diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c58f94b2..96609e97 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Add graceful shutdown of modules by calling `stop` function of each `node_helper` on SIGINT before exiting.
 - Link update subtext to Github diff of current version versus tracking branch.
 - Add Catalan translation.
+- Add ability to filter out newsfeed items based on prohibited words found in title (resolves #1071)
 
 ### Updated
 
diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md b/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md
index 7c4ad48d..843c2dda 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ The following properties can be configured:
 | `startTags`       | List the tags you would like to have removed at the beginning of the feed item <br><br> **Possible values:** `['TAG']` or `['TAG1','TAG2',...]`
 | `removeEndTags`   | Remove specified tags from the **end** of an item's description and/or title. <br><br> **Possible values:**`'title'`, `'description'`, `'both'`
 | `endTags`         | List the tags you would like to have removed at the end of the feed item <br><br> **Possible values:** `['TAG']` or `['TAG1','TAG2',...]`
+| `prohibitedWords` | Remove news feed item if one of these words is found anywhere in the title (case insensitive and greedy matching) <br><br> **Possible values:** `['word']` or `['word1','word2',...]`
 
 The `feeds` property contains an array with multiple objects. These objects have the following properties:
 
diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js b/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js
index b230fdb1..75a5e2b5 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Module.register("newsfeed",{
 		removeStartTags: "",
 		removeEndTags: "",
 		startTags: [],
-		endTags: []
+		endTags: [],
+		prohibitedWords: []
 
 	},
 
@@ -241,6 +242,18 @@ Module.register("newsfeed",{
 		if(this.config.maxNewsItems > 0) {
 			newsItems = newsItems.slice(0, this.config.maxNewsItems);
 		}
+
+		if(this.config.prohibitedWords.length > 0) {
+			newsItems = newsItems.filter(function(value){
+				for (var i=0; i < this.config.prohibitedWords.length; i++) {
+					if (value["title"].toLowerCase().indexOf(this.config.prohibitedWords[i].toLowerCase()) > -1) {
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+				return true;
+			}, this);
+		}
+
 		this.newsItems = newsItems;
 	},