diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 947fe0e..60d7e81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,11 +132,25 @@ Returns an array of data items (points or rectangles) that the given bounding bo
 Note that the `search` method accepts a bounding box in `{minX, minY, maxX, maxY}` format
 regardless of the format specified in the constructor (which only affects inserted objects).
 
+Also `search` accepts a predicate, which is a function that takes a single result as an argument and returns `true` or `false` if the item should be included to the final result or not respectively:
 ```js
-var allItems = tree.all();
+var result = tree.search({
+  minX: 40,
+  minY: 20,
+  maxX: 80,
+  maxY: 70
+}, function (dot) {
+  if (dot.someCheckHere) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+});
 ```
 
-Returns all items of the tree.
+Return all items of the tree:
+```js
+var allItems = tree.all();
+```
 
 ### Collisions
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 41c3b7e..b6b9f14 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rbush.prototype = {
         return this._all(this.data, []);
     },
 
-    search: function (bbox) {
+    search: function (bbox, predicate) {
 
         var node = this.data,
             result = [],
@@ -42,8 +42,15 @@ rbush.prototype = {
                 childBBox = node.leaf ? toBBox(child) : child;
 
                 if (intersects(bbox, childBBox)) {
-                    if (node.leaf) result.push(child);
-                    else if (contains(bbox, childBBox)) this._all(child, result);
+                    if (node.leaf) {
+                        if (predicate) {
+                            if (predicate(child)) {
+                                result.push(child);
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            result.push(child);
+                        }
+                    } else if (contains(bbox, childBBox)) this._all(child, result, predicate);
                     else nodesToSearch.push(child);
                 }
             }
@@ -187,11 +194,21 @@ rbush.prototype = {
         return this;
     },
 
-    _all: function (node, result) {
+    _all: function (node, result, predicate) {
         var nodesToSearch = [];
         while (node) {
-            if (node.leaf) result.push.apply(result, node.children);
-            else nodesToSearch.push.apply(nodesToSearch, node.children);
+            if (node.leaf) {
+                if (predicate) {
+                    for (var i = 0; i < node.children.length; i++) {
+                        var child = node.children[i];
+                        if (predicate(child)) {
+                            result.push(child);
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    result.push.apply(result, node.children);
+                }
+            } else nodesToSearch.push.apply(nodesToSearch, node.children);
 
             node = nodesToSearch.pop();
         }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 21d6a44..0e51ee4 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -367,6 +367,36 @@ t('#clear should clear all the data in the tree', function (t) {
     t.end();
 });
 
+t('#search accepts predicate: exclude results', function (t) {
+    var tree = rbush(4).load(data);
+    var predicate = function (point) {
+        if (point.isReturned) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        point.isReturned = true;
+        return true;
+    };
+    var result = tree.search({minX: 40, minY: 20, maxX: 80, maxY: 70}, predicate);
+
+    var setIsReturned = function (point) {
+        point.isReturned = true;
+        return point;
+    };
+
+    sortedEqual(t, result, [
+        [70,20,70,20],[75,25,75,25],[45,45,45,45],[50,50,50,50],[60,60,60,60],[70,70,70,70],
+        [45,20,45,20],[45,70,45,70],[75,50,75,50],[50,25,50,25],[60,35,60,35],[70,45,70,45]
+    ].map(arrToBBox).map(setIsReturned));
+
+    result = tree.search({minX: 35, minY: 20, maxX: 80, maxY: 70}, predicate);
+
+    t.equal(result.length, 2);
+    sortedEqual(t, result, [
+        [35, 35, 35, 35], [35, 60, 35, 60]
+    ].map(arrToBBox).map(setIsReturned));
+    t.end();
+});
+
 t('should have chainable API', function (t) {
     t.doesNotThrow(function () {
         rbush()