diff --git a/defaults/severities.yaml b/defaults/severities.yaml
index 86ce7f3109..3bd7773ee5 100644
--- a/defaults/severities.yaml
+++ b/defaults/severities.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DataValidatorEvent.ImmutableRowsValidator: ERROR
 DataValidatorEvent.UpdatedRowsValidator: WARNING
 DataValidatorEvent.DeletedRowsValidator: ERROR
 ScyllaHelpErrorEvent.duplicate: ERROR
+ScyllaHelpErrorEvent.filtered: ERROR
 FullScanEvent.start: NORMAL
 FullScanEvent.finish: ERROR
 DatabaseLogEvent.NO_SPACE_ERROR: ERROR
diff --git a/sdcm/cluster.py b/sdcm/cluster.py
index 6ff395eca9..1ed61bb5a0 100644
--- a/sdcm/cluster.py
+++ b/sdcm/cluster.py
@@ -1763,7 +1763,12 @@ def config_setup(self,
                     message=f"Scylla help contains duplicate for the following arguments: {','.join(dups)}"
                 ).publish()
             )
-            append_scylla_args = scylla_arg_parser.filter_args(append_scylla_args)
+            append_scylla_args = scylla_arg_parser.filter_args(
+                append_scylla_args,
+                unknown_args_cb=lambda args: ScyllaHelpErrorEvent.filtered(
+                    message="Following arguments are filtered out: " + ','.join(args)
+                ).publish()
+            )
         if self.parent_cluster.params.get('db_nodes_shards_selection') == 'random':
             append_scylla_args += f" --smp {self.scylla_random_shards()}"
 
diff --git a/sdcm/sct_events/database.py b/sdcm/sct_events/database.py
index a8b770a064..b04ef9a626 100644
--- a/sdcm/sct_events/database.py
+++ b/sdcm/sct_events/database.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ def add_info(self: T_log_event, node, line: str, line_number: int) -> T_log_even
 
 class ScyllaHelpErrorEvent(SctEvent, abstract=True):
     duplicate: Type[SctEventProtocol]
+    filtered: Type[SctEventProtocol]
     message: str
 
     def __init__(self, message: Optional[str] = None, severity=Severity.ERROR):
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ def msgfmt(self):
 
 
 ScyllaHelpErrorEvent.add_subevent_type("duplicate")
+ScyllaHelpErrorEvent.add_subevent_type("filtered")
 
 
 class FullScanEvent(SctEvent, abstract=True):
diff --git a/sdcm/utils/scylla_args.py b/sdcm/utils/scylla_args.py
index a556f4daee..025c6689d0 100644
--- a/sdcm/utils/scylla_args.py
+++ b/sdcm/utils/scylla_args.py
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ def from_scylla_help(cls, help: Text, duplicate_cb: Callable = None) -> "ScyllaA
 
         return parser
 
-    def filter_args(self, args: str) -> str:
+    def filter_args(self, args: str, unknown_args_cb: Callable = None) -> str:
         parsed_args, unknown_args = self.parse_known_args(args.split())
-        if unknown_args:
-            LOGGER.warning("Following arguments are filtered out: %s", unknown_args)
+        if unknown_args and unknown_args_cb:
+            unknown_args_cb(unknown_args)
         filtered_args = []
         for arg, val in vars(parsed_args).items():
             filtered_args.append(f"--{arg.replace('_', '-')}")
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_utils_scylla_args.py b/unit_tests/test_utils_scylla_args.py
index 5c1b2f6f74..ad63679fd7 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_utils_scylla_args.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_utils_scylla_args.py
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ def test_double_args(self):
         )
 
     def test_filter_args(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self.parser.filter_args("--arg1 arg --version -W arg --arg2 -h --options-file arg"),
-                         "--version --workdir arg --help --options-file arg")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.parser.filter_args(
+                "--arg1 arg --version -W arg --arg2 -h --options-file arg",
+                unknown_args_cb=lambda args: self.assertEqual(['--arg1', 'arg', '--arg2'], args)
+            ),
+            "--version --workdir arg --help --options-file arg",
+        )
 
     def test_filter_args_unchanged(self):
         args = "--version --workdir arg --help --options-file arg"