diff --git a/app/assets/images/event_filter_comments.png b/app/assets/images/event_filter_comments.png
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diff --git a/app/assets/images/event_filter_merged.png b/app/assets/images/event_filter_merged.png
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diff --git a/app/assets/images/event_filter_push.png b/app/assets/images/event_filter_push.png
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diff --git a/app/assets/images/event_filter_team.png b/app/assets/images/event_filter_team.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dc66c85165
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/main.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/main.js.coffee
index fb82f799007..04e6b2ef9d1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/main.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/main.js.coffee
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ $ ->
   # Initialize chosen selects
   $('select.chosen').chosen()
 
+  # Initialize tooltips
+  $('.has_tooltip').tooltip()
+
   # Disable form buttons while a form is submitting
   $('body').on 'ajax:complete, ajax:beforeSend, submit', 'form', (e) ->
     buttons = $('[type="submit"]', @)
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss
index 17df600c1af..99523639fe7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss
@@ -115,3 +115,29 @@
     margin: -3px;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Event filter
+ *
+ */
+.event_filter {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 40px;
+  margin-left: -50px;
+
+  .filter_icon {
+    float: left;
+    border-left: 3px solid #4bc;
+    padding: 7px;
+    background: #f9f9f9;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    img {
+      width:20px;
+    }
+
+    &.inactive {
+      border-left: 3px solid #EEE;
+      opacity: 0.5;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
index af23f970a6d..012d86764ab 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 class DashboardController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html
 
+  before_filter :event_filter, only: :index
+
   def index
     @groups = Group.where(id: current_user.projects.pluck(:group_id))
     @projects = current_user.projects_with_events
     @projects = @projects.page(params[:page]).per(30)
 
-    @events = Event.in_projects(current_user.project_ids).limit(20).offset(params[:offset] || 0)
+    @events = Event.in_projects(current_user.project_ids)
+    @events = @event_filter.apply_filter(@events)
+    @events = @events.limit(20).offset(params[:offset] || 0)
+
     @last_push = current_user.recent_push
 
     respond_to do |format|
@@ -34,4 +39,8 @@ class DashboardController < ApplicationController
       format.atom { render layout: false }
     end
   end
+
+  def event_filter
+    @event_filter ||= EventFilter.new(params[:event_filter])
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index a4d36c9bbc8..cba34c963a0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     else
       gravatar_prefix = request.ssl? ? "https://secure" : "http://www"
       user_email.strip!
-      "#{gravatar_prefix}.gravatar.com/avatar/#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(user_email.downcase)}?s=#{size}&d=identicon"
+      "#{gravatar_prefix}.gravatar.com/avatar/#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(user_email.downcase)}?s=#{size}&d=mm"
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
index 0eb87caadd7..a2548a23e5e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
@@ -33,4 +33,22 @@ module EventsHelper
       image_tag event_image_path
     end
   end
+
+  def event_filter_link key, tooltip
+    key = key.to_s
+
+    filter = @event_filter.options key
+
+    inactive = if @event_filter.active? key
+                 nil
+               else
+                 'inactive'
+               end
+
+    content_tag :div, class: "filter_icon #{inactive}" do
+      link_to dashboard_path(event_filter: filter), class: 'has_tooltip', 'data-original-title' => tooltip do
+        image_tag "event_filter_#{key}.png"
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
index 6c4ff96bb50..d0882c6dab7 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@
     .activities.span8
       = render "events/event_last_push", event: @last_push
       = render 'shared/no_ssh'
+
+      .event_filter
+        = event_filter_link EventFilter.push, 'Push events'
+        = event_filter_link EventFilter.merged, 'Merge events'
+        = event_filter_link EventFilter.comments, 'Comments'
+        = event_filter_link EventFilter.team, 'Team'
+
       - if @events.any?
         .content_list= render @events
       - else
-        %h4.nothing_here_message Projects activity will be displayed here
+        %p.nothing_here_message Projects activity will be displayed here
       .loading.hide
     .side
       - if @groups.present?
diff --git a/lib/event_filter.rb b/lib/event_filter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14ab0193bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/event_filter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+class EventFilter
+  attr_accessor :params
+
+  class << self
+    def default_filter
+      %w{ push issues merge_requests team}
+    end
+
+    def push
+      'push'
+    end
+
+    def merged
+      'merged'
+    end
+
+    def comments
+      'comments'
+    end
+
+    def team
+      'team'
+    end
+  end
+
+  def initialize params
+    @params = if params
+                params.dup
+              else
+                []#EventFilter.default_filter
+              end
+  end
+
+  def apply_filter events
+    return events unless params.present?
+
+    filter = params.dup
+
+    actions = []
+    actions << Event::Pushed if filter.include? 'push'
+    actions << Event::Merged if filter.include? 'merged'
+
+    if filter.include? 'team'
+      actions << Event::Joined
+      actions << Event::Left
+    end
+
+    actions << Event::Commented if filter.include? 'comments'
+
+    events = events.where(action: actions)
+  end
+
+  def options key
+    filter = params.dup
+
+    if filter.include? key
+      filter.delete key
+    else
+      filter << key
+    end
+
+    filter
+  end
+
+  def active? key
+    params.include? key
+  end
+end