diff --git a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/EventsCmd.java b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/EventsCmd.java
index c52706226..34a0c5ad5 100644
--- a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/EventsCmd.java
+++ b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/EventsCmd.java
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Event;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.EventType;
 
 /**
  * Get events
@@ -33,6 +35,24 @@ public interface EventsCmd extends AsyncDockerCmd<EventsCmd, Event> {
      */
     EventsCmd withEventFilter(String... event);
 
+    /**
+     * @param eventTypes event types to filter
+     */
+    EventsCmd withEventTypeFilter(String... eventTypes);
+
+    /**
+     * This provides a type safe version of {@link #withEventTypeFilter(String...)}.
+     *
+     * @param eventTypes event types to filter
+     */
+    default EventsCmd withEventTypeFilter(EventType... eventTypes) {
+        return withEventTypeFilter(
+            Stream.of(eventTypes)
+                .map(EventType::getValue)
+                .toArray(String[]::new)
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param image
      *            - image to filter
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/EventsCmdImpl.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/EventsCmdImpl.java
index 230f6dd5a..d6cca6899 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/EventsCmdImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/EventsCmdImpl.java
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ public EventsCmd withEventFilter(String... event) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public EventsCmd withEventTypeFilter(String... eventTypes) {
+        checkNotNull(eventTypes, "event types have not been specified");
+        this.filters.withEventTypes(eventTypes);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public EventsCmd withLabelFilter(String... label) {
         checkNotNull(label, "label have not been specified");
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/FiltersBuilder.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/FiltersBuilder.java
index 73b369ca7..0d6c1d268 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/FiltersBuilder.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/FiltersBuilder.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * Representation of Docker filters.
@@ -64,6 +66,16 @@ public List<String> getContainer() {
         return getFilter("container");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Filter by event types
+     *
+     * @param eventTypes an array of event types
+     */
+    public FiltersBuilder withEventTypes(String... eventTypes) {
+        withFilter("type", Stream.of(eventTypes).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Filter by labels
      *
diff --git a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/EventsCmdIT.java b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/EventsCmdIT.java
index 897c6fd25..2a16e5474 100644
--- a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/EventsCmdIT.java
+++ b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/EventsCmdIT.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.async.ResultCallback;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.CreateContainerResponse;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Event;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.EventType;
 import com.github.dockerjava.utils.TestUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -113,6 +115,37 @@ public void testEventStreamingWithFilter() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testEventStreamingWithEventTypeFilter() throws Exception {
+        assumeNotSwarm("", dockerRule);
+
+        String startTime = getEpochTime();
+        generateEvents();
+        String endTime = getEpochTime();
+
+        for (EventType eventType : EventType.values()) {
+            List<Event> events = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+            try (
+                ResultCallback.Adapter<?> eventCallback = dockerRule.getClient().eventsCmd()
+                    .withSince(startTime)
+                    .withUntil(endTime)
+                    .withEventTypeFilter(eventType)
+                    .exec(new ResultCallback.Adapter<Event>() {
+                        @Override
+                        public void onNext(Event event) {
+                            events.add(event);
+                        }
+                    })
+            ) {
+                eventCallback.awaitCompletion(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+                for (Event event : events) {
+                    assertThat("Received event: " + event, event.getType(), is(eventType));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method generates some events and returns the number of events being generated
      */