diff --git a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Bounding_box_filter.h b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Bounding_box_filter.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8b534f0ee17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Bounding_box_filter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024  GeometryFactory (France). All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
+//
+// $URL$
+// $Id$
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Commercial
+//
+// Author(s)     : Andreas Fabri
+//
+#ifndef CGAL_SURFACE_MESH_SIMPLIFICATION_POLICIES_EDGE_COLLAPSE_BOUNDING_BOX_FILTER_H
+#define CGAL_SURFACE_MESH_SIMPLIFICATION_POLICIES_EDGE_COLLAPSE_BOUNDING_BOX_FILTER_H
+
+#include <CGAL/license/Surface_mesh_simplification.h>
+#include<CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/internal/Common.h>
+#include <CGAL/property_map.h>
+
+#include <optional>
+
+namespace CGAL {
+namespace Surface_mesh_simplification {
+
+
+template<class BaseFilter = internal::Dummy_filter>
+class Bounding_box_filter
+{
+public:
+  Bounding_box_filter(const BaseFilter& base_filter = BaseFilter())
+    : m_base_filter(base_filter)
+  {}
+
+
+  template <typename Profile>
+  std::optional<typename Profile::Point>
+  operator()(const Profile& profile, std::optional<typename Profile::Point> op) const
+  {
+    typedef typename Profile::VertexPointMap                              Vertex_point_map;
+
+    typedef typename Profile::Geom_traits                                 Geom_traits;
+    typedef typename Geom_traits::Vector_3                                Vector;
+
+    typedef typename boost::property_traits<Vertex_point_map>::value_type Point;
+    typedef typename boost::property_traits<Vertex_point_map>::reference  Point_reference;
+
+    const Geom_traits& gt = profile.geom_traits();
+    const Vertex_point_map& vpm = profile.vertex_point_map();
+
+    op = m_base_filter(profile, op);
+    if(op)
+    {
+      const Point& placement = *op;
+      Bbox_3 bb;
+      for(auto vd : profile.link()){
+        Point_reference p = get(vpm, vd);
+        bb += p.bbox();
+      }
+      double wx = bb.xmax() - bb.xmin();
+      double wy = bb.ymax() - bb.ymin();
+      double wz = bb.zmax() - bb.zmin();
+      bb = Bbox_3(bb.xmin()-  wx/10.0, bb.ymin() - wy/10.0, bb.zmin()- wz/10.0, bb.xmax() + wx/10.0, bb.ymax() + wy/10.0, bb.zmax()+ wz/10.0);
+      if(!do_overlap(bb, placement.bbox())){
+             return std::optional<typename Profile::Point>();
+      }
+    }
+    return op;
+  }
+
+
+
+private:
+  const BaseFilter m_base_filter;
+};
+
+} // namespace Surface_mesh_simplification
+} // namespace CGAL
+
+#endif // CGAL_SURFACE_MESH_SIMPLIFICATION_POLICIES_EDGE_COLLAPSE_BOUNDING_BOX_FILTER_H
diff --git a/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/issue_8213.cpp b/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/issue_8213.cpp
index ca4da904544e..b086fe22e735 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/issue_8213.cpp
+++ b/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/issue_8213.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ void Surface_simplification_external_trace(const std::string& s)
 
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/edge_collapse.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Bounded_normal_change_filter.h>
+#include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Bounding_box_filter.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Face_count_stop_predicate.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/LindstromTurk_cost.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/LindstromTurk_placement.h>
@@ -52,12 +53,16 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   std::cout << "Input mesh has " << num_vertices(sm) << " vertices" << std::endl;
   std::cout << "Input mesh has " << num_faces(sm) << " faces" << std::endl;
 
-  SMS::Face_count_stop_predicate<Surface_mesh> stop(1);
-  SMS::edge_collapse(sm, stop,
-                     CGAL::parameters::filter(SMS::Bounded_normal_change_filter<>())
-                                      .get_cost(SMS::LindstromTurk_cost<Surface_mesh>())
-                                      .get_placement(SMS::LindstromTurk_placement<Surface_mesh>()));
 
+  SMS::Face_count_stop_predicate<Surface_mesh> stop(1);
+   SMS::edge_collapse(
+    surface_mesh,
+    stop,
+    CGAL::parameters::
+       filter(SMS::Bounded_normal_change_filter<SMS::Bounding_box_filter<>>(SMS::Bounding_box_filter<>()))
+      .get_cost(SMS::LindstromTurk_cost<Surface_mesh>())
+      .get_placement(SMS::LindstromTurk_placement<Surface_mesh>())
+    );
   CGAL::IO::write_OFF(std::cout, sm, CGAL::parameters::stream_precision(17));
 
   for(auto v : vertices(sm))