diff --git a/src/pubsub-async-iterator.ts b/src/pubsub-async-iterator.ts
index 78b9cba..7eddfc0 100644
--- a/src/pubsub-async-iterator.ts
+++ b/src/pubsub-async-iterator.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { PubSubEngine } from 'graphql-subscriptions';
+import { FilterFn } from './with-filter';
 
 /**
  * A class for digesting PubSubEngine events via the new AsyncIterator interface.
@@ -31,9 +32,10 @@ import { PubSubEngine } from 'graphql-subscriptions';
  */
 export class PubSubAsyncIterator<T> implements AsyncIterableIterator<T> {
 
-  constructor(pubsub: PubSubEngine, eventNames: string | string[], options?: unknown) {
+  constructor(pubsub: PubSubEngine, eventNames: string | string[], options?: unknown, filterFn?: FilterFn) {
     this.pubsub = pubsub;
     this.options = options;
+    this.filterFn = filterFn;
     this.pullQueue = [];
     this.pushQueue = [];
     this.listening = true;
@@ -66,9 +68,14 @@ export class PubSubAsyncIterator<T> implements AsyncIterableIterator<T> {
   private listening: boolean;
   private pubsub: PubSubEngine;
   private options: unknown;
+  private filterFn: FilterFn | undefined;
 
   private async pushValue(event) {
     await this.subscribeAll();
+    if (this.filterFn) {
+      const filterResult = await this.filterFn(event, 0);
+      if (!filterResult) return;
+    }
     if (this.pullQueue.length !== 0) {
       this.pullQueue.shift()({ value: event, done: false });
     } else {
diff --git a/src/redis-pubsub.ts b/src/redis-pubsub.ts
index de375b4..b6ebfad 100644
--- a/src/redis-pubsub.ts
+++ b/src/redis-pubsub.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {Cluster, Redis, RedisOptions} from 'ioredis';
 import {PubSubEngine} from 'graphql-subscriptions';
 import {PubSubAsyncIterator} from './pubsub-async-iterator';
+import { FilterFn } from './with-filter';
 
 type RedisClient = Redis | Cluster;
 type OnMessage<T> = (message: T) => void;
@@ -139,8 +140,8 @@ export class RedisPubSub implements PubSubEngine {
     delete this.subscriptionMap[subId];
   }
 
-  public asyncIterator<T>(triggers: string | string[], options?: unknown): AsyncIterator<T> {
-    return new PubSubAsyncIterator<T>(this, triggers, options);
+  public asyncIterator<T>(triggers: string | string[], options?: unknown, filterFn?: FilterFn): AsyncIterator<T> {
+    return new PubSubAsyncIterator<T>(this, triggers, options, filterFn);
   }
 
   public getSubscriber(): RedisClient {
diff --git a/src/test/tests.ts b/src/test/tests.ts
index c27fc5c..82e1ba8 100644
--- a/src/test/tests.ts
+++ b/src/test/tests.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,26 @@ describe('PubSubAsyncIterator', () => {
     pubSub.publish(eventName, { test: true });
   });
 
+  it('should only publish filtered events', done => {
+    const pubSub = new RedisPubSub(mockOptions);
+    const eventName = 'test';
+    const iterator = pubSub.asyncIterator(eventName, undefined, (eventData) => eventData.filtered === false);
+
+    iterator.next().then(result => {
+      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+      expect(result).to.exist;
+      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+      expect(result.value).to.exist;
+      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
+      expect(result.done).to.exist;
+      expect(result.value.filtered).to.equal(false);
+      done();
+    });
+
+    pubSub.publish(eventName, { filtered: true });
+    pubSub.publish(eventName, { filtered: false });
+  });
+
   it('should not trigger event on asyncIterator when publishing other event', async () => {
     const pubSub = new RedisPubSub(mockOptions);
     const eventName = 'test2';
diff --git a/src/with-filter.ts b/src/with-filter.ts
index 0d87622..661481b 100644
--- a/src/with-filter.ts
+++ b/src/with-filter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 export type FilterFn = (rootValue?: any, args?: any, context?: any, info?: any) => boolean;
 
+/**
+ * Wraps an async-iterator and filters incoming events based on the provided filter function.
+ * Note: Due to promise chaining this function can use a large amount of memory when a high percentage of messages are filtered
+ * If using the PubSubAsyncIterator, use the filterFn property directly
+ */
 export const withFilter = (asyncIteratorFn: () => AsyncIterableIterator<any>, filterFn: FilterFn) => {
   return (rootValue: any, args: any, context: any, info: any): AsyncIterator<any> => {
     const asyncIterator = asyncIteratorFn();