diff --git a/core/bloom_indexer.libevm.go b/core/bloom_indexer.libevm.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70bb86cd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/bloom_indexer.libevm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright 2026 the libevm authors.
+//
+// The libevm additions to go-ethereum are free software: you can redistribute
+// them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+// or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The libevm additions are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package core
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/core/types"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/ethdb"
+)
+
+// BloomThrottling is the time to wait between processing two consecutive index sections.
+const BloomThrottling = bloomThrottling
+
+// NewBloomIndexerBackend creates a [BloomIndexer] instance for the given database and section size,
+// allowing users to provide custom functionality to the bloom indexer.
+func NewBloomIndexerBackend(db ethdb.Database, size uint64) *BloomIndexer {
+	return &BloomIndexer{
+		db:   db,
+		size: size,
+	}
+}
+
+// ProcessWithBloomOverride is the same as [BloomIndexer.Process], but takes the header and bloom separately.
+// This must obey the same invariates as [BloomIndexer.Process], including calling [BloomIndexer.Reset]
+// to start a new section prior to this call, otherwise this function will panic.
+func (b *BloomIndexer) ProcessWithBloomOverride(header *types.Header, bloom types.Bloom) error {
+	index := uint(header.Number.Uint64() - b.section*b.size)
+	if err := b.gen.AddBloom(index, bloom); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b.head = header.Hash()
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/eth/bloombits.libevm.go b/eth/bloombits.libevm.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70b7604da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth/bloombits.libevm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2026 the libevm authors.
+//
+// The libevm additions to go-ethereum are free software: you can redistribute
+// them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+// or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The libevm additions are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package eth
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/core/bloombits"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/ethdb"
+)
+
+const (
+	// BloomFilterThreads is the number of goroutines used locally per filter to
+	// multiplex requests onto the global servicing goroutines.
+	BloomFilterThreads = bloomFilterThreads
+
+	// BloomRetrievalBatch is the maximum number of bloom bit retrievals to
+	// service in a single batch.
+	BloomRetrievalBatch = bloomRetrievalBatch
+
+	// BloomRetrievalWait is the maximum time to wait for enough bloom bit
+	// requests to accumulate request an entire batch (avoiding hysteresis).
+	BloomRetrievalWait = bloomRetrievalWait
+)
+
+// StartBloomHandlers starts a batch of goroutines to serve data for
+// [bloombits.Retrieval] requests from any number of filters. This is identical
+// to [Ethereum.startBloomHandlers], but exposed for independent use.
+func StartBloomHandlers(db ethdb.Database, sectionSize uint64) *BloomHandlers {
+	bh := &BloomHandlers{
+		Requests: make(chan chan *bloombits.Retrieval),
+		quit:     make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+	eth := &Ethereum{
+		bloomRequests:     bh.Requests,
+		closeBloomHandler: bh.quit,
+		chainDb:           db,
+	}
+	eth.startBloomHandlers(sectionSize)
+	return bh
+}
+
+// BloomHandlers serve data for [bloombits.Retrieval] requests from any number
+// of filters. [BloomHandlers.Close] MUST be called to release goroutines, after
+// which a send on the requests channel will block indefinitely.
+type BloomHandlers struct {
+	Requests chan chan *bloombits.Retrieval
+	quit     chan struct{}
+}
+
+// Close releases resources in use by the [BloomHandlers]; repeated calls will
+// panic.
+func (bh *BloomHandlers) Close() {
+	close(bh.quit)
+}
diff --git a/eth/bloombits.libevm_test.go b/eth/bloombits.libevm_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e4dcba5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth/bloombits.libevm_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2026 the libevm authors.
+//
+// The libevm additions to go-ethereum are free software: you can redistribute
+// them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+// or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The libevm additions are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package eth
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/core/rawdb"
+)
+
+func TestStartBloomHandlersNoLeaks(t *testing.T) {
+	defer goleak.VerifyNone(t, goleak.IgnoreCurrent())
+	StartBloomHandlers(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase(), 42).Close()
+}
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter.go b/eth/filters/filter.go
index 3f30c11a4b..9aa3b53955 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (f *Filter) unindexedLogs(ctx context.Context, end uint64, logChan chan *ty
 
 // blockLogs returns the logs matching the filter criteria within a single block.
 func (f *Filter) blockLogs(ctx context.Context, header *types.Header) ([]*types.Log, error) {
-	if bloomFilter(header.Bloom, f.addresses, f.topics) {
+	if bloomFilter(maybeOverrideBloom(header, f.sys.backend), f.addresses, f.topics) {
 		return f.checkMatches(ctx, header)
 	}
 	return nil, nil
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func (f *Filter) pendingLogs() []*types.Log {
 	if block == nil || receipts == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if bloomFilter(block.Bloom(), f.addresses, f.topics) {
+	if bloomFilter(maybeOverrideBloom(block.Header(), f.sys.backend), f.addresses, f.topics) {
 		var unfiltered []*types.Log
 		for _, r := range receipts {
 			unfiltered = append(unfiltered, r.Logs...)
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter_system.go b/eth/filters/filter_system.go
index f59a688a39..97b0e1d26f 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter_system.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter_system.go
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ func (es *EventSystem) lightFilterNewHead(newHeader *types.Header, callBack func
 
 // filter logs of a single header in light client mode
 func (es *EventSystem) lightFilterLogs(header *types.Header, addresses []common.Address, topics [][]common.Hash, remove bool) []*types.Log {
-	if !bloomFilter(header.Bloom, addresses, topics) {
+	if !bloomFilter(maybeOverrideBloom(header, es.backend), addresses, topics) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// Get the logs of the block
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter_system.libevm.go b/eth/filters/filter_system.libevm.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5762aa0065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth/filters/filter_system.libevm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright 2026 the libevm authors.
+//
+// The libevm additions to go-ethereum are free software: you can redistribute
+// them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+// or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The libevm additions are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package filters
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/core/types"
+)
+
+// BloomOverrider is an optional extension to [Backend], allowing arbitrary
+// bloom filters to be returned for a header. If not implemented,
+// [types.Header.Bloom] is used instead.
+type BloomOverrider interface {
+	OverrideHeaderBloom(*types.Header) types.Bloom
+}
+
+func maybeOverrideBloom(header *types.Header, backend Backend) types.Bloom {
+	if bo, ok := backend.(BloomOverrider); ok {
+		return bo.OverrideHeaderBloom(header)
+	}
+	return header.Bloom
+}
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter_system.libevm_test.go b/eth/filters/filter_system.libevm_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0de2c0da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth/filters/filter_system.libevm_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Copyright 2026 the libevm authors.
+//
+// The libevm additions to go-ethereum are free software: you can redistribute
+// them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+// or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The libevm additions are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package filters
+
+import (
+	"math/big"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/core"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/core/rawdb"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/core/types"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/libevm/rpc"
+)
+
+type bloomOverriderBackend struct {
+	*testBackend
+	overridden chan struct{}
+}
+
+var _ BloomOverrider = (*bloomOverriderBackend)(nil)
+
+func (b *bloomOverriderBackend) OverrideHeaderBloom(header *types.Header) types.Bloom {
+	b.overridden <- struct{}{}
+	return header.Bloom
+}
+
+func TestBloomOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	db := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
+	backend, sys := newTestFilterSystem(t, db, Config{})
+	sut := &bloomOverriderBackend{
+		testBackend: backend,
+		overridden:  make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+	sys.backend = sut
+
+	t.Run("lightFilterLogs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		api := NewFilterAPI(sys, true /*lightMode*/)
+		defer CloseAPI(api)
+
+		id, err := api.NewFilter(FilterCriteria{})
+		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "%T.NewFilter()", api)
+		defer api.UninstallFilter(id)
+
+		// If there is no historical header then the filter system returns early.
+		for i := range int64(2) {
+			sut.chainFeed.Send(core.ChainEvent{
+				Block: types.NewBlockWithHeader(&types.Header{
+					Number: big.NewInt(i),
+				}),
+			})
+		}
+		<-sut.overridden
+	})
+
+	t.Run("blockLogs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		hdr := &types.Header{Number: big.NewInt(0)}
+		h := hdr.Hash()
+		rawdb.WriteHeader(db, hdr)
+		rawdb.WriteCanonicalHash(db, h, 0)
+		rawdb.WriteHeaderNumber(db, h, 0)
+
+		go sys.NewBlockFilter(h, nil, nil).Logs(t.Context()) //nolint:errcheck // Known but irrelevant error
+		<-sut.overridden
+	})
+
+	t.Run("pendingLogs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		hdr := &types.Header{Number: big.NewInt(1)}
+		sut.pendingBlock = types.NewBlockWithHeader(hdr)
+		sut.pendingReceipts = types.Receipts{}
+
+		n := rpc.PendingBlockNumber.Int64()
+		go sys.NewRangeFilter(n, n, nil, nil).Logs(t.Context()) //nolint:errcheck // Known but irrelevant error
+		<-sut.overridden
+	})
+}