diff --git a/src/MicroLogging.jl b/src/MicroLogging.jl
index 64bd199..ed3e58e 100644
--- a/src/MicroLogging.jl
+++ b/src/MicroLogging.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export
     ## Log creation
     @debug, @info, @warn, @error, @logmsg,
     ## Logger installation and control
-    with_logger, current_logger, global_logger, disable_logging
+    with_logger, current_logger, global_logger, disable_logging, filterlogs
 
 # ----- MicroLogging & stdlib Logging API -----
 export
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export
     # config system)
     configure_logging,
     ConsoleLogger,
+    AbstractLogFilter,
+    LogLevelFilter,
+    MaxlogFilter,
+    CatchLogErrors,
     InteractiveLogger
 
 import Base.CoreLogging:
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ include("StickyMessages.jl")
 include("ConsoleLogger.jl")
 include("InteractiveLogger.jl") # deprecated
 
+include("filters.jl")
 include("config.jl")
 
 end
diff --git a/src/filters.jl b/src/filters.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adfb975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filters.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+"""
+    AbstractLogFilter
+
+An `AbstractLogFilter` defines filtering and mapping rules for log events.
+Log filters can be composed together using `∘` and applied to the log stream
+generated by a function call using `filterlogs`.
+
+
+Implementing a log filter means overriding some subset of the following
+methods.
+
+* `min_enabled_level`
+* `shouldlog`
+* `catch_exceptions`
+* `handle_message`
+
+TODO: Methods for attach and detach, to handle stateful filters?
+TODO: Configurable log record matching seems to be a thing, not just for testing but for applying filter actions.
+"""
+abstract type AbstractLogFilter end
+
+# Simple filters don't affect early filtering by default
+min_enabled_level(f::AbstractLogFilter) = nothing
+shouldlog(f::AbstractLogFilter, args...; kwargs...) = true
+catch_exceptions(f::AbstractLogFilter) = nothing
+
+# Simple filters pass message directly through to sink by default, but they can
+# modify the message by overriding this function.
+handle_message(f::AbstractLogFilter, sink, args...; kwargs...) =
+    handle_message(sink, args...; kwargs...)
+
+
+"""
+    FilteringLogger(parent, filter)
+
+A logger which applies `filter` to all incoming messages and then passes them
+on to the `parent` logger for further processing. `filter` may both map and
+filter messages; see `AbstractLogFilter`.
+"""
+struct FilteringLogger{P<:AbstractLogger,F<:AbstractLogFilter} <: AbstractLogger
+    parent::P
+    filter::F
+end
+
+shouldlog(f::FilteringLogger, args...) = shouldlog(f.filter, args...) && shouldlog(f.parent, args...)
+catch_exceptions(f::FilteringLogger) = something(catch_exceptions(f.filter), catch_exceptions(f.parent))
+
+min_enabled_level(f::FilteringLogger) = something(min_enabled_level(f.filter), min_enabled_level(f.parent))
+
+function handle_message(f::FilteringLogger, args...; kwargs...)
+    if !shouldlog(f.filter, args...; kwargs...)
+        return
+    end
+    handle_message(f.filter, f.parent, args...; kwargs...)
+end
+
+
+struct ComposedLogFilter{F,G} <: AbstractLogFilter
+    filter1::F
+    filter2::G
+end
+
+Base.:∘(f1::AbstractLogFilter, f2::AbstractLogFilter) = ComposedLogFilter(f1, f2)
+
+FilteringLogger(parent::AbstractLogger, f::ComposedLogFilter) =
+    FilteringLogger(FilteringLogger(parent, f.filter2), f.filter1)
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Concrete log filter implementations
+
+"""
+Disables messages below a given level
+"""
+struct LogLevelFilter <: AbstractLogFilter
+    default_min_level::LogLevel
+    module_limits::Dict{Module,LogLevel}
+end
+
+function LogLevelFilter(min_level=Info, limits::Pair...)
+    LogLevelFilter(min_level, Dict{Module,LogLevel}(limits...))
+end
+
+function min_enabled_level(f::LogLevelFilter)
+    min_level = f.default_min_level
+    for (_,level) ∈ f.module_limits
+        if level < min_level
+            min_level = level
+        end
+    end
+    min_level
+end
+
+shouldlog(f::LogLevelFilter, level, _module, group, id) =
+    !(level < get(f.module_limits, _module, f.default_min_level))
+
+shouldlog(f::LogLevelFilter, args...; kwargs...) = true
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""
+    MaxlogFilter()
+
+Filter messages from log statements with a `maxlog=N` key value pair, which
+occur more than `N` times.
+"""
+struct MaxlogFilter <: AbstractLogFilter
+    message_limits::Dict{Any,Int}
+end
+
+shouldlog(f::MaxlogFilter, level, _module, group, id) = get(f.message_limits, id, 1) > 0
+
+function shouldlog(f::MaxlogFilter, args...; maxlog=nothing, kwargs...)
+    if maxlog === nothing || !(maxlog isa Integer)
+        return true
+    end
+    remaining = get!(f.message_limits, id, maxlog)
+    f.message_limits[id] = remaining - 1
+    remaining > 0
+end
+
+"""
+Catch log exceptions, or allow them to propagate.
+"""
+struct CatchLogErrors <: AbstractLogFilter
+    catch_exceptions::Bool
+end
+
+catch_exceptions(f::CatchLogErrors) = f.catch_exceptions
+
+# TODO: Sticky filter
+# TODO: Downgrade filter
+# TODO: Filter to conditionally add keywords
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function filterlogs(func, f::AbstractLogFilter)
+    parent = current_logger()
+    logger = FilteringLogger(parent, f)
+    with_logger(func, logger)
+    # TODO: For sticky filter, make `with_logger` `attach` and `detach` the
+    # loggers?
+    #
+    # replace_logger(logger)
+end
+
+# Prototypes
+
+#=
+struct MaxlogFilter{ParentLogger<:AbstractLogger} <: AbstractLogger
+    parent::ParentLogger
+    message_limits::Dict{Any,Int}
+end
+
+MaxlogFilter(parent<:AbstractLogger) = MaxlogFilter(parent, Dict{Any,Int}())
+
+shouldlog(f::MaxlogFilter, level, _module, group, id) =
+    get(f.message_limits, id, 1) > 0 && shouldlog(f.parent)
+
+min_enabled_level(f::MaxlogFilter) = min_enabled_level(f.parent)
+
+function handle_message(f::MaxlogFilter, args...; maxlog=nothing, kwargs...)
+    if maxlog !== nothing && maxlog isa Integer
+        remaining = get!(logger.message_limits, id, maxlog)
+        logger.message_limits[id] = remaining - 1
+        remaining > 0 || return
+    end
+
+    handle_message(f.parent, args...; kwargs...)
+end
+=#
+