+    {
+      excludeSelf: false,
+      namePattern: 'bar',
+    },
+  ], { workspaceDir: process.cwd() })
+
+  expect(Object.keys(selectedProjectsGraph)).toStrictEqual([])
+})
+
 test('select by parentDir', async () => {
   const { selectedProjectsGraph } = await filterWorkspacePackages(PKGS_GRAPH, [
     {