diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/events/CoreListener.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/events/CoreListener.java
index e23c9e2..3336309 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/events/CoreListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/events/CoreListener.java
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.EntitiesAdapterFactory;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfigProvider;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventListener;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.ProjectNameKeyAdapter;
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -34,23 +39,41 @@
 public class CoreListener implements EventListener {
   private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CoreListener.class);
 
+  protected static final String KEY_FILTER = "filter";
+  protected static final String FILTER_TYPE_DROP = "DROP";
+  protected static final String FILTER_ELEMENT_CLASSNAME = "classname";
+
   protected static final Gson gson =
       new GsonBuilder()
           .registerTypeAdapter(Supplier.class, new SupplierSerializer())
           .registerTypeAdapter(Project.NameKey.class, new ProjectNameKeyAdapter())
           .registerTypeAdapterFactory(EntitiesAdapterFactory.create())
           .create();
+
+  protected final String pluginName;
+  protected final GerritServerConfigProvider gerritServerConfigProvider;
   protected final DynamicSet<StreamEventListener> listeners;
   protected final EventStore store;
+  protected Set<String> dropEventNames = new HashSet<>();
 
   @Inject
-  protected CoreListener(EventStore store, DynamicSet<StreamEventListener> listeners) {
+  protected CoreListener(
+      @PluginName String pluginName,
+      GerritServerConfigProvider gerritServerConfigProvider,
+      EventStore store,
+      DynamicSet<StreamEventListener> listeners) {
+    this.pluginName = pluginName;
+    this.gerritServerConfigProvider = gerritServerConfigProvider;
     this.store = store;
     this.listeners = listeners;
+    readAndParseCfg();
   }
 
   @Override
   public void onEvent(Event event) {
+    if (dropEventNames.contains(event.getClass().getName())) {
+      return;
+    }
     try {
       store.add(gson.toJson(event));
     } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -60,4 +83,19 @@
       l.onStreamEventUpdate();
     }
   }
+
+  protected void readAndParseCfg() {
+    PluginConfig cfg =
+        PluginConfig.createFromGerritConfig(pluginName, gerritServerConfigProvider.loadConfig());
+    for (String filter : cfg.getStringList(KEY_FILTER)) {
+      String pieces[] = filter.split(" ");
+      if (pieces.length == 3
+          && FILTER_TYPE_DROP.equals(pieces[0])
+          && FILTER_ELEMENT_CLASSNAME.equals(pieces[1])) {
+        dropEventNames.add(pieces[2]);
+      } else {
+        log.error("Ignoring invalid filter: " + filter);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
index f0639f5..f4d8079 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
@@ -11,3 +11,34 @@
 are stored under "<site_dir>/data/plugin/events".  Events do not use
 significant disk space, however it might still make sense to regularly
 trim them with a cron job.
+
+<a id="filtering"/>
+@PLUGIN@ Filtering
+------------------
+
+The @PLUGIN@ plugin is able to drop events which site admins do not
+want stored or sent out to users. Event filtering can be configured
+in the `gerrit.config`, using the following "git-config" style
+parameter:
+
+*`plugin.@PLUGIN@.filter`
+
+: rule to filter events with. Supported rules look like:
+
+ DROP classname fully.qualified.java.ClassName
+
+If the `plugin.@PLUGIN@.filter` key is specified more than once it
+will cause events matching any of the rules to be dropped.
+
+The example config below drops all known replication plugin events:
+
+```
+[plugin "events"]
+  filter = DROP classname com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.events.ProjectDeletionReplicationDoneEvent
+  filter = DROP classname com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.events.ProjectDeletionReplicationFailedEvent
+  filter = DROP classname com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.events.ProjectDeletionReplicationScheduledEvent
+  filter = DROP classname com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.events.ProjectDeletionReplicationSucceededEvent
+  filter = DROP classname com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.events.RefReplicatedEvent
+  filter = DROP classname com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.events.RefReplicationDoneEvent
+  filter = DROP classname com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.events.ReplicationScheduledEvent
+```
diff --git a/test/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/test/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 1bf956b..de23263 100755
--- a/test/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/test/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     volumes:
       - "../../:/events:ro"
       - "gerrit-site-etc:/server-ssh-key:ro"
+      - "gerrit-site-etc:/gerrit.config"
     depends_on:
       - gerrit-01
     environment:
diff --git a/test/docker/gerrit/Dockerfile b/test/docker/gerrit/Dockerfile
index 179348f..e9c40bf 100755
--- a/test/docker/gerrit/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/docker/gerrit/Dockerfile
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 COPY artifacts/plugins/ $GERRIT_SITE/plugins/
 
 USER root
-
-RUN git config -f "$GERRIT_SITE/etc/gerrit.config" auth.type \
-    DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT
-
 COPY artifacts/bin/ /tmp/
 RUN { [ -e /tmp/gerrit.war ] && cp /tmp/gerrit.war "$GERRIT_SITE/bin/gerrit.war" ; } || true
+COPY start.sh /
 
 USER gerrit
+ENTRYPOINT /start.sh
diff --git a/test/docker/gerrit/start.sh b/test/docker/gerrit/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4e00b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/docker/gerrit/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "Initializing Gerrit site ..."
+java -jar "$GERRIT_SITE/bin/gerrit.war" init -d "$GERRIT_SITE" \
+    --batch --dev
+
+echo "Running Gerrit ..."
+exec "$GERRIT_SITE"/bin/gerrit.sh run
diff --git a/test/test_events_plugin.sh b/test/test_events_plugin.sh
index da8cb33..124ca4a 100755
--- a/test/test_events_plugin.sh
+++ b/test/test_events_plugin.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 # plugin_name
 is_plugin_installed() { gssh gerrit plugin ls | awk '{print $1}' | grep -q "^$1$"; }
 
+set_filter_rules() { # [rule]...
+    git config -f "$GERRIT_CFG" --unset-all plugin.events.filter
+    local rule
+    for rule in "$@" ; do
+        git config -f "$GERRIT_CFG" plugin.events.filter "$rule"
+    done
+    gssh gerrit plugin reload events
+}
+
 cleanup() {
     wait_event
     (kill_diff_captures ; sleep 1 ; kill_diff_captures -9 ) &
@@ -140,14 +149,18 @@
    q wait $CAPTURE_PID_SSH
 }
 
-result_type() { # test type [expected_count]
+
+result_event() { # test type [expected_count]
     local test=$1 type=$2 expected_count=$3
     [ -n "$expected_count" ] || expected_count=1
     wait_event
     local actual_count=$(grep -c "\"type\":\"$type\"" "$EVENTS")
-    result_out "$test $type" "$expected_count $type event(s)" "$actual_count $type event(s)"
+    result_out "$test" "$expected_count $type event(s)" "$actual_count $type event(s)"
 }
 
+# test type [expected_count]
+result_type() { result_event "$1 $2" "$2" "$3" ; }
+
 # ------------------------- Usage ---------------------------
 
 usage() { # [error_message]
@@ -223,6 +236,7 @@
 EVENTS_PLUGIN=$TEST_DIR/events-plugin
 EVENT_FIFO=$TEST_DIR/event-fifo
 EVENTS=$TEST_DIR/events
+GERRIT_CFG="/gerrit.config/gerrit.config"
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
@@ -234,6 +248,7 @@
 
 # ------------------------- Individual Event Tests ---------------------------
 GROUP=visible-events
+set_filter_rules # No rules
 setup_diff_captures
 
 type=patchset-created
@@ -291,4 +306,24 @@
 
 kill_diff_captures
 
+# ------------------------- Filtering -------------------------
+
+GROUP=restored-filtered
+set_filter_rules 'DROP classname com.google.gerrit.server.events.ChangeRestoredEvent'
+
+ch1=$(create_change "$REF_BRANCH" "$FILE_A") || exit
+type=change-abandoned
+
+capture_events 3
+review "$ch1,1" --abandon
+result_type "$GROUP" "$type"
+
+type=change-restored
+capture_events 4
+review "$ch1,1" --restore
+# Instead of timing out waiting for the filtered change-restored event,
+# create follow-on events and capture them to trigger completion.
+review "$ch1,1" --message "'\"trigger filtered completion\"'"
+result_type "$GROUP" "$type" 0
+
 exit $RESULT