diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.sip.in
index 1cc65b83bd9..b5d4918efa4 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.sip.in
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Returns the size of a single point record.
 Returns the offset for the x value in a point record.
 
 .. seealso:: :py:func:`yOffset`
+
+.. seealso:: :py:func:`zOffset`
 %End
 
     int yOffset() const;
@@ -96,6 +98,17 @@ Returns the offset for the x value in a point record.
 Returns the offset for the y value in a point record.
 
 .. seealso:: :py:func:`xOffset`
+
+.. seealso:: :py:func:`zOffset`
+%End
+
+    int zOffset() const;
+%Docstring
+Returns the offset for the y value in a point record.
+
+.. seealso:: :py:func:`xOffset`
+
+.. seealso:: :py:func:`yOffset`
 %End
 
   private:
diff --git a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.cpp b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.cpp
index b0b46a87b6e..0de94ce6f2c 100644
--- a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ void QgsPointCloudRenderContext::setAttributes( const QgsPointCloudAttributeColl
   mAttributes = attributes;
   mPointRecordSize = mAttributes.pointRecordSize();
 
-  // fetch offset for x/y attributes
+  // fetch offset for x/y/z attributes
   attributes.find( QStringLiteral( "X" ), mXOffset );
   attributes.find( QStringLiteral( "Y" ), mYOffset );
+  attributes.find( QStringLiteral( "Z" ), mZOffset );
 }
 
 QgsPointCloudRenderer *QgsPointCloudRenderer::load( QDomElement &element, const QgsReadWriteContext &context )
diff --git a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.h b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.h
index 4341d6e8431..2fb1868cf10 100644
--- a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.h
+++ b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrenderer.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPointCloudRenderContext
      * Returns the offset for the x value in a point record.
      *
      * \see yOffset()
+     * \see zOffset()
      */
     int xOffset() const { return mXOffset; }
 
@@ -118,9 +119,18 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPointCloudRenderContext
      * Returns the offset for the y value in a point record.
      *
      * \see xOffset()
+     * \see zOffset()
      */
     int yOffset() const { return mYOffset; }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the offset for the y value in a point record.
+     *
+     * \see xOffset()
+     * \see yOffset()
+     */
+    int zOffset() const { return mZOffset; }
+
   private:
 #ifdef SIP_RUN
     QgsPointCloudRenderContext( const QgsPointCloudRenderContext &rh );
@@ -134,6 +144,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPointCloudRenderContext
     int mPointRecordSize = 0;
     int mXOffset = 0;
     int mYOffset = 0;
+    int mZOffset = 0;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrgbrenderer.cpp b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrgbrenderer.cpp
index f97dcbe0a01..415b6ad1312 100644
--- a/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrgbrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/pointcloud/qgspointcloudrgbrenderer.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ void QgsPointCloudRgbRenderer::renderBlock( const QgsPointCloudBlock *block, Qgs
   const bool useBlueContrastEnhancement = mBlueContrastEnhancement && mBlueContrastEnhancement->contrastEnhancementAlgorithm() != QgsContrastEnhancement::NoEnhancement;
   const bool useGreenContrastEnhancement = mGreenContrastEnhancement && mGreenContrastEnhancement->contrastEnhancementAlgorithm() != QgsContrastEnhancement::NoEnhancement;
 
+  const QgsDoubleRange zRange = context.renderContext().zRange();
+  const bool considerZ = !zRange.isInfinite();
+
   int rendered = 0;
   double x = 0;
   double y = 0;
@@ -100,6 +103,15 @@ void QgsPointCloudRgbRenderer::renderBlock( const QgsPointCloudBlock *block, Qgs
   const bool reproject = ct.isValid();
   for ( int i = 0; i < count; ++i )
   {
+    if ( considerZ )
+    {
+      // z value filtering is cheapest, if we're doing it...
+      qint32 iz = *( qint32 * )( ptr + i * context.pointRecordSize() + context.zOffset() );
+      z = context.offset().z() + context.scale().z() * iz;
+      if ( !zRange.contains( z ) )
+        continue;
+    }
+
     pointXY( context, ptr, i, x, y );
     if ( visibleExtent.contains( QgsPointXY( x, y ) ) )
     {
@@ -307,9 +319,15 @@ void QgsPointCloudRgbRenderer::stopRender( QgsPointCloudRenderContext &context )
   QgsPointCloudRenderer::stopRender( context );
 }
 
-QSet<QString> QgsPointCloudRgbRenderer::usedAttributes( const QgsPointCloudRenderContext & ) const
+QSet<QString> QgsPointCloudRgbRenderer::usedAttributes( const QgsPointCloudRenderContext &context ) const
 {
-  return QSet<QString>() << mRedAttribute << mGreenAttribute << mBlueAttribute;
+  QSet<QString> res;
+  res << mRedAttribute << mGreenAttribute << mBlueAttribute;
+
+  if ( !context.renderContext().zRange().isInfinite() )
+    res << QStringLiteral( "Z" );
+
+  return res;
 }
 
 QString QgsPointCloudRgbRenderer::redAttribute() const