diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 9d6eec0f..8b89f001 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ### Models
 * Add `User.annotated_observations_count` field
 * Add `root_id` filter to `taxon.make_tree()` to explicitly set the root taxon instead of determining it automatically
+* Fix `taxon.make_tree()` rank filtering to allow skipping any number of rank levels
 
 ### Rate limits, timeouts, and error handling
 * Increase default request timeout from 10 to 20 seconds
diff --git a/pyinaturalist/models/taxon.py b/pyinaturalist/models/taxon.py
index 6952c8a0..48ea33f4 100644
--- a/pyinaturalist/models/taxon.py
+++ b/pyinaturalist/models/taxon.py
@@ -438,16 +438,25 @@ def add_descendants(taxon, ancestors=None) -> Taxon:
         """Recursively add children and ancestors to a taxon"""
         taxon.children = []
         taxon.ancestors = ancestors or []
-        for child in taxa_by_parent.get(taxon.id, []):
+        for child in get_included_children(taxon):
             child = add_descendants(child, taxon.ancestors + [taxon])
-            if include_ranks and child.rank not in include_ranks:
-                taxon.children.extend(child.children)
-            else:
-                taxon.children.append(child)
+            taxon.children.append(child)
 
         taxon.children = sorted(taxon.children, key=sort_key)
         return taxon
 
+    def included(taxon: Taxon) -> bool:
+        return not include_ranks or taxon.rank in include_ranks
+
+    def get_included_children(taxon: Taxon) -> List[Taxon]:
+        """Get taxon children. If any child ranks are excluded, get the next level of descendants
+        that are included."""
+        immediate_children = taxa_by_parent.get(taxon.id, [])
+        children = [c for c in immediate_children if included(c)]
+        for c in [c for c in immediate_children if not included(c)]:
+            children.extend(get_included_children(c))
+        return children
+
     return add_descendants(root)
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_models.py b/test/test_models.py
index eddd315b..4890b289 100644
--- a/test/test_models.py
+++ b/test/test_models.py
@@ -1189,11 +1189,10 @@ def test_make_tree__flattened_without_root():
 def test_make_tree__flattened_filtered():
     flat_list = make_tree(
         Taxon.from_json_list(j_life_list_2),
-        include_ranks=['kingdom', 'phylum', 'family', 'genus', 'subgenus'],
+        include_ranks=['kingdom', 'family', 'genus', 'subgenus'],
     ).flatten()
     assert [t.id for t in flat_list] == [
         1,
-        47120,
         47221,
         52775,
         538903,
@@ -1202,7 +1201,7 @@ def test_make_tree__flattened_filtered():
         415027,
         538902,
     ]
-    assert [t.indent_level for t in flat_list] == [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4]
+    assert [t.indent_level for t in flat_list] == [0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3]
 
     assert flat_list[0].ancestors == []
     assert [t.id for t in flat_list[1].ancestors] == [1]