diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Workload/Restore/WorkloadRestoreCommand.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Workload/Restore/WorkloadRestoreCommand.cs
index 969d6a8e0938..f8318ae44713 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Workload/Restore/WorkloadRestoreCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/Workload/Restore/WorkloadRestoreCommand.cs
@@ -118,13 +118,16 @@ internal static List<string> DiscoverAllProjects(string currentDirectory,
         var projectFiles = new List<string>();
         if (slnOrProjectArgument == null || !slnOrProjectArgument.Any())
         {
-            slnFiles = [.. SlnFileFactory.ListSolutionFilesInDirectory(currentDirectory, false)];
+            slnFiles = [.. SlnFileFactory.ListSolutionFilesInDirectory(currentDirectory, includeSolutionFilterFiles: true)];
             projectFiles.AddRange(Directory.GetFiles(currentDirectory, "*.*proj"));
         }
         else
         {
             slnFiles = [.. slnOrProjectArgument
-                .Where(s => Path.GetExtension(s).Equals(".sln", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || Path.GetExtension(s).Equals(".slnx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .Where(s =>
+                    Path.GetExtension(s).Equals(".sln", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                    Path.GetExtension(s).Equals(".slnx", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                    Path.GetExtension(s).Equals(".slnf", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 .Select(Path.GetFullPath)];
             projectFiles = [.. slnOrProjectArgument
                 .Where(s => Path.GetExtension(s).EndsWith("proj", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Workload/Restore/GivenDotnetWorkloadRestore.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Workload/Restore/GivenDotnetWorkloadRestore.cs
index a9f7bf394278..d729c6c4914b 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Workload/Restore/GivenDotnetWorkloadRestore.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/CommandTests/Workload/Restore/GivenDotnetWorkloadRestore.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public GivenDotnetWorkloadRestore()
 
     public static string DcProjAssetName = "SolutionWithAppAndDcProj";
     public static string TransitiveReferenceNoWorkloadsAssetName = "ProjectWithEsProjReference";
+    public static string SlnfAssetName = "TestAppWithSlnfFiles";
 
     [TestMethod]
     public void ProjectsThatDoNotSupportWorkloadsAreNotInspected()
@@ -84,6 +85,28 @@ public void VersionOptionShouldNotConflictWithSkipManifestUpdate()
         result.StdErr.Should().NotContain("--skip-manifest-update");
     }
 
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void WorkloadRestoreSupportsSolutionFilterInput()
+    {
+        if (IsRunningInContainer())
+        {
+            // Skipping test in a Helix container environment due to read-only DOTNET_ROOT, which causes workload restore to fail when writing workload metadata.
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var projectPath =
+            TestAssetsManager
+                .CopyTestAsset(SlnfAssetName)
+                .WithSource()
+                .Path;
+
+        new DotnetWorkloadCommand(Log, "restore", "App.slnf")
+            .WithWorkingDirectory(projectPath)
+            .Execute()
+            .Should()
+            .Pass();
+    }
+
     private bool IsRunningInContainer()
     {
         if (!File.Exists("/.dockerenv"))