diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/RequestConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/RequestConverter.java
index 1567b4bef..0f690a601 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/RequestConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/RequestConverter.java
@@ -1169,8 +1169,7 @@ public MsearchTemplateRequest searchMsearchTemplateRequest(
 							}
 
 							return bb;
-						})
-				);
+						}));
 			});
 			return mtrb;
 		});
@@ -1721,8 +1720,13 @@ private void addFilter(Query query, SearchRequest.Builder builder) {
 		} else // noinspection StatementWithEmptyBody
 		if (query instanceof StringQuery) {
 			// no filter for StringQuery
-		} else if (query instanceof NativeQuery) {
-			builder.postFilter(((NativeQuery) query).getFilter());
+		} else if (query instanceof NativeQuery nativeQuery) {
+
+			if (nativeQuery.getFilter() != null) {
+				builder.postFilter(nativeQuery.getFilter());
+			} else if (nativeQuery.getSpringDataQuery() != null) {
+				addFilter(nativeQuery.getSpringDataQuery(), builder);
+			}
 		} else {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("unhandled Query implementation " + query.getClass().getName());
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeQueryIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeQueryIntegrationTests.java
index 84a4d339f..46fa0958b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeQueryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeQueryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.elc.NativeQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.geo.GeoPoint;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.junit.jupiter.SpringIntegrationTest;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.utils.IndexNameProvider;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public void before() {
 	@Test
 	@Order(java.lang.Integer.MAX_VALUE)
 	void cleanup() {
-		operations.indexOps(IndexCoordinates.of(indexNameProvider.getPrefix() + "*")).delete();
+		operations.indexOps(IndexCoordinates.of(indexNameProvider.getPrefix() + '*')).delete();
 	}
 
 	@Test // #2391
@@ -75,6 +76,28 @@ void shouldBeAbleToUseCriteriaQueryInANativeQuery() {
 		assertThat(searchHits.getSearchHit(0).getId()).isEqualTo(entity.getId());
 	}
 
+	@Test // #2840
+	@DisplayName("should be able to use CriteriaQuery with filter arguments in a NativeQuery")
+	void shouldBeAbleToUseCriteriaQueryWithFilterArgumentsInANativeQuery() {
+		var entity1 = new SampleEntity();
+		entity1.setId("60");
+		var location1 = new GeoPoint(60.0, 60.0);
+		entity1.setLocation(location1);
+		var entity2 = new SampleEntity();
+		entity2.setId("70");
+		var location70 = new GeoPoint(70.0, 70.0);
+		entity2.setLocation(location70);
+		operations.save(entity1, entity2);
+
+		var criteriaQuery = new CriteriaQuery(Criteria.where("location").within(location1, "10km"));
+		var nativeQuery = NativeQuery.builder().withQuery(criteriaQuery).build();
+
+		var searchHits = operations.search(nativeQuery, SampleEntity.class);
+
+		assertThat(searchHits.getTotalHits()).isEqualTo(1);
+		assertThat(searchHits.getSearchHit(0).getId()).isEqualTo(entity1.getId());
+	}
+
 	@Test // #2391
 	@DisplayName("should be able to use StringQuery in a NativeQuery")
 	void shouldBeAbleToUseStringQueryInANativeQuery() {
@@ -112,6 +135,14 @@ void shouldBeAbleToUseStringQueryInANativeQuery() {
 	@Document(indexName = "#{@indexNameProvider.indexName()}")
 	static class SampleEntity {
 
+		@Nullable
+		@Id private String id;
+
+		@Nullable
+		@Field(type = FieldType.Text) private String text;
+
+		@Nullable private GeoPoint location;
+
 		@Nullable
 		public String getId() {
 			return id;
@@ -121,6 +152,7 @@ public void setId(@Nullable String id) {
 			this.id = id;
 		}
 
+		@Nullable
 		public String getText() {
 			return text;
 		}
@@ -130,8 +162,12 @@ public void setText(String text) {
 		}
 
 		@Nullable
-		@Id private String id;
+		public GeoPoint getLocation() {
+			return location;
+		}
 
-		@Field(type = FieldType.Text) private String text;
+		public void setLocation(GeoPoint location) {
+			this.location = location;
+		}
 	}
 }