diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/Configuration.java
index 10e7110..44026fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/Configuration.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 @Singleton
 public class Configuration {
+  public static final String THREAD_POOL_SIZE = "threadPoolSize";
+  public static final String ALLOWED_EVENT = "allowedEvent";
+
   public static final int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
   public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES = 5;
   public static final int DEFAULT_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1000;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@
   private final int retryInterval;
   private final int threadPoolSize;
   private final boolean sslVerify;
+  private final String[] allowedEvents;
 
   @Inject
   protected Configuration(PluginConfigFactory config, @PluginName String pluginName) {
@@ -42,8 +46,9 @@
     socketTimeout = cfg.getInt(RemoteConfig.SOCKET_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS);
     maxTries = cfg.getInt(RemoteConfig.MAX_TRIES, DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES);
     retryInterval = cfg.getInt(RemoteConfig.RETRY_INTERVAL, DEFAULT_RETRY_INTERVAL);
-    threadPoolSize = cfg.getInt("threadPoolSize", DEFAULT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE);
+    threadPoolSize = cfg.getInt(THREAD_POOL_SIZE, DEFAULT_THREAD_POOL_SIZE);
     sslVerify = cfg.getBoolean(RemoteConfig.SSL_VERIFY, DEFAULT_SSL_VERIFY);
+    allowedEvents = cfg.getStringList(ALLOWED_EVENT);
   }
 
   public int getConnectionTimeout() {
@@ -69,4 +74,8 @@
   public boolean getSslVerify() {
     return sslVerify;
   }
+
+  public String[] getAllowedEvents() {
+    return allowedEvents;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/RemoteConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/RemoteConfig.java
index 80e40d2..542a3a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/RemoteConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/webhooks/RemoteConfig.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 
 public class RemoteConfig {
@@ -50,7 +52,19 @@
   }
 
   public String[] getEvents() {
-    return config.getStringList(REMOTE, name, "event");
+    String[] globalAllowedEvents = global.getAllowedEvents();
+    String[] remoteEvents = config.getStringList(REMOTE, name, "event");
+    if (globalAllowedEvents.length > 0) {
+      if (remoteEvents.length > 0) {
+        List<String> globalAllowedEventsList = Arrays.asList(globalAllowedEvents);
+        return Arrays.stream(remoteEvents)
+            .distinct()
+            .filter(globalAllowedEventsList::contains)
+            .toArray(String[]::new);
+      }
+      return globalAllowedEvents;
+    }
+    return remoteEvents;
   }
 
   public int getConnectionTimeout() {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
index b6614e9..88f99f1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
     when payload is delivered.
     Default value is 'false'.
 
+@PLUGIN@.allowedEvent
+:   Type of the event which is allowed to be posted to the remote url.
+    Multiple event types can be provided. If not specified, then all event
+    types are allowed.
+
+
 File '@PLUGIN@.config'
 ----------------------
 
@@ -73,9 +79,11 @@
 : Address of the remote server to post events to.
 
 <a id="event"> remote.NAME.event
-: Type of the event which will be posted to the remote url. Multiple event
-  types can be specified, listing event types which should be posted.
-  When no event type is configured, all events will be posted.
+: Type of the event which will be posted to the remote url. If this event is
+  not an allowed one in the global configuration, then it won't be posted.
+  Multiple event types can be specified, listing event types which should be
+  posted. If no event type is configured, only the allowed events from the
+  global configuration will be posted.
 
 <a id="connectionTimeout"> remote.NAME.connectionTimeout
 : Maximum interval of time in milliseconds the plugin waits for a connection