diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 6a6825a63..61de41be9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The following wonderful people contributed directly or indirectly to this projec
 - `Jacob Bom <https://github.com/bomjacob>`_
 - `JASON0916 <https://github.com/JASON0916>`_
 - `jh0ker <https://github.com/jh0ker>`_
+- `jossalgon <https://github.com/jossalgon>`_
 - `JRoot3D <https://github.com/JRoot3D>`_
 - `jlmadurga <https://github.com/jlmadurga>`_
 - `Kjwon15 <https://github.com/kjwon15>`_
diff --git a/telegram/ext/commandhandler.py b/telegram/ext/commandhandler.py
index b9e7c4b6a..e7a1f66bf 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/commandhandler.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/commandhandler.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
 """ This module contains the CommandHandler class """
+import warnings
 
 from .handler import Handler
 from telegram import Update
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ class CommandHandler(Handler):
         callback (function): A function that takes ``bot, update`` as
             positional arguments. It will be called when the ``check_update``
             has determined that an update should be processed by this handler.
+        filters (telegram.ext.BaseFilter): A filter inheriting from
+            :class:`telegram.ext.filters.BaseFilter`. Standard filters can be found in
+            :class:`telegram.ext.filters.Filters`. Filters can be combined using bitwise
+            operators (& for and, | for or).
         allow_edited (Optional[bool]): If the handler should also accept edited messages.
             Default is ``False``
         pass_args (optional[bool]): If the handler should be passed the
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ class CommandHandler(Handler):
     def __init__(self,
                  command,
                  callback,
+                 filters=None,
                  allow_edited=False,
                  pass_args=False,
                  pass_update_queue=False,
@@ -75,9 +81,17 @@ class CommandHandler(Handler):
             pass_user_data=pass_user_data,
             pass_chat_data=pass_chat_data)
         self.command = command
+        self.filters = filters
         self.allow_edited = allow_edited
         self.pass_args = pass_args
 
+        # We put this up here instead of with the rest of checking code
+        # in check_update since we don't wanna spam a ton
+        if isinstance(self.filters, list):
+            warnings.warn('Using a list of filters in MessageHandler is getting '
+                          'deprecated, please use bitwise operators (& and |) '
+                          'instead. More info: https://git.io/vPTbc.')
+
     def check_update(self, update):
         if (isinstance(update, Update)
                 and (update.message or update.edited_message and self.allow_edited)):
@@ -87,8 +101,16 @@ class CommandHandler(Handler):
                 command = message.text[1:].split(' ')[0].split('@')
                 command.append(
                     update.message.bot.username)  # in case the command was send without a username
-                return (message.text.startswith('/') and command[0] == self.command
-                        and command[1] == update.message.bot.username)
+
+                if self.filters is None:
+                    res = True
+                elif isinstance(self.filters, list):
+                    res = any(func(message) for func in self.filters)
+                else:
+                    res = self.filters(message)
+
+                return res and (message.text.startswith('/') and command[0] == self.command
+                                and command[1] == update.message.bot.username)
             else:
                 return False
 
diff --git a/tests/test_updater.py b/tests/test_updater.py
index e271e4dfe..541ac2297 100644
--- a/tests/test_updater.py
+++ b/tests/test_updater.py
@@ -268,6 +268,34 @@ class UpdaterTest(BaseTest, unittest.TestCase):
         sleep(.1)
         self.assertTrue(None is self.received_message)
 
+    def test_filterPassTelegramCommandHandler(self):
+        self._setup_updater('', messages=0)
+        d = self.updater.dispatcher
+        handler = CommandHandler('test', self.telegramHandlerTest, lambda msg: True)
+        self.updater.dispatcher.add_handler(handler)
+        user = User(first_name="singelton", id=404)
+        bot = self.updater.bot
+        queue = self.updater.start_polling(0.01)
+
+        message = Message(0, user, None, None, text="/test", bot=bot)
+        queue.put(Update(update_id=0, message=message))
+        sleep(.1)
+        self.assertEqual(self.received_message, '/test')
+
+    def test_filterNotPassTelegramCommandHandler(self):
+        self._setup_updater('', messages=0)
+        d = self.updater.dispatcher
+        handler = CommandHandler('test', self.telegramHandlerTest, lambda msg: False)
+        self.updater.dispatcher.add_handler(handler)
+        user = User(first_name="singelton", id=404)
+        bot = self.updater.bot
+        queue = self.updater.start_polling(0.01)
+
+        message = Message(0, user, None, None, text="/test", bot=bot)
+        queue.put(Update(update_id=0, message=message))
+        sleep(.1)
+        self.assertTrue(None is self.received_message)
+
     def test_addRemoveStringRegexHandler(self):
         self._setup_updater('', messages=0)
         d = self.updater.dispatcher