diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 388e468..a85d616 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ php:
   - 5.4
   - 5.6
   - 7.0
+dist: precise
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12e8235..971f483 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ foreach($xml->path('root/animal') as $animal) {
 	// $animal is of type SimpleXMLElelent
 	// only the current iterated $animal is in memory, so huge xml files can be read, without much memory consumption
 	echo "A {$animal->attributes()->type} has a tail? {$animal->hastail}!\n";
-} 
+}
+ 
 ```
diff --git a/examples/filter-example1.php b/examples/filter-example1.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ef9214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/filter-example1.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SimpleXmlReader;
+
+use SimpleXmlReader\PathIterator;
+
+require(__DIR__ . '/../src/SimpleXmlReader/autoload.php');
+
+
+$xml = SimpleXmlReader::openFromString('
+ <root>
+	<animal type="cat">
+	   <hastail>yes</hastail>
+	</animal>
+	<animal type="dog">
+	   <hastail>yes</hastail>
+	</animal>
+	<animal type="kakariki">
+	   <hastail>no</hastail>
+	</animal>
+ </root>
+');
+
+foreach ($xml->path('root/animal', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_SIMPLE_XML, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+    $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+    if ($path == "root/animal") {
+        if (! in_array($xr->getAttribute('type'), ['dog', 'kakariki'])) {
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+        }
+    }
+    return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+}) as $animal) {
+    echo "A {$animal->attributes()->type} has a tail? {$animal->hastail}!\n";
+}
diff --git a/examples/filter-example2.php b/examples/filter-example2.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e08ebf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/filter-example2.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SimpleXmlReader;
+
+use SimpleXmlReader\PathIterator;
+
+require(__DIR__ . '/../src/SimpleXmlReader/autoload.php');
+
+
+$xml = SimpleXmlReader::openFromString('
+ <root>
+ 	<group>
+ 		<type>pet</type>
+		<animal type="cat">
+		   <hastail>yes</hastail>
+		</animal>
+		<animal type="dog">
+		   <hastail>yes</hastail>
+		</animal>
+	</group>
+	<group>
+		<type>wild</type>
+		<animal type="kakariki">
+		   <hastail>no</hastail>
+		</animal>
+	</group>
+ </root>
+');
+
+foreach ($xml->path('root/group/animal', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_SIMPLE_XML, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+    $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+    if ($path == "root/group/type") {
+        if ($xr->readString() != 'pet') {
+            return PathIterator::SIBLINGS_ARE_INVALID;
+        }
+    }
+    return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+}) as $animal) {
+    echo "A {$animal->attributes()->type} has a tail? {$animal->hastail}!\n";
+}
diff --git a/examples/filter-example3.php b/examples/filter-example3.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b5c242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/filter-example3.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SimpleXmlReader;
+
+use SimpleXmlReader\PathIterator;
+
+require(__DIR__ . '/../src/SimpleXmlReader/autoload.php');
+
+$xml = SimpleXmlReader::openFromString('
+<root id="123">
+    <continent name="Africa">
+        <birds>
+            <creature predator="no">
+                <name>parrot</name>
+                <memo>parrot is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+            <creature predator="yes">
+                <name>falcon</name>
+                <memo>falcon is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+        </birds>
+        <animals>
+            <creature predator="no">
+                <name>gazelle</name>
+                <memo>gazelle is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+            <creature predator="yes">
+                <name>lion</name>
+                <memo>lion is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+        </animals>
+    </continent>
+    <continent name="Eurasia">
+        <birds>
+            <creature predator="no">
+                <name>straus</name>
+                <memo>straus is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+            <creature predator="yes">
+                <name>eagle</name>
+                <memo>eagle is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+        </birds>
+        <animals>
+            <creature predator="no">
+                <name>panda</name>
+                <memo>panda is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+            <creature predator="yes">
+                <name>tiger</name>
+                <memo>tiger is ...</memo>
+            </creature>
+        </animals>
+    </continent>
+</root>
+');
+
+foreach ($xml->path('root/continent/*/creature', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_SIMPLE_XML, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+    $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+    if ($path == "root") {
+        if ($xr->getAttribute('id') != '123') {
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+        }
+    } elseif ($path == "root/continent") {
+        if ($xr->getAttribute('name') != 'Eurasia') {
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+        }
+    } elseif (preg_match(chr(1) . 'root/continent/[^/]+/creature' . chr(1), $path)) {
+        if ($xr->getAttribute('predator') != 'yes') {
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+        }
+    }
+    return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+}) as $animal) {
+    echo "A {$animal->name} is predator! {$animal->memo}\n";
+}
diff --git a/src/SimpleXmlReader/PathIterator.php b/src/SimpleXmlReader/PathIterator.php
index 9dd833e..c06f470 100644
--- a/src/SimpleXmlReader/PathIterator.php
+++ b/src/SimpleXmlReader/PathIterator.php
@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ class PathIterator implements Iterator
     const DESCENDANTS_COULD_MATCH = 'DESCENDANTS_COULD_MATCH';
     const DESCENDANTS_CANT_MATCH = 'DESCENDANTS_CANT_MATCH';
 
+    /*
+     * The list of return codes for filtering callback function
+     */
+    /*
+     * Valid elem, no filtering.
+     */
+    const ELEMENT_IS_VALID = 1; // elem
+    /*
+     * Invalid elem and its descendants, so have to be filtered out.
+     */
+    const ELEMENT_IS_INVALID = 2;
+    /*
+     * The same as `ELEMENT_IS_INVALID`. Additionaly after it sibling elems(and its descendants) have to be filtered out too.
+     */
+    const SIBLINGS_ARE_INVALID = 3;
+
     protected $reader;
     protected $searchPath;
     protected $searchCrumbs;
@@ -21,7 +37,12 @@ class PathIterator implements Iterator
     protected $isValid;
     protected $returnType;
 
-    public function __construct(ExceptionThrowingXMLReader $reader, $path, $returnType)
+    /*
+     * Filtering callback function
+     */
+    protected $callback;
+
+    public function __construct(ExceptionThrowingXMLReader $reader, $path, $returnType, $callback = null)
     {
         $this->reader = $reader;
         $this->searchPath = $path;
@@ -31,6 +52,7 @@ public function __construct(ExceptionThrowingXMLReader $reader, $path, $returnTy
         $this->rewindCount = 0;
         $this->isValid = false;
         $this->returnType = $returnType;
+        $this->callback = $callback;
     }
 
     public function current()
@@ -110,6 +132,15 @@ protected function pathIsMatching()
         return self::DESCENDANTS_COULD_MATCH;
     }
 
+    protected function searchForOpenTag(XMLReader $r)
+    {
+        // search for open tag
+        while ($r->nodeType != XMLReader::ELEMENT) {
+            if (! $r->tryRead()) { return false; }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     public function tryGotoNextIterationElement()
     {
         $r = $this->reader;
@@ -124,21 +155,44 @@ public function tryGotoNextIterationElement()
 
         while (true) {
             // search for open tag
-            while ($r->nodeType != XMLReader::ELEMENT) {
-                if (! $r->tryRead()) { return false; }
-            }
+            if (! $this->searchForOpenTag($r)) { return false; }
 
             // fill crumbs
             array_splice($this->crumbs, $r->depth, count($this->crumbs), array($r->name));
 
-            switch ($this->pathIsMatching()) {
+            $matching = $this->pathIsMatching();
+
+            $uf = self::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+            if ($this->callback && is_callable($this->callback)
+                && ($uf = call_user_func_array($this->callback, array($r, $this->crumbs))) !== self::ELEMENT_IS_VALID) {
+
+                // extra check for sanity of a value returned by the user filter
+                if ($uf !== self::SIBLINGS_ARE_INVALID && $uf !== self::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID ) {
+                    $uf = self::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+                }
+
+                $df = $r->depth;
+
+                if ($uf === self::SIBLINGS_ARE_INVALID) { $df--; }
+                $matching = self::DESCENDANTS_CANT_MATCH;
+            }
+
+            switch ($matching) {
 
                 case self::DESCENDANTS_COULD_MATCH:
                     if (! $r->tryRead()) { return false; }
                     continue 2;
 
                 case self::DESCENDANTS_CANT_MATCH:
+
                     if (! $r->tryNext()) { return false; }
+                    if ($uf !== self::ELEMENT_IS_VALID) {
+                        if (! $this->searchForOpenTag($r)) { return false; }
+                        while ($r->depth > $df) {
+                            if (! $r->tryNext()) { return false; }
+                            if (! $this->searchForOpenTag($r)) { return false; }
+                        }
+                    }
                     continue 2;
 
                 case self::IS_MATCH:
diff --git a/src/SimpleXmlReader/SimpleXmlReader.php b/src/SimpleXmlReader/SimpleXmlReader.php
index c3d31a0..53952ed 100644
--- a/src/SimpleXmlReader/SimpleXmlReader.php
+++ b/src/SimpleXmlReader/SimpleXmlReader.php
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public static function openFromString($source, $encoding = 'UTF-8', $options = 0
         return $simpleXmlReader;
     }
 
-    public function path($path, $returnType = self::RETURN_SIMPLE_XML)
+    public function path($path, $returnType = self::RETURN_SIMPLE_XML, $callback = null)
     {
-        return new PathIterator($this->xmlReader, $path, $returnType);
+        return new PathIterator($this->xmlReader, $path, $returnType, $callback);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SimpleXmlReader/PathIteratorTest.php b/tests/SimpleXmlReader/PathIteratorTest.php
index 3012e8b..143398f 100644
--- a/tests/SimpleXmlReader/PathIteratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/SimpleXmlReader/PathIteratorTest.php
@@ -107,4 +107,88 @@ public function testInvalidXml3()
         iterator_to_array($iterator);
     }
 
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function testPathCbAttr1OuterXml()
+    {
+        $xml = SimpleXmlReader::openXML(__DIR__ . '/testdata/cb.xml');
+        $res = implode('', iterator_to_array($xml->path('root/zoo/animal', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_OUTER_XML_STRING, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+            $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+            if ($path == "root/zoo") {
+                if ($xr->getAttribute('city') != "Banghok") {
+                    return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+                }
+            }
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+        })));
+        $this->assertEquals('<animal>kakariki</animal>', preg_replace('/\s/', '', (string) $res));
+    }
+
+     /** @test */
+    public function testPathCbAttr2OuterXml()
+    {
+        $xml = SimpleXmlReader::openXML(__DIR__ . '/testdata/cb.xml');
+        $res = implode('', iterator_to_array($xml->path('root/zoo/animal', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_OUTER_XML_STRING, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+            $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+            if ($path == "root/zoo") {
+                if ($xr->getAttribute('contenent') != "Europe") {
+                    return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+                }
+            }
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+        })));
+        $this->assertEquals('<animal>cat</animal><animal>bear</animal>', preg_replace('/\s/', '', (string) $res));
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function testPathCbElemOuterXml()
+    {
+        $xml = SimpleXmlReader::openXML(__DIR__ . '/testdata/cb.xml');
+        $res = implode('', iterator_to_array($xml->path('root/zoo/animal', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_OUTER_XML_STRING, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+            $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+            if ($path == "root/zoo/work") {
+                if ($xr->readString() != "yes") {
+                    return PathIterator::SIBLINGS_ARE_INVALID;
+                }
+            }
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+        })));
+        $this->assertEquals('<animal>kakariki</animal><animal>bear</animal>', preg_replace('/\s/', '', (string) $res));
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function testPathCbElemAttrOuterXml()
+    {
+        $xml = SimpleXmlReader::openXML(__DIR__ . '/testdata/cb.xml');
+        $res = implode('', iterator_to_array($xml->path('root/zoo/animal', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_OUTER_XML_STRING, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+            $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+            if ($path == "root/zoo") {
+                if ($xr->getAttribute('contenent') != "Europe") {
+                    return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_INVALID;
+                }
+            } elseif ($path == "root/zoo/work") {
+                if ($xr->readString() != "yes") {
+                    return PathIterator::SIBLINGS_ARE_INVALID;
+                }
+            }
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+        })));
+        $this->assertEquals('<animal>bear</animal>', preg_replace('/\s/', '', (string) $res));
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function testPathCb2ElemOuterXml()
+    {
+        $xml = SimpleXmlReader::openXML(__DIR__ . '/testdata/cb2.xml');
+        $res = implode('', iterator_to_array($xml->path('root/group/zoos/zoo/animal', SimpleXmlReader::RETURN_OUTER_XML_STRING, function ($xr, $crumbs) {
+            $path = implode("/", $crumbs);
+            if ($path == "root/group/work") {
+                if ($xr->readString() != "yes") {
+                    return PathIterator::SIBLINGS_ARE_INVALID;
+                }
+            }
+            return PathIterator::ELEMENT_IS_VALID;
+        })));
+        $this->assertEquals('<animal>kakariki</animal><animal>bear</animal>', preg_replace('/\s/', '', (string) $res));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SimpleXmlReader/testdata/cb.xml b/tests/SimpleXmlReader/testdata/cb.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f434d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SimpleXmlReader/testdata/cb.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<root>
+    <zoo city="Moscow" contenent="Europe">
+        <work>no</work>
+        <animal>cat</animal>
+    </zoo>
+    <zoo city="Banghok" contenent="Asia">
+        <work>yes</work>
+        <animal>kakariki</animal>
+    </zoo>
+    <zoo city="Praha" contenent="Europe">
+        <work>yes</work>
+        <animal>bear</animal>
+    </zoo>
+</root>
diff --git a/tests/SimpleXmlReader/testdata/cb2.xml b/tests/SimpleXmlReader/testdata/cb2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48c50be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SimpleXmlReader/testdata/cb2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<root>
+    <group>
+        <work>no</work>
+        <zoos>
+            <zoo city="Moscow" contenent="Europe">
+                <animal>cat</animal>
+            </zoo>
+        </zoos>
+    </group>
+    <group>
+        <work>yes</work>
+        <zoos>
+            <zoo city="Banghok" contenent="Asia">
+                <animal>kakariki</animal>
+            </zoo>
+            <zoo city="Praha" contenent="Europe">
+                <animal>bear</animal>
+            </zoo>
+        </zoos>
+    </group>
+</root>