diff -u b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.admin.inc b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.admin.inc
--- b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.admin.inc
@@ -22,3 +22,23 @@
 function dblog_filters() {
-  return \Drupal\dblog\Form\DblogFilterForm::logFilters();
+  $filters = array();
+
+  foreach (_dblog_get_message_types() as $type) {
+    $types[$type] = t($type);
+  }
+
+  if (!empty($types)) {
+    $filters['type'] = array(
+      'title' => t('Type'),
+      'where' => "w.type = ?",
+      'options' => $types,
+    );
+  }
+
+  $filters['severity'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Severity'),
+    'where' => 'w.severity = ?',
+    'options' => RfcLogLevel::getLevels(),
+  );
+
+  return $filters;
 }
diff -u b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
--- b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/src/Controller/DbLogController.php
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@
     if (empty($_SESSION['dblog_overview_filter'])) {
       return;
     }
-
     $filters = \Drupal\dblog\Form\DblogFilterForm::logFilters();
 
     // Build query.
diff -u b/core/modules/dblog/src/Form/DblogFilterForm.php b/core/modules/dblog/src/Form/DblogFilterForm.php
--- b/core/modules/dblog/src/Form/DblogFilterForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/src/Form/DblogFilterForm.php
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
    *
    * @return array
    *   Associative array of filters. The top-level keys are used as the form
-   *   element names for the filters, and the values are arrays with the following
-   *   elements:
+   *   element names for the filters, and the values are arrays with the
+   *   following elements:
    *   - title: Title of the filter.
    *   - where: The filter condition.
    *   - options: Array of options for the select list for the filter.