diff --git a/cfg/conf.sample.php b/cfg/conf.sample.php
index 7194ee57..d7e21f86 100644
--- a/cfg/conf.sample.php
+++ b/cfg/conf.sample.php
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ limit = 10
 ; Unset for enabling and invalid values will be ignored
 ; eg: exemptedIp = '1.2.3.4,10.10.10/24'
 
+; (optional) if you only want some source IP addresses to create pastes
+; enter their IPv4 address(es) here, separated by commas. This does not
+; currently support CIDR notation, only individual IPv4 addresses.
+; whitelist_paste_creation = "12.34.56.78,99.88.77.66"
+
 ; (optional) if your website runs behind a reverse proxy or load balancer,
 ; set the HTTP header containing the visitors IP address, i.e. X_FORWARDED_FOR
 ; header = "X_FORWARDED_FOR"
diff --git a/lib/Configuration.php b/lib/Configuration.php
index c56ec8ed..c3a6fa25 100644
--- a/lib/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/Configuration.php
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Configuration
             'limit'      => 10,
             'header'     => null,
             'exemptedIp' => null,
+            'whitelist'  => null,
         ),
         'purge' => array(
             'limit'     => 300,
diff --git a/lib/Controller.php b/lib/Controller.php
index fb919ca1..b150691a 100644
--- a/lib/Controller.php
+++ b/lib/Controller.php
@@ -195,6 +195,24 @@ class Controller
      */
     private function _create()
     {
+        // Check if whitelist feature is enabled
+        if (($option = $this->_conf->getKey('whitelist_paste_creation', 'traffic')) !== null) {
+            // Parse whitelist into array
+            $whitelist = explode(',', $option);
+            // Check for source IP in HTTP header
+            if (($option = $this->_conf->getKey('header', 'traffic')) !== null) {
+                $httpHeader = 'HTTP_' . $option;
+                // Grab source IP from HTTP header (if it exists)
+                if (array_key_exists($httpHeader, $_SERVER) && !empty($_SERVER[$httpHeader])) {
+                    // Check if source IP reported from HTTP header is in whitelist array
+                    if (!in_array($_SERVER[$httpHeader], $whitelist)) {
+                        $this->_return_message(1, I18n::_('Your IP is not authorized to create pastes.'));
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // Ensure last paste from visitors IP address was more than configured amount of seconds ago.
         ServerSalt::setStore($this->_model->getStore());
         TrafficLimiter::setConfiguration($this->_conf);