diff --git a/api/filters/suffix/suffix.go b/api/filters/suffix/suffix.go
index a3df62557..babc257be 100644
--- a/api/filters/suffix/suffix.go
+++ b/api/filters/suffix/suffix.go
@@ -18,9 +18,17 @@ type Filter struct {
 	Suffix string `json:"suffix,omitempty" yaml:"suffix,omitempty"`
 
 	FieldSpec types.FieldSpec `json:"fieldSpec,omitempty" yaml:"fieldSpec,omitempty"`
+
+	trackableSetter filtersutil.TrackableSetter
 }
 
 var _ kio.Filter = Filter{}
+var _ kio.TrackableFilter = &Filter{}
+
+// WithMutationTracker registers a callback which will be invoked each time a field is mutated
+func (f *Filter) WithMutationTracker(callback func(key, value, tag string, node *yaml.RNode)) {
+	f.trackableSetter.WithMutationTracker(callback)
+}
 
 func (f Filter) Filter(nodes []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 	return kio.FilterAll(yaml.FilterFunc(f.run)).Filter(nodes)
@@ -37,6 +45,6 @@ func (f Filter) run(node *yaml.RNode) (*yaml.RNode, error) {
 }
 
 func (f Filter) evaluateField(node *yaml.RNode) error {
-	return filtersutil.SetScalar(fmt.Sprintf(
+	return f.trackableSetter.SetScalar(fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%s%s", node.YNode().Value, f.Suffix))(node)
 }
diff --git a/api/filters/suffix/suffix_test.go b/api/filters/suffix/suffix_test.go
index 94020ed94..53489c746 100644
--- a/api/filters/suffix/suffix_test.go
+++ b/api/filters/suffix/suffix_test.go
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filters/suffix"
 	filtertest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/testutils/filtertest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
 )
 
+var mutationTrackerStub = filtertest_test.MutationTrackerStub{}
+
 var tests = map[string]TestCase{
 	"suffix": {
 		input: `
@@ -83,17 +86,61 @@ a:
 			FieldSpec: types.FieldSpec{Path: "a/b/c"},
 		},
 	},
+
+	"mutation tracker": {
+		input: `
+apiVersion: example.com/v1
+kind: Foo
+metadata:
+  name: instance
+---
+apiVersion: example.com/v1
+kind: Bar
+metadata:
+  name: instance
+`,
+		expected: `
+apiVersion: example.com/v1
+kind: Foo
+metadata:
+  name: instance-foo
+---
+apiVersion: example.com/v1
+kind: Bar
+metadata:
+  name: instance-foo
+`,
+		filter: suffix.Filter{
+			Suffix:    "-foo",
+			FieldSpec: types.FieldSpec{Path: "metadata/name"},
+		},
+		mutationTracker: mutationTrackerStub.MutationTracker,
+		expectedSetValueArgs: []filtertest_test.SetValueArg{
+			{
+				Value:    "instance-foo",
+				NodePath: []string{"metadata", "name"},
+			},
+			{
+				Value:    "instance-foo",
+				NodePath: []string{"metadata", "name"},
+			},
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 type TestCase struct {
-	input    string
-	expected string
-	filter   suffix.Filter
+	input                string
+	expected             string
+	filter               suffix.Filter
+	mutationTracker      func(key, value, tag string, node *yaml.RNode)
+	expectedSetValueArgs []filtertest_test.SetValueArg
 }
 
 func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	for name := range tests {
+		mutationTrackerStub.Reset()
 		test := tests[name]
+		test.filter.WithMutationTracker(test.mutationTracker)
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			if !assert.Equal(t,
 				strings.TrimSpace(test.expected),
@@ -101,6 +148,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 					filtertest_test.RunFilter(t, test.input, test.filter))) {
 				t.FailNow()
 			}
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedSetValueArgs, mutationTrackerStub.SetValueArgs())
 		})
 	}
 }