diff --git a/internal/perfdata/v1/collector.go b/internal/perfdata/v1/collector.go
index 36852236..5e0ee686 100644
--- a/internal/perfdata/v1/collector.go
+++ b/internal/perfdata/v1/collector.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (c *Collector) Describe() map[string]string {
 }
 
 func (c *Collector) Collect() (map[string]map[string]perftypes.CounterValues, error) {
-	perfObjects, err := QueryPerformanceData(c.query)
+	perfObjects, err := QueryPerformanceData(c.query, c.object)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("QueryPerformanceData: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib.go b/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib.go
index 6f3a322d..010f0d82 100644
--- a/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib.go
+++ b/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ The query can be any of the following:
 Many objects have dependencies - if you query one of them, you often get back
 more than you asked for.
 */
-func QueryPerformanceData(query string) ([]*PerfObject, error) {
+func QueryPerformanceData(query string, counterName string) ([]*PerfObject, error) {
 	buffer, err := queryRawData(query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ func QueryPerformanceData(query string) ([]*PerfObject, error) {
 	// Parse the performance data
 
 	numObjects := int(header.NumObjectTypes)
+	numFilteredObjects := 0
+
 	objects := make([]*PerfObject, numObjects)
 
 	objOffset := int64(header.HeaderLength)
@@ -314,6 +316,14 @@ func QueryPerformanceData(query string) ([]*PerfObject, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		perfCounterName := obj.LookupName()
+
+		if counterName != "" && perfCounterName != counterName {
+			objOffset += int64(obj.TotalByteLength)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
 		numCounterDefs := int(obj.NumCounters)
 		numInstances := int(obj.NumInstances)
 
@@ -328,7 +338,7 @@ func QueryPerformanceData(query string) ([]*PerfObject, error) {
 		counterDefs := make([]*PerfCounterDef, numCounterDefs)
 
 		objects[i] = &PerfObject{
-			Name:        obj.LookupName(),
+			Name:        perfCounterName,
 			NameIndex:   uint(obj.ObjectNameTitleIndex),
 			Instances:   instances,
 			CounterDefs: counterDefs,
@@ -410,9 +420,10 @@ func QueryPerformanceData(query string) ([]*PerfObject, error) {
 
 		// Next perfObjectType
 		objOffset += int64(obj.TotalByteLength)
+		numFilteredObjects++
 	}
 
-	return objects, nil
+	return objects[:numFilteredObjects], nil
 }
 
 func parseCounterBlock(b []byte, r io.ReadSeeker, pos int64, defs []*PerfCounterDef) (int64, []*PerfCounter, error) {
diff --git a/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib_test.go b/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib_test.go
index 719172b5..10216fd3 100644
--- a/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib_test.go
+++ b/internal/perfdata/v1/perflib_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 func BenchmarkQueryPerformanceData(b *testing.B) {
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		_, _ = QueryPerformanceData("Global")
+		_, _ = QueryPerformanceData("Global", "")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/perfdata/v1/utils.go b/internal/perfdata/v1/utils.go
index acb3aa8a..206841ae 100644
--- a/internal/perfdata/v1/utils.go
+++ b/internal/perfdata/v1/utils.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ func MapCounterToIndex(name string) string {
 }
 
 func GetPerflibSnapshot(objNames string) (map[string]*PerfObject, error) {
-	objects, err := QueryPerformanceData(objNames)
+	objects, err := QueryPerformanceData(objNames, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}