diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/path.rst b/doc_src/cmds/path.rst
index fa823adb2..b1f87a881 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/path.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/path.rst
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ Examples
 The available filters are:
 
 - ``-t`` or ``--type`` with the options: "dir", "file", "link", "block", "char", "fifo" and "socket", in which case the path needs to be a directory, file, link, block device, character device, named pipe or socket, respectively.
+- ``-d``, ``-f`` and ``-l`` are short for ``--type=dir``, ``--type=file`` and ``--type=link``, respectively.
 
 - ``-p`` or ``--perm`` with the options: "read", "write", and "exec", as well as "suid", "sgid", "sticky", "user" (referring to the path owner) and "group" (referring to the path's group), in which case the path needs to have all of the given permissions for the current user.
+- ``-r``, ``-w`` and ``-x`` are short for ``--perm=read``, ``--perm=write`` and ``--perm=exec``, respectively.
 
 Note that the path needs to be *any* of the given types, but have *all* of the given permissions. The filter options can either be given as multiple options, or comma-separated - ``path filter -t dir,file`` or ``path filter --type dir --type file`` are equivalent.
 
@@ -171,6 +173,11 @@ Examples
    # $HOME is a directory and both writable and executable, typically.
    # So it passes.
    /home/me
+
+   >_ path filter -fdxw /usr/bin/fish /home/me
+   # This is the same as above: "-f" is "--type=file", "-d" is "--type=dir",
+   # "-x" is short for "--perm=exec" and "-w" short for "--perm=write"!
+   /home/me
    
 "normalize" subcommand
 -----------------------
diff --git a/src/builtin_path.cpp b/src/builtin_path.cpp
index ab067a854..5080d0970 100644
--- a/src/builtin_path.cpp
+++ b/src/builtin_path.cpp
@@ -287,6 +287,56 @@ static int handle_flag_p(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &s
     return STATUS_INVALID_ARGS;
 }
 
+static int handle_flag_perms(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                             const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts, path_perm_flags_t perm ) {
+    if (opts->perm_valid) {
+        if (!opts->have_perm) opts->perm = 0;
+        opts->have_perm = true;
+        opts->perm |= perm;
+        return STATUS_CMD_OK;
+    }
+    path_unknown_option(parser, streams, argv[0], argv[w.woptind - 1]);
+    return STATUS_INVALID_ARGS;
+}
+
+static int handle_flag_r(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                         const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts) {
+    return handle_flag_perms(argv, parser, streams, w, opts, PERM_READ);
+}
+static int handle_flag_w(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                         const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts) {
+    return handle_flag_perms(argv, parser, streams, w, opts, PERM_WRITE);
+}
+static int handle_flag_x(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                         const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts) {
+    return handle_flag_perms(argv, parser, streams, w, opts, PERM_EXEC);
+}
+
+static int handle_flag_types(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                             const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts, path_type_flags_t type) {
+    if (opts->type_valid) {
+        if (!opts->have_type) opts->type = 0;
+        opts->have_type = true;
+        opts->type |= type;
+        return STATUS_CMD_OK;
+    }
+    path_unknown_option(parser, streams, argv[0], argv[w.woptind - 1]);
+    return STATUS_INVALID_ARGS;
+}
+
+static int handle_flag_f(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                         const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts) {
+    return handle_flag_types(argv, parser, streams, w, opts, TYPE_FILE);
+}
+static int handle_flag_l(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                         const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts) {
+    return handle_flag_types(argv, parser, streams, w, opts, TYPE_LINK);
+}
+static int handle_flag_d(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
+                         const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts) {
+    return handle_flag_types(argv, parser, streams, w, opts, TYPE_DIR);
+}
+
 static int handle_flag_v(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams,
                          const wgetopter_t &w, options_t *opts) {
     if (opts->invert_valid) {
@@ -303,8 +353,14 @@ static int handle_flag_v(const wchar_t **argv, parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &s
 static wcstring construct_short_opts(options_t *opts) {  //!OCLINT(high npath complexity)
     // All commands accept -z, -Z and -q
     wcstring short_opts(L":zZq");
-    if (opts->perm_valid) short_opts.append(L"p:");
-    if (opts->type_valid) short_opts.append(L"t:");
+    if (opts->perm_valid) {
+        short_opts.append(L"p:");
+        short_opts.append(L"rwx");
+    }
+    if (opts->type_valid) {
+        short_opts.append(L"t:");
+        short_opts.append(L"fld");
+    }
     if (opts->invert_valid) short_opts.append(L"v");
     return short_opts;
 }
@@ -325,6 +381,9 @@ static const std::unordered_map<char, decltype(*handle_flag_q)> flag_to_function
     {'q', handle_flag_q}, {'v', handle_flag_v},
     {'z', handle_flag_z}, {'Z', handle_flag_Z},
     {'t', handle_flag_t}, {'p', handle_flag_p},
+    {'r', handle_flag_r}, {'w', handle_flag_w},
+    {'x', handle_flag_x}, {'f', handle_flag_f},
+    {'l', handle_flag_l}, {'d', handle_flag_d},
 };
 
 /// Parse the arguments for flags recognized by a specific string subcommand.