diff --git a/include/cppast/visitor.hpp b/include/cppast/visitor.hpp
index b4ce2ec..6195dbc 100644
--- a/include/cppast/visitor.hpp
+++ b/include/cppast/visitor.hpp
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 #ifndef CPPAST_VISITOR_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define CPPAST_VISITOR_HPP_INCLUDED
 
+#include <cppast/cpp_entity.hpp>
+#include <cppast/cpp_entity_kind.hpp>
+
 namespace cppast
 {
-    class cpp_entity;
-
     /// Information about the state of a visit operation.
     struct visitor_info
     {
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ namespace cppast
     /// \exclude
     namespace detail
     {
-        using visitor_callback_t = bool (*)(void* mem, const cpp_entity&, visitor_info info);
+        using visitor_callback_t  = bool (*)(void* mem, const cpp_entity&, visitor_info info);
+        using visitor_predicate_t = bool (*)(const cpp_entity&);
 
         template <typename Func>
         bool visitor_callback(void* mem, const cpp_entity& e, visitor_info info)
@@ -54,6 +56,52 @@ namespace cppast
     {
         detail::visit(e, &detail::visitor_callback<Func>, &f, false);
     }
+
+    /// Visits a [cppast::cpp_entity]().
+    /// \effects Invokes the callback for the current entity,
+    /// and child entities that match the given predicate.
+    /// It will pass a reference to the current entity and the [cppast::visitor_info]().
+    /// The return value of the callback controls the visit operation,
+    /// the semantic depend on the [cppast::visitor_info::event_type]().
+    template <typename Func, typename Predicate>
+    void visit(const cpp_entity& e, Predicate pred, Func f)
+    {
+        visit(e, [&](const cpp_entity& e, visitor_info& info) {
+            if (pred(e))
+                return f(e, info);
+            return true;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// Generates, at compile-time, a predicate that returns true iff the
+    /// given entity holds one of the [cppast::cpp_entity_kind]()s specified
+    /// in paramaters of the blacklist template.
+    template <cpp_entity_kind... K>
+    detail::visitor_predicate_t whitelist()
+    {
+        static_assert(sizeof...(K) > 0, "At least one entity kind should be specified");
+        return [](const cpp_entity& e) {
+            bool result = false;
+            // this ugliness avoids recursive expansion which would be required in C++11,
+            // otherwise known as poor man's fold expression.
+            (void)std::initializer_list<int>{(result = result || (K == e.kind()), 0)...};
+            return result;
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Generates, at compile-time, a predicate that returns true iff the
+    /// given entity holds a [cppast::cpp_entity_kind]() that's different
+    /// from all of those specified in the paramaters of the blacklist template.
+    template <cpp_entity_kind... K>
+    detail::visitor_predicate_t blacklist()
+    {
+        static_assert(sizeof...(K) > 0, "At least one entity kind should be specified");
+        return [](const cpp_entity& e) {
+            bool result = true;
+            (void)std::initializer_list<int>{(result = result && (K != e.kind()), 0)...};
+            return result;
+        };
+    }
 } // namespace cppast
 
 #endif // CPPAST_VISITOR_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 5610510..34c651b 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ set(tests
         cpp_static_assert.cpp
         cpp_template_parameter.cpp
         cpp_type_alias.cpp
-        cpp_variable.cpp)
+        cpp_variable.cpp
+        visitor.cpp)
 
 add_executable(cppast_test test.cpp test_parser.hpp ${tests})
 target_include_directories(cppast_test PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
diff --git a/test/cpp_class.cpp b/test/cpp_class.cpp
index 93a0a0c..69ed302 100644
--- a/test/cpp_class.cpp
+++ b/test/cpp_class.cpp
@@ -301,3 +301,4 @@ struct g
     });
     REQUIRE(count == 12u);
 }
+
diff --git a/test/visitor.cpp b/test/visitor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df4ed00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/visitor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#include <cppast/cpp_entity.hpp>
+using namespace cppast;
+
+#include "test_parser.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+
+TEST_CASE("visitor_filtered")
+{
+    auto code = R"(
+        namespace the_ns {
+            class foo {
+                enum inner_enum {};
+                class bar {};
+            };
+            class one {}; class two {}; class three {};
+            enum quaz {};
+        }
+        enum outer {};
+    )";
+
+    cpp_entity_index idx;
+    auto             file           = parse(idx, "cpp_class.cpp", code);
+    unsigned         filtered_count = 0;
+    auto visitor_callback           = [&](const cpp_entity&, cppast::visitor_info info) {
+        if (info.event != cppast::visitor_info::container_entity_exit)
+            ++filtered_count;
+        return true;
+    };
+
+    constexpr auto all_node_count = 10, enum_count = 3, class_count = 5;
+
+    SECTION("all nodes are visited")
+    {
+        filtered_count = 0;
+        cppast::visit(*file, [](const cpp_entity&) { return true; }, visitor_callback);
+        REQUIRE(filtered_count == all_node_count);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("filtered callback on both enter and exit")
+    {
+        filtered_count = 0;
+        cppast::visit(*file, [](const cpp_entity&) { return true; },
+                      [&](const cpp_entity&, cppast::visitor_info info) {
+                          (void)info;
+                          filtered_count++;
+                          return true;
+                      });
+        REQUIRE(filtered_count == all_node_count * 2);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("whitelist")
+    {
+        SECTION("only one kind whitelisted")
+        {
+            filtered_count = 0;
+            cppast::visit(*file, whitelist<cpp_entity_kind::enum_t>(), visitor_callback);
+            REQUIRE(filtered_count == enum_count);
+        }
+
+        SECTION("many kinds whitelisted")
+        {
+            filtered_count = 0;
+            cppast::visit(*file, whitelist<cpp_entity_kind::enum_t, cpp_entity_kind::class_t>(),
+                          visitor_callback);
+            REQUIRE(filtered_count == enum_count + class_count);
+        }
+    }
+
+    SECTION("blacklist")
+    {
+        SECTION("only one kind blacklisted")
+        {
+            filtered_count = 0;
+            cppast::visit(*file, blacklist<cpp_entity_kind::file_t>(), visitor_callback);
+            REQUIRE(filtered_count == all_node_count - 1);
+        }
+
+        SECTION("many kinds blacklisted")
+        {
+            filtered_count = 0;
+            cppast::visit(*file, blacklist<cpp_entity_kind::enum_t, cpp_entity_kind::class_t>(),
+                          visitor_callback);
+            REQUIRE(filtered_count == all_node_count - enum_count - class_count);
+        }
+    }
+}