diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php b/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php
index 821b6df79..50eff1ea6 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php
@@ -537,6 +537,24 @@ class Monitoring_ListController extends Controller
         }
         $this->addTitleTab('eventhistory', $this->translate('Event Overview'));
 
+        $form = new EventOverviewForm();
+        $form->handleRequest($this->getRequest());
+        $this->view->form = $form;
+
+        if ($this->getRequest()->isPost()) {
+            // update filter string
+            $filters = $form->getFilter();
+            $url = $this->_request->getUrl();
+            $url->setQueryString($filters->toQueryString());
+            if ($this->getParam('sort') !== null) {
+                $url->setParam('sort', $this->getParam('sort'));
+            }
+            if ($this->getParam('dir') !== null) {
+                $url->setParam('dir', $this->getParam('dir'));
+            }
+            return $this->redirectNow($url);
+        }
+
         $query = $this->backend->select()->from('eventHistory', array(
             'host_name',
             'service_description',
@@ -550,6 +568,9 @@ class Monitoring_ListController extends Controller
             'host',
             'service'
         ));
+        if ($this->getParam('state')) {
+            $query->applyFilter(Filter::expression('state', '=', $this->getParam('state')));
+        }
 
         $this->setupSortControl(array(
             'timestamp' => 'Occurence'
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/forms/EventOverviewForm.php b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/EventOverviewForm.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25d268f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/forms/EventOverviewForm.php
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Forms;
+
+use Icinga\Data\Filter\FilterNot;
+use Icinga\Web\Url;
+use \Zend_Form;
+use Icinga\Web\Form;
+use Icinga\Data\Filter\Filter;
+
+/**
+ * Configure the filter for the event overview
+ */
+class EventOverviewForm extends Form
+{
+    /**
+     * Initialize this form
+     */
+    public function init()
+    {
+        $this->setName('form_event_overview');
+        $this->setDecorators(array(
+            'FormElements',
+            array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div', 'class' => 'hbox')),
+            'Form'
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see Form::createElements()
+     */
+    public function createElements(array $formData)
+    {
+        $decorators = array(
+            array('Label', array('class' => 'optional')),
+            'ViewHelper',
+            array('HtmlTag', array('tag' => 'div', 'class' => 'hbox-item optionbox')),
+        );
+
+        $url = Url::fromRequest()->getAbsoluteUrl();
+        $this->addElement(
+            'checkbox',
+            'statechange',
+            array(
+                'label' => t('State Changes'),
+                'class' => 'autosubmit',
+                'decorators' => $decorators,
+                'value' => strpos($url, $this->stateChangeFilter()->toQueryString()) === false ? 0 : 1
+            )
+        );
+        $this->addElement(
+            'checkbox',
+            'downtime',
+            array(
+                'label' => t('Downtimes'),
+                'class' => 'autosubmit',
+                'decorators' => $decorators,
+                'value' => strpos($url, $this->downtimeFilter()->toQueryString()) === false ? 0 : 1
+            )
+        );
+        $this->addElement(
+            'checkbox',
+            'comment',
+            array(
+                'label' => t('Comments'),
+                'class' => 'autosubmit',
+                'decorators' => $decorators,
+                'value' => strpos($url, $this->commentFilter()->toQueryString()) === false ? 0 : 1
+            )
+        );
+        $this->addElement(
+            'checkbox',
+            'notification',
+            array(
+                'label' => t('Notifications'),
+                'class' => 'autosubmit',
+                'decorators' => $decorators,
+                'value' => strpos($url, $this->notificationFilter()->toQueryString()) === false ? 0 : 1
+            )
+        );
+        $this->addElement(
+            'checkbox',
+            'flapping',
+            array(
+                'label' => t('Flapping'),
+                'class' => 'autosubmit',
+                'decorators' => $decorators,
+                'value' => strpos($url, $this->flappingFilter()->toQueryString()) === false ? 0 : 1
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the corresponding filter-object
+     *
+     * @returns Filter
+     */
+    public function getFilter()
+    {
+        $filters = array();
+        if ($this->getValue('statechange', 1)) {
+            $filters[] = $this->stateChangeFilter();
+        }
+        if ($this->getValue('comment', 1)) {
+            $filters[] = $this->commentFilter();
+        }
+        if ($this->getValue('notification', 1)) {
+            $filters[] = $this->notificationFilter();
+        }
+        if ($this->getValue('downtime', 1)) {
+            $filters[] = $this->downtimeFilter();
+        }
+        if ($this->getValue('flapping', 1)) {
+            $filters[] = $this->flappingFilter();
+        }
+        return Filter::matchAny($filters);
+    }
+
+    public function stateChangeFilter()
+    {
+        return Filter::matchAny(
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'hard_state'),
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'soft_state')
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function commentFilter()
+    {
+        return Filter::matchAny(
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'comment'),
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'comment_deleted'),
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'dt_comment'),
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'dt_comment_deleted'),
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'ack')
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function notificationFilter()
+    {
+        return Filter::expression('type', '=', 'notify');
+    }
+
+    public function downtimeFilter()
+    {
+        return Filter::matchAny(
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'downtime_start'),
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'downtime_end')
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function flappingFilter()
+    {
+        return Filter::matchAny(
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'flapping'),
+            Filter::expression('type', '=', 'flapping_deleted')
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/list/eventhistory.phtml b/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/list/eventhistory.phtml
index 97eda5354..62b635763 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/list/eventhistory.phtml
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/list/eventhistory.phtml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   <div style="margin: 1em" class="dontprint">
     <?= $this->translate('Sort by'); ?> <?= $this->sortControl->render($this); ?>
   </div>
+
+  <?= $form ?>
+    <br/>
   <?= $this->widget('limiter', array('url' => $this->url, 'max' => $this->history->count())); ?>
   <?= $this->paginationControl($history, null, null, array('preserve' => $this->preserve)); ?>
 </div>
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/forms.less b/public/css/icinga/forms.less
index 2acb3d4d2..33a7fdd01 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/forms.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/forms.less
@@ -195,3 +195,19 @@ textarea {
 input, select, textarea {
   display: inline;
 }
+
+.optionbox {
+  margin-left: 0em;
+  margin-right: 3em;
+}
+
+.optionbox label {
+  max-width: 6.5em;
+  text-align: left;
+  vertical-align: middle;
+  margin-right: 0em;
+}
+
+.optionbox input {
+  vertical-align: middle;
+}