diff --git a/.changelog/11569.txt b/.changelog/11569.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84657f9844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11569.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+api: responses that contain only a partial subset of results, due to filtering by ACL policies, may now include an `X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs` header
+```
diff --git a/agent/consul/acl.go b/agent/consul/acl.go
index c659e7b37f..6851590714 100644
--- a/agent/consul/acl.go
+++ b/agent/consul/acl.go
@@ -1807,6 +1807,7 @@ func filterACLWithAuthorizer(logger hclog.Logger, authorizer acl.Authorizer, sub
 		filtered := filt.filterServiceTopology(v.ServiceTopology)
 		if filtered {
 			v.FilteredByACLs = true
+			v.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs = true
 		}
 
 	case *structs.DatacenterIndexedCheckServiceNodes:
diff --git a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
index f3e7f39809..0b58c23970 100644
--- a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ func (a *ACL) PolicyResolve(args *structs.ACLPolicyBatchGetRequest, reply *struc
 		}
 	}
 
-	a.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
+	a.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, args.Token)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ func (a *ACL) RoleResolve(args *structs.ACLRoleBatchGetRequest, reply *structs.A
 		}
 	}
 
-	a.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
+	a.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, args.Token)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/agent/consul/internal_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/internal_endpoint.go
index 7eb725a531..27f8ba6883 100644
--- a/agent/consul/internal_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/internal_endpoint.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func (m *Internal) EventFire(args *structs.EventFireRequest,
 	}
 
 	// Set the query meta data
-	m.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
+	m.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, args.Token)
 
 	// Add the consul prefix to the event name
 	eventName := userEventName(args.Name)
diff --git a/agent/consul/internal_endpoint_test.go b/agent/consul/internal_endpoint_test.go
index d5a49525a8..a1fd934270 100644
--- a/agent/consul/internal_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/internal_endpoint_test.go
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ func TestInternal_ServiceTopology(t *testing.T) {
 			var out structs.IndexedServiceTopology
 			require.NoError(r, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Internal.ServiceTopology", &args, &out))
 			require.False(r, out.FilteredByACLs)
+			require.False(r, out.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs)
 			require.Equal(r, "http", out.ServiceTopology.MetricsProtocol)
 
 			// foo/api, foo/api-proxy
@@ -1767,6 +1768,7 @@ func TestInternal_ServiceTopology(t *testing.T) {
 			var out structs.IndexedServiceTopology
 			require.NoError(r, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Internal.ServiceTopology", &args, &out))
 			require.False(r, out.FilteredByACLs)
+			require.False(r, out.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs)
 			require.Equal(r, "http", out.ServiceTopology.MetricsProtocol)
 
 			// edge/ingress
@@ -1822,6 +1824,7 @@ func TestInternal_ServiceTopology(t *testing.T) {
 			var out structs.IndexedServiceTopology
 			require.NoError(r, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Internal.ServiceTopology", &args, &out))
 			require.False(r, out.FilteredByACLs)
+			require.False(r, out.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs)
 			require.Equal(r, "http", out.ServiceTopology.MetricsProtocol)
 
 			// foo/api, foo/api-proxy
@@ -1875,6 +1878,7 @@ func TestInternal_ServiceTopology(t *testing.T) {
 			var out structs.IndexedServiceTopology
 			require.NoError(r, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Internal.ServiceTopology", &args, &out))
 			require.False(r, out.FilteredByACLs)
+			require.False(r, out.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs)
 			require.Equal(r, "http", out.ServiceTopology.MetricsProtocol)
 
 			require.Len(r, out.ServiceTopology.Upstreams, 0)
@@ -1931,6 +1935,7 @@ func TestInternal_ServiceTopology_RoutingConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			var out structs.IndexedServiceTopology
 			require.NoError(r, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Internal.ServiceTopology", &args, &out))
 			require.False(r, out.FilteredByACLs)
+			require.False(r, out.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs)
 			require.Equal(r, "http", out.ServiceTopology.MetricsProtocol)
 
 			require.Empty(r, out.ServiceTopology.Downstreams)
@@ -2010,6 +2015,7 @@ service "web" { policy = "read" }
 		require.NoError(t, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Internal.ServiceTopology", &args, &out))
 
 		require.True(t, out.FilteredByACLs)
+		require.True(t, out.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs)
 		require.Equal(t, "http", out.ServiceTopology.MetricsProtocol)
 
 		// The web-proxy upstream gets filtered out from both bar and baz
@@ -2030,6 +2036,7 @@ service "web" { policy = "read" }
 		require.NoError(t, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Internal.ServiceTopology", &args, &out))
 
 		require.True(t, out.FilteredByACLs)
+		require.True(t, out.QueryMeta.ResultsFilteredByACLs)
 		require.Equal(t, "http", out.ServiceTopology.MetricsProtocol)
 
 		// The redis upstream gets filtered out but the api and proxy downstream are returned
diff --git a/agent/consul/prepared_query_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/prepared_query_endpoint.go
index 5df85ef609..6c9b90c4f2 100644
--- a/agent/consul/prepared_query_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/prepared_query_endpoint.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (p *PreparedQuery) Explain(args *structs.PreparedQueryExecuteRequest,
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"prepared-query", "explain"}, time.Now())
 
 	// We have to do this ourselves since we are not doing a blocking RPC.
-	p.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
+	p.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, args.Token)
 	if args.RequireConsistent {
 		if err := p.srv.consistentRead(); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ func (p *PreparedQuery) Execute(args *structs.PreparedQueryExecuteRequest,
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"prepared-query", "execute"}, time.Now())
 
 	// We have to do this ourselves since we are not doing a blocking RPC.
-	p.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
 	if args.RequireConsistent {
 		if err := p.srv.consistentRead(); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -383,6 +382,9 @@ func (p *PreparedQuery) Execute(args *structs.PreparedQueryExecuteRequest,
 	// might not be worth the code complexity and behavior differences,
 	// though, since this is essentially a misconfiguration.
 
+	// We have to do this ourselves since we are not doing a blocking RPC.
+	p.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, token)
+
 	// Shuffle the results in case coordinates are not available if they
 	// requested an RTT sort.
 	reply.Nodes.Shuffle()
@@ -481,7 +483,6 @@ func (p *PreparedQuery) ExecuteRemote(args *structs.PreparedQueryExecuteRemoteRe
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"prepared-query", "execute_remote"}, time.Now())
 
 	// We have to do this ourselves since we are not doing a blocking RPC.
-	p.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
 	if args.RequireConsistent {
 		if err := p.srv.consistentRead(); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -503,6 +504,9 @@ func (p *PreparedQuery) ExecuteRemote(args *structs.PreparedQueryExecuteRemoteRe
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// We have to do this ourselves since we are not doing a blocking RPC.
+	p.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, token)
+
 	// We don't bother trying to do an RTT sort here since we are by
 	// definition in another DC. We just shuffle to make sure that we
 	// balance the load across the results.
diff --git a/agent/consul/rpc.go b/agent/consul/rpc.go
index c8d733a289..9a93b562e3 100644
--- a/agent/consul/rpc.go
+++ b/agent/consul/rpc.go
@@ -938,8 +938,6 @@ func (s *Server) blockingQuery(queryOpts structs.QueryOptionsCompat, queryMeta s
 
 RUN_QUERY:
 	// Setup blocking loop
-	// Update the query metadata.
-	s.setQueryMeta(queryMeta)
 
 	// Validate
 	// If the read must be consistent we verify that we are still the leader.
@@ -968,6 +966,10 @@ RUN_QUERY:
 
 	// Execute the queryFn
 	err := fn(ws, state)
+
+	// Update the query metadata.
+	s.setQueryMeta(queryMeta, queryOpts.GetToken())
+
 	// Note we check queryOpts.MinQueryIndex is greater than zero to determine if
 	// blocking was requested by client, NOT meta.Index since the state function
 	// might return zero if something is not initialized and care wasn't taken to
@@ -1001,7 +1003,9 @@ RUN_QUERY:
 }
 
 // setQueryMeta is used to populate the QueryMeta data for an RPC call
-func (s *Server) setQueryMeta(m structs.QueryMetaCompat) {
+//
+// Note: This method must be called *after* filtering query results with ACLs.
+func (s *Server) setQueryMeta(m structs.QueryMetaCompat, token string) {
 	if s.IsLeader() {
 		m.SetLastContact(0)
 		m.SetKnownLeader(true)
@@ -1009,6 +1013,7 @@ func (s *Server) setQueryMeta(m structs.QueryMetaCompat) {
 		m.SetLastContact(time.Since(s.raft.LastContact()))
 		m.SetKnownLeader(s.raft.Leader() != "")
 	}
+	maskResultsFilteredByACLs(token, m)
 }
 
 // consistentRead is used to ensure we do not perform a stale
@@ -1043,3 +1048,31 @@ func (s *Server) consistentRead() error {
 
 	return structs.ErrNotReadyForConsistentReads
 }
+
+// maskResultsFilteredByACLs blanks out the ResultsFilteredByACLs flag if the
+// request is unauthenticated, to limit information leaking.
+//
+// Endpoints that support bexpr filtering could be used in combination with
+// this flag/header to discover the existence of resources to which the user
+// does not have access, therefore we only expose it when the user presents
+// a valid ACL token. This doesn't completely remove the risk (by nature the
+// purpose of this flag is to let the user know there are resources they can
+// not access) but it prevents completely unauthenticated users from doing so.
+//
+// Notes:
+//
+//	* The definition of "unauthenticated" here is incomplete, as it doesn't
+//	  account for the fact that operators can modify the anonymous token with
+//	  custom policies, or set namespace default policies. As these scenarios
+//	  are less common and this flag is a best-effort UX improvement, we think
+//	  the trade-off for reduced complexity is acceptable.
+//
+//	* This method assumes that the given token has already been validated (and
+//	  will only check whether it is blank or not). It's a safe assumption because
+//	  ResultsFilteredByACLs is only set to try when applying the already-resolved
+//	  token's policies.
+func maskResultsFilteredByACLs(token string, meta structs.QueryMetaCompat) {
+	if token == "" {
+		meta.SetResultsFilteredByACLs(false)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/agent/consul/rpc_test.go b/agent/consul/rpc_test.go
index f3b013bcd3..8afb225a44 100644
--- a/agent/consul/rpc_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/rpc_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs"
 	tokenStore "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/token"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto/pbsubscribe"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/testutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/testutil/retry"
@@ -369,6 +370,39 @@ func TestRPC_blockingQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("bad: %d", calls)
 		}
 	}
+
+	t.Run("ResultsFilteredByACLs is reset for unauthenticated calls", func(t *testing.T) {
+		opts := structs.QueryOptions{
+			Token: "",
+		}
+		var meta structs.QueryMeta
+		fn := func(_ memdb.WatchSet, _ *state.Store) error {
+			meta.ResultsFilteredByACLs = true
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		err := s.blockingQuery(&opts, &meta, fn)
+		require.NoError(err)
+		require.False(meta.ResultsFilteredByACLs, "ResultsFilteredByACLs should be reset for unauthenticated calls")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("ResultsFilteredByACLs is honored for authenticated calls", func(t *testing.T) {
+		token, err := lib.GenerateUUID(nil)
+		require.NoError(err)
+
+		opts := structs.QueryOptions{
+			Token: token,
+		}
+		var meta structs.QueryMeta
+		fn := func(_ memdb.WatchSet, _ *state.Store) error {
+			meta.ResultsFilteredByACLs = true
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		err = s.blockingQuery(&opts, &meta, fn)
+		require.NoError(err)
+		require.True(meta.ResultsFilteredByACLs, "ResultsFilteredByACLs should be honored for authenticated calls")
+	})
 }
 
 func TestRPC_ReadyForConsistentReads(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/agent/consul/snapshot_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/snapshot_endpoint.go
index 831cec24f1..66b3949892 100644
--- a/agent/consul/snapshot_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/snapshot_endpoint.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (s *Server) dispatchSnapshotRequest(args *structs.SnapshotRequest, in io.Re
 
 		// Set the metadata here before we do anything; this should always be
 		// pessimistic if we get more data while the snapshot is being taken.
-		s.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
+		s.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, args.Token)
 
 		// Take the snapshot and capture the index.
 		snap, err := snapshot.New(s.logger, s.raft)
diff --git a/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go
index 4e6ff80d4b..7decef1471 100644
--- a/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/txn_endpoint.go
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ func (t *Txn) Read(args *structs.TxnReadRequest, reply *structs.TxnReadResponse)
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"txn", "read"}, time.Now())
 
 	// We have to do this ourselves since we are not doing a blocking RPC.
-	t.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
 	if args.RequireConsistent {
 		if err := t.srv.consistentRead(); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -204,5 +203,9 @@ func (t *Txn) Read(args *structs.TxnReadRequest, reply *structs.TxnReadResponse)
 	state := t.srv.fsm.State()
 	reply.Results, reply.Errors = state.TxnRO(args.Ops)
 	reply.Results = FilterTxnResults(authz, reply.Results)
+
+	// We have to do this ourselves since we are not doing a blocking RPC.
+	t.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta, args.Token)
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/agent/consul/txn_endpoint_test.go b/agent/consul/txn_endpoint_test.go
index d850e0b2bf..9c3bd7b73b 100644
--- a/agent/consul/txn_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/txn_endpoint_test.go
@@ -941,11 +941,7 @@ func TestTxn_Read_ACLDeny(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Verify the transaction's return value.
-	expected := structs.TxnReadResponse{
-		QueryMeta: structs.QueryMeta{
-			KnownLeader: true,
-		},
-	}
+	var expected structs.TxnReadResponse
 	for i, op := range arg.Ops {
 		switch {
 		case op.KV != nil:
diff --git a/agent/http.go b/agent/http.go
index 02e95e6ba1..a1d8461d0d 100644
--- a/agent/http.go
+++ b/agent/http.go
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ func setMeta(resp http.ResponseWriter, m structs.QueryMetaCompat) {
 	setKnownLeader(resp, m.GetKnownLeader())
 	setConsistency(resp, m.GetConsistencyLevel())
 	setQueryBackend(resp, m.GetBackend())
+	setResultsFilteredByACLs(resp, m.GetResultsFilteredByACLs())
 }
 
 func setQueryBackend(resp http.ResponseWriter, backend structs.QueryBackend) {
@@ -757,6 +758,16 @@ func setCacheMeta(resp http.ResponseWriter, m *cache.ResultMeta) {
 	}
 }
 
+// setResultsFilteredByACLs sets an HTTP response header to indicate that the
+// query results were filtered by enforcing ACLs. If the given filtered value
+// is false the header will be omitted, as its ambiguous whether the results
+// were not filtered or whether the endpoint doesn't yet support this header.
+func setResultsFilteredByACLs(resp http.ResponseWriter, filtered bool) {
+	if filtered {
+		resp.Header().Set("X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs", "true")
+	}
+}
+
 // setHeaders is used to set canonical response header fields
 func setHeaders(resp http.ResponseWriter, headers map[string]string) {
 	for field, value := range headers {
diff --git a/agent/http_test.go b/agent/http_test.go
index d391af3c11..2a68b5ab04 100644
--- a/agent/http_test.go
+++ b/agent/http_test.go
@@ -264,6 +264,22 @@ func TestSetKnownLeader(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSetFilteredByACLs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	setResultsFilteredByACLs(resp, true)
+	header := resp.Header().Get("X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs")
+	if header != "true" {
+		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", header)
+	}
+	resp = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	setResultsFilteredByACLs(resp, false)
+	header = resp.Header().Get("X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs")
+	if header != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", header)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSetLastContact(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -291,23 +307,24 @@ func TestSetLastContact(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSetMeta(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	meta := structs.QueryMeta{
-		Index:       1000,
-		KnownLeader: true,
-		LastContact: 123456 * time.Microsecond,
+		Index:                 1000,
+		KnownLeader:           true,
+		LastContact:           123456 * time.Microsecond,
+		ResultsFilteredByACLs: true,
 	}
 	resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	setMeta(resp, &meta)
-	header := resp.Header().Get("X-Consul-Index")
-	if header != "1000" {
-		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", header)
+
+	testCases := map[string]string{
+		"X-Consul-Index":                    "1000",
+		"X-Consul-KnownLeader":              "true",
+		"X-Consul-LastContact":              "123",
+		"X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs": "true",
 	}
-	header = resp.Header().Get("X-Consul-KnownLeader")
-	if header != "true" {
-		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", header)
-	}
-	header = resp.Header().Get("X-Consul-LastContact")
-	if header != "123" {
-		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", header)
+	for header, expectedValue := range testCases {
+		if v := resp.Header().Get(header); v != expectedValue {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %q for header %s got %q", expectedValue, header, v)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/agent/structs/protobuf_compat.go b/agent/structs/protobuf_compat.go
index 667443c9e9..090190e625 100644
--- a/agent/structs/protobuf_compat.go
+++ b/agent/structs/protobuf_compat.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ type QueryMetaCompat interface {
 	GetConsistencyLevel() string
 	SetConsistencyLevel(string)
 	GetBackend() QueryBackend
+	GetResultsFilteredByACLs() bool
+	SetResultsFilteredByACLs(bool)
 }
 
 // GetToken helps implement the QueryOptionsCompat interface
@@ -274,3 +276,15 @@ func (q *QueryMeta) SetConsistencyLevel(consistencyLevel string) {
 func (q *QueryMeta) GetBackend() QueryBackend {
 	return q.Backend
 }
+
+// GetResultsFilteredByACLs is needed to implement the structs.QueryMetaCompat
+// interface.
+func (q *QueryMeta) GetResultsFilteredByACLs() bool {
+	return q.ResultsFilteredByACLs
+}
+
+// SetResultsFilteredByACLs is needed to implement the structs.QueryMetaCompat
+// interface.
+func (q *QueryMeta) SetResultsFilteredByACLs(v bool) {
+	q.ResultsFilteredByACLs = v
+}
diff --git a/agent/structs/structs.go b/agent/structs/structs.go
index 86c724b6a7..6edbc5545f 100644
--- a/agent/structs/structs.go
+++ b/agent/structs/structs.go
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ type QueryMeta struct {
 
 	// Backend used to handle this query, either blocking-query or streaming.
 	Backend QueryBackend
+
+	// ResultsFilteredByACLs is true when some of the query's results were
+	// filtered out by enforcing ACLs. It may be false because nothing was
+	// removed, or because the endpoint does not yet support this flag.
+	ResultsFilteredByACLs bool
 }
 
 // RegisterRequest is used for the Catalog.Register endpoint
diff --git a/agent/structs/structs_test.go b/agent/structs/structs_test.go
index 53f35bde38..72616fc021 100644
--- a/agent/structs/structs_test.go
+++ b/agent/structs/structs_test.go
@@ -2449,10 +2449,11 @@ func TestSnapshotRequestResponse_MsgpackEncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
 		in := &SnapshotResponse{
 			Error: "blah",
 			QueryMeta: QueryMeta{
-				Index:            3,
-				LastContact:      5 * time.Second,
-				KnownLeader:      true,
-				ConsistencyLevel: "default",
+				Index:                 3,
+				LastContact:           5 * time.Second,
+				KnownLeader:           true,
+				ConsistencyLevel:      "default",
+				ResultsFilteredByACLs: true,
 			},
 		}
 		TestMsgpackEncodeDecode(t, in, true)
diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 47830f25e2..d97f1879f2 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ type QueryMeta struct {
 	// defined policy. This can be "allow" which means ACLs are used to
 	// deny-list, or "deny" which means ACLs are allow-lists.
 	DefaultACLPolicy string
+
+	// ResultsFilteredByACLs is true when some of the query's results were
+	// filtered out by enforcing ACLs. It may be false because nothing was
+	// removed, or because the endpoint does not yet support this flag.
+	ResultsFilteredByACLs bool
 }
 
 // WriteMeta is used to return meta data about a write
@@ -1071,6 +1076,14 @@ func parseQueryMeta(resp *http.Response, q *QueryMeta) error {
 		q.DefaultACLPolicy = v
 	}
 
+	// Parse the X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs
+	switch header.Get("X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs") {
+	case "true":
+		q.ResultsFilteredByACLs = true
+	default:
+		q.ResultsFilteredByACLs = false
+	}
+
 	// Parse Cache info
 	if cacheStr := header.Get("X-Cache"); cacheStr != "" {
 		q.CacheHit = strings.EqualFold(cacheStr, "HIT")
diff --git a/api/api_test.go b/api/api_test.go
index 89852d373c..01dc0b681d 100644
--- a/api/api_test.go
+++ b/api/api_test.go
@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ func TestAPI_ParseQueryMeta(t *testing.T) {
 	resp.Header.Set("X-Consul-KnownLeader", "true")
 	resp.Header.Set("X-Consul-Translate-Addresses", "true")
 	resp.Header.Set("X-Consul-Default-ACL-Policy", "deny")
+	resp.Header.Set("X-Consul-Results-Filtered-By-ACLs", "true")
 
 	qm := &QueryMeta{}
 	if err := parseQueryMeta(resp, qm); err != nil {
@@ -953,6 +954,9 @@ func TestAPI_ParseQueryMeta(t *testing.T) {
 	if qm.DefaultACLPolicy != "deny" {
 		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", qm)
 	}
+	if !qm.ResultsFilteredByACLs {
+		t.Fatalf("Bad: %v", qm)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestAPI_UnixSocket(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/proto/pbcommon/common.pb.go b/proto/pbcommon/common.pb.go
index 0217bf8198..3b29930d56 100644
--- a/proto/pbcommon/common.pb.go
+++ b/proto/pbcommon/common.pb.go
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ type QueryMeta struct {
 	// Having `discovery_max_stale` on the agent can affect whether
 	// the request was served by a leader.
 	ConsistencyLevel string `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=ConsistencyLevel,proto3" json:"ConsistencyLevel,omitempty"`
+	// ResultsFilteredByACLs is true when some of the query's results were
+	// filtered out by enforcing ACLs. It may be false because nothing was
+	// removed, or because the endpoint does not yet support this flag.
+	ResultsFilteredByACLs bool `protobuf:"varint,7,opt,name=ResultsFilteredByACLs,proto3" json:"ResultsFilteredByACLs,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *QueryMeta) Reset()         { *m = QueryMeta{} }
@@ -454,6 +458,13 @@ func (m *QueryMeta) GetConsistencyLevel() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (m *QueryMeta) GetResultsFilteredByACLs() bool {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.ResultsFilteredByACLs
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // EnterpriseMeta contains metadata that is only used by the Enterprise version
 // of Consul.
 type EnterpriseMeta struct {
@@ -509,46 +520,49 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("proto/pbcommon/common.proto", fileDescriptor_a6f5ac44994d718c) }
 
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 }
 
 func (m *RaftIndex) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
@@ -818,6 +832,16 @@ func (m *QueryMeta) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
+	if m.ResultsFilteredByACLs {
+		i--
+		if m.ResultsFilteredByACLs {
+			dAtA[i] = 1
+		} else {
+			dAtA[i] = 0
+		}
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x38
+	}
 	if len(m.ConsistencyLevel) > 0 {
 		i -= len(m.ConsistencyLevel)
 		copy(dAtA[i:], m.ConsistencyLevel)
@@ -1014,6 +1038,9 @@ func (m *QueryMeta) Size() (n int) {
 	if l > 0 {
 		n += 1 + l + sovCommon(uint64(l))
 	}
+	if m.ResultsFilteredByACLs {
+		n += 2
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1872,6 +1899,26 @@ func (m *QueryMeta) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			}
 			m.ConsistencyLevel = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 7:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field ResultsFilteredByACLs", wireType)
+			}
+			var v int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowCommon
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				v |= int(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			m.ResultsFilteredByACLs = bool(v != 0)
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipCommon(dAtA[iNdEx:])
diff --git a/proto/pbcommon/common.proto b/proto/pbcommon/common.proto
index 2a0d2c6dc6..a771fb40d8 100644
--- a/proto/pbcommon/common.proto
+++ b/proto/pbcommon/common.proto
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ message QueryMeta  {
    // Having `discovery_max_stale` on the agent can affect whether
    // the request was served by a leader.
    string ConsistencyLevel = 4;
+
+   // Reserved for NotModified and Backend.
+   reserved 5, 6;
+
+   // ResultsFilteredByACLs is true when some of the query's results were
+   // filtered out by enforcing ACLs. It may be false because nothing was
+   // removed, or because the endpoint does not yet support this flag.
+   bool ResultsFilteredByACLs = 7;
 }
 
 // EnterpriseMeta contains metadata that is only used by the Enterprise version
@@ -159,4 +167,4 @@ message EnterpriseMeta {
    string Namespace = 1;
    // Partition in which the entity exists.
    string Partition = 2;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}