diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff2dbec..7dae171 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ If you get a [permission failure](https://github.com/anmonteiro/lumo/issues/206)
             :resolve-urls? true
             ;; optional content filter regexes
             ;; any posts matching the regexes will be filtered out
-            :content-filters [".*bannedsite.*"]}}
+            :content-filters [".*bannedsite.*"]
+            ;; optional keyword filter regexes
+            ;; any posts not matching the regexes will be filtered out
+            :keyword-filters [".*clojure.*"]}}
 ```
 
 * the bot looks for `config.edn` at its relative path by default, an alternative location can be specified either using the `MASTODON_BOT_CONFIG` environment variable or passing the path to config as an argument
diff --git a/mastodon-bot.cljs b/mastodon-bot.cljs
index 18eefdd..372797f 100755
--- a/mastodon-bot.cljs
+++ b/mastodon-bot.cljs
@@ -31,12 +31,17 @@
 
 (def content-filter-regexes (mapv re-pattern (:content-filters mastodon-config)))
 
+(def keyword-filter-regexes (mapv re-pattern (:keyword-filters mastodon-config)))
+
 (def append-screen-name? (boolean (:append-screen-name? mastodon-config)))
 
 (def max-post-length (:max-post-length mastodon-config))
 
 (defn blocked-content? [text]
- (boolean (some #(re-find % text) content-filter-regexes)))
+ (boolean
+   (or (some #(re-find % text) content-filter-regexes)
+       (when (not-empty keyword-filter-regexes)
+             (empty? (some #(re-find % text) keyword-filter-regexes))))))
 
 (defn js->edn [data]
   (js->clj data :keywordize-keys true))