diff --git a/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/generate_test_files.py b/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/generate_test_files.py
index 73d41ce15ce0..978efb80c070 100644
--- a/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/generate_test_files.py
+++ b/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/generate_test_files.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import zarr
-from numcodecs import LZ4, LZMA, Blosc, GZip, Zlib, Zstd
+from numcodecs import LZ4, LZMA, Blosc, GZip, Shuffle, Zlib, Zstd
 
 os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@
 )
 z[:] = [1, 2]
 
+z = zarr.open(
+    "shuffle.zarr",
+    mode="w",
+    dtype="u2",
+    shape=(2,),
+    chunks=(2,),
+    compressor=None,
+    filters=[Shuffle(elementsize=2)],
+)
+z[:] = [1, 2]
+
 
 z = zarr.open(
     "order_f_u1.zarr",
diff --git a/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/shuffle.zarr/.zarray b/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/shuffle.zarr/.zarray
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39be4ee62653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/shuffle.zarr/.zarray
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "chunks": [
+        2
+    ],
+    "compressor": null,
+    "dtype": "<u2",
+    "fill_value": 0,
+    "filters": [
+        {
+            "elementsize": 2,
+            "id": "shuffle"
+        }
+    ],
+    "order": "C",
+    "shape": [
+        2
+    ],
+    "zarr_format": 2
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/shuffle.zarr/0 b/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/shuffle.zarr/0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef1e9b380d74
Binary files /dev/null and b/autotest/gdrivers/data/zarr/shuffle.zarr/0 differ
diff --git a/autotest/gdrivers/zarr_driver.py b/autotest/gdrivers/zarr_driver.py
index a0587b58e9b4..4f9384d97442 100644
--- a/autotest/gdrivers/zarr_driver.py
+++ b/autotest/gdrivers/zarr_driver.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import json
 import math
 import os
+import shutil
 import struct
 import sys
 
@@ -535,6 +536,36 @@ def test_zarr_read_compression_methods(datasetname, compressor):
         assert ar.Read() == array.array("b", [1, 2])
 
 
+def test_zarr_read_shuffle_filter():
+
+    filename = "data/zarr/shuffle.zarr"
+    ds = gdal.OpenEx(filename, gdal.OF_MULTIDIM_RASTER)
+    rg = ds.GetRootGroup()
+    assert rg
+    ar = rg.OpenMDArray(rg.GetMDArrayNames()[0])
+    assert ar
+    assert ar.Read() == array.array("h", [1, 2])
+
+
+def test_zarr_read_shuffle_filter_update(tmp_path):
+
+    out_filename = tmp_path / "filter_update.zarr"
+    shutil.copytree("data/zarr/shuffle.zarr", out_filename)
+
+    def write():
+        ds = gdal.OpenEx(out_filename, gdal.OF_MULTIDIM_RASTER | gdal.OF_UPDATE)
+        rg = ds.GetRootGroup()
+        ar = rg.OpenMDArray(rg.GetMDArrayNames()[0])
+        ar.Write([3, 4])
+
+    write()
+
+    ds = gdal.OpenEx(out_filename, gdal.OF_MULTIDIM_RASTER)
+    rg = ds.GetRootGroup()
+    ar = rg.OpenMDArray(rg.GetMDArrayNames()[0])
+    assert ar.Read() == array.array("h", [3, 4])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", ["u1", "u2", "u4", "u8"])
 def test_zarr_read_fortran_order(name):
 
diff --git a/frmts/zarr/zarr_v2_array.cpp b/frmts/zarr/zarr_v2_array.cpp
index e62af1fe9b9c..8fd3132b68c4 100644
--- a/frmts/zarr/zarr_v2_array.cpp
+++ b/frmts/zarr/zarr_v2_array.cpp
@@ -396,6 +396,181 @@ bool ZarrV2Array::AllocateWorkingBuffers(
 #undef m_abyDecodedTileData
 }
 
+/************************************************************************/
+/*                       ZarrShuffleCompressor()                        */
+/************************************************************************/
+
+static bool ZarrShuffleCompressor(const void *input_data, size_t input_size,
+                                  void **output_data, size_t *output_size,
+                                  CSLConstList options,
+                                  void * /* compressor_user_data */)
+{
+    // 4 is the default of the shuffle numcodecs:
+    // https://numcodecs.readthedocs.io/en/v0.10.0/shuffle.html
+    const int eltSize = atoi(CSLFetchNameValueDef(options, "ELEMENTSIZE", "4"));
+    if (eltSize != 2 && eltSize != 4 && eltSize != 8)
+    {
+        CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined,
+                 "Only ELEMENTSIZE=2,4,8 is supported");
+        if (output_size)
+            *output_size = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+    if ((input_size % eltSize) != 0)
+    {
+        CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined,
+                 "input_size should be a multiple of ELEMENTSIZE");
+        if (output_size)
+            *output_size = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (output_data != nullptr && *output_data != nullptr &&
+        output_size != nullptr && *output_size != 0)
+    {
+        if (*output_size < input_size)
+        {
+            CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined, "Too small output size");
+            *output_size = input_size;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const size_t nElts = input_size / eltSize;
+        // Put at the front of the output buffer all the least significant
+        // bytes of each word, then then 2nd least significant byte, etc.
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < nElts; ++i)
+        {
+            for (int j = 0; j < eltSize; j++)
+            {
+                (static_cast<uint8_t *>(*output_data))[j * nElts + i] =
+                    (static_cast<const uint8_t *>(input_data))[i * eltSize + j];
+            }
+        }
+
+        *output_size = input_size;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (output_data == nullptr && output_size != nullptr)
+    {
+        *output_size = input_size;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (output_data != nullptr && *output_data == nullptr &&
+        output_size != nullptr)
+    {
+        *output_data = VSI_MALLOC_VERBOSE(input_size);
+        *output_size = input_size;
+        if (*output_data == nullptr)
+            return false;
+        bool ret = ZarrShuffleCompressor(input_data, input_size, output_data,
+                                         output_size, options, nullptr);
+        if (!ret)
+        {
+            VSIFree(*output_data);
+            *output_data = nullptr;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined, "Invalid use of API");
+    return false;
+}
+
+/************************************************************************/
+/*                       ZarrShuffleDecompressor()                        */
+/************************************************************************/
+
+static bool ZarrShuffleDecompressor(const void *input_data, size_t input_size,
+                                    void **output_data, size_t *output_size,
+                                    CSLConstList options,
+                                    void * /* compressor_user_data */)
+{
+    // 4 is the default of the shuffle numcodecs:
+    // https://numcodecs.readthedocs.io/en/v0.10.0/shuffle.html
+    const int eltSize = atoi(CSLFetchNameValueDef(options, "ELEMENTSIZE", "4"));
+    if (eltSize != 2 && eltSize != 4 && eltSize != 8)
+    {
+        CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined,
+                 "Only ELEMENTSIZE=2,4,8 is supported");
+        if (output_size)
+            *output_size = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+    if ((input_size % eltSize) != 0)
+    {
+        CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined,
+                 "input_size should be a multiple of ELEMENTSIZE");
+        if (output_size)
+            *output_size = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (output_data != nullptr && *output_data != nullptr &&
+        output_size != nullptr && *output_size != 0)
+    {
+        if (*output_size < input_size)
+        {
+            CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined, "Too small output size");
+            *output_size = input_size;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Reverse of what is done in the compressor function.
+        const size_t nElts = input_size / eltSize;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < nElts; ++i)
+        {
+            for (int j = 0; j < eltSize; j++)
+            {
+                (static_cast<uint8_t *>(*output_data))[i * eltSize + j] =
+                    (static_cast<const uint8_t *>(input_data))[j * nElts + i];
+            }
+        }
+
+        *output_size = input_size;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (output_data == nullptr && output_size != nullptr)
+    {
+        *output_size = input_size;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (output_data != nullptr && *output_data == nullptr &&
+        output_size != nullptr)
+    {
+        *output_data = VSI_MALLOC_VERBOSE(input_size);
+        *output_size = input_size;
+        if (*output_data == nullptr)
+            return false;
+        bool ret = ZarrShuffleDecompressor(input_data, input_size, output_data,
+                                           output_size, options, nullptr);
+        if (!ret)
+        {
+            VSIFree(*output_data);
+            *output_data = nullptr;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined, "Invalid use of API");
+    return false;
+}
+
+static const CPLCompressor gShuffleCompressor = {
+    /* nStructVersion = */ 1,
+    /* pszId = */ "shuffle",       CCT_FILTER,
+    /* papszMetadata = */ nullptr, ZarrShuffleCompressor,
+    /* user_data = */ nullptr};
+
+static const CPLCompressor gShuffleDecompressor = {
+    /* nStructVersion = */ 1,
+    /* pszId = */ "shuffle",
+    CCT_FILTER,
+    /* papszMetadata = */ nullptr,
+    ZarrShuffleDecompressor,
+    /* user_data = */ nullptr};
+
 /************************************************************************/
 /*                      ZarrV2Array::LoadTileData()                     */
 /************************************************************************/
@@ -563,7 +738,9 @@ bool ZarrV2Array::LoadTileData(const uint64_t *tileIndices, bool bUseMutex,
         const auto &oFilter = m_oFiltersArray[i];
         const auto osFilterId = oFilter["id"].ToString();
         const auto psFilterDecompressor =
-            CPLGetDecompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
+            EQUAL(osFilterId.c_str(), "shuffle")
+                ? &gShuffleDecompressor
+                : CPLGetDecompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
         CPLAssert(psFilterDecompressor);
 
         CPLStringList aosOptions;
@@ -846,7 +1023,10 @@ bool ZarrV2Array::FlushDirtyTile() const
     for (const auto &oFilter : m_oFiltersArray)
     {
         const auto osFilterId = oFilter["id"].ToString();
-        const auto psFilterCompressor = CPLGetCompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
+        const auto psFilterCompressor =
+            EQUAL(osFilterId.c_str(), "shuffle")
+                ? &gShuffleCompressor
+                : CPLGetCompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
         CPLAssert(psFilterCompressor);
 
         CPLStringList aosOptions;
@@ -1865,16 +2045,19 @@ ZarrV2Group::LoadArray(const std::string &osArrayName,
                 CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined, "Missing filter id");
                 return nullptr;
             }
-            const auto psFilterCompressor =
-                CPLGetCompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
-            const auto psFilterDecompressor =
-                CPLGetDecompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
-            if (psFilterCompressor == nullptr ||
-                psFilterDecompressor == nullptr)
+            if (!EQUAL(osFilterId.c_str(), "shuffle"))
             {
-                CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined, "Filter %s not handled",
-                         osFilterId.c_str());
-                return nullptr;
+                const auto psFilterCompressor =
+                    CPLGetCompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
+                const auto psFilterDecompressor =
+                    CPLGetDecompressor(osFilterId.c_str());
+                if (psFilterCompressor == nullptr ||
+                    psFilterDecompressor == nullptr)
+                {
+                    CPLError(CE_Failure, CPLE_AppDefined,
+                             "Filter %s not handled", osFilterId.c_str());
+                    return nullptr;
+                }
             }
         }
     }