diff --git a/packages/table-core/src/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.ts b/packages/table-core/src/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.ts
index ef4f630c02..ea182fe0cb 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/src/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/src/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ export const globalFilteringFeature: TableFeature = {
       onGlobalFilterChange: makeStateUpdater('globalFilter', table),
       globalFilterFn: 'auto',
       getColumnCanGlobalFilter: (column) => {
+        if (
+          'enableGlobalFilter' in column.columnDef &&
+          column.columnDef.enableGlobalFilter === true
+        ) {
+          return true
+        }
+
         const value = table
           .getCoreRowModel()
           .flatRows[0]?.getAllCellsByColumnId()
diff --git a/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts b/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
index 455a34f509..2c9cefc1bb 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
@@ -479,6 +479,34 @@ describe('createFilteredRowModel', () => {
   })
 
   describe('global filtering edge cases', () => {
+    it('should globally filter an object-valued column that explicitly opts in', () => {
+      interface ObjectValueRow {
+        value: { label: string }
+      }
+
+      const table = constructTable<typeof features, ObjectValueRow>({
+        features,
+        columns: [
+          {
+            accessorKey: 'value',
+            id: 'value',
+            enableGlobalFilter: true,
+          },
+        ],
+        data: [{ value: { label: 'keep' } }, { value: { label: 'drop' } }],
+        globalFilterFn: (row, _columnId, filterValue) =>
+          row.original.value.label.includes(String(filterValue)),
+        initialState: {
+          globalFilter: 'keep',
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(table.getFilteredRowModel().rows).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(table.getFilteredRowModel().rows[0]!.original.value.label).toBe(
+        'keep',
+      )
+    })
+
     it('should pass rows through when no columns are globally filterable', () => {
       const table = constructTable<typeof features, TestRow>({
         features,
diff --git a/packages/table-core/tests/unit/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.utils.test.ts b/packages/table-core/tests/unit/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.utils.test.ts
index debd05def2..43188fc14d 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/tests/unit/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/tests/unit/features/global-filtering/globalFilteringFeature.utils.test.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ describe('column_getCanGlobalFilter', () => {
     expect(column_getCanGlobalFilter(table.getColumn('active')!)).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('should allow non-string, non-number values to explicitly opt in', () => {
+    const filterColumns: Array<ColumnDef<typeof features, Sample, any>> = [
+      { accessorKey: 'active', id: 'active', enableGlobalFilter: true },
+    ]
+    const table = constructTable({ features, data, columns: filterColumns })
+
+    expect(column_getCanGlobalFilter(table.getColumn('active')!)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
   it('should return false for display columns without an accessor', () => {
     const table = makeTable()
 
@@ -106,6 +115,20 @@ describe('column_getCanGlobalFilter', () => {
     expect(column_getCanGlobalFilter(table.getColumn('firstName')!)).toBe(false)
     expect(column_getCanGlobalFilter(table.getColumn('age')!)).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  it('should let a custom predicate reject an explicit column opt-in', () => {
+    const filterColumns: Array<ColumnDef<typeof features, Sample, any>> = [
+      { accessorKey: 'active', id: 'active', enableGlobalFilter: true },
+    ]
+    const table = constructTable({
+      features,
+      data,
+      columns: filterColumns,
+      getColumnCanGlobalFilter: () => false,
+    })
+
+    expect(column_getCanGlobalFilter(table.getColumn('active')!)).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('table_getGlobalAutoFilterFn', () => {