diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 5f4751b23..ef9881b5e 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SUBDIRS += lcd
 endif
 
 configdir = $(CONFIGDIR)
-config_DATA = cables.xml satellites.xml encoding.conf tobackup.conf providermap.xml settingsupdate.conf terrestrial.xml
+config_DATA = cables.xml satellites.xml encoding.conf tobackup.conf providermap.xml settingsupdate.conf terrestrial.xml bad_package_pattern.list.sample
 
 install-data-hook:
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(CONFIGDIR)/zapit
diff --git a/data/bad_package_pattern.list.sample b/data/bad_package_pattern.list.sample
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..221ffa8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/bad_package_pattern.list.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+-dev$
+-doc$
+-dbg$
+-ptest$
+-staticdev$
+-locale-
+-charmap-
+-gconv-
+-localedata-
+^locale-base-
+^perl-module-
diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
index ea6e917e9..2c1542481 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
@@ -55,13 +55,14 @@
 #include <alloca.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #define OPKG_CL "opkg"
 #define OPKG_TMP_DIR "/tmp/.opkg"
 #define OPKG_TEST_DIR OPKG_TMP_DIR "/test"
 #define OPKG_CL_CONFIG_OPTIONS " -V2 --tmp-dir=/tmp --cache=" OPKG_TMP_DIR
 
-
+#define OPKG_BAD_PATTERN_LIST_FILE "/var/tuxbox/config/bad_package_pattern.list"
 #define OPKG_CONFIG_FILE "/etc/opkg/opkg.conf"
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -113,8 +114,8 @@ COPKGManager::COPKGManager(): opkg_conf('\t')
 	list_upgradeable_done = false;
 	expert_mode = false;
 	local_dir = &g_settings.update_dir_opkg;
+	v_bad_pattern = getBadPackagePatternList();
 	CFileHelpers::createDir(OPKG_TMP_DIR);
-
 }
 
 COPKGManager::~COPKGManager()
@@ -305,29 +306,38 @@ static const struct button_label COPKGManagerFooterButtonsExpert[COPKGManagerFoo
 	{ NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_BLUE, LOCALE_OPKG_BUTTON_UNINSTALL }
 };
 
-/* TODO: this should go into a config file... */
-static std::string bad_pattern[] = {
-	"-dev$",
-	"-doc$",
-	"-dbg$",
-	"-ptest$",
-	"-staticdev$",
-	"-locale-",
-	"-charmap-",
-	"-gconv-",
-	"-localedata-",
-	"^locale-base-",
-	"^perl-module-",
-	""
-};
+vector<string> COPKGManager::getBadPackagePatternList()
+{
+	vector<string> v_ret;
+
+	ifstream in (OPKG_BAD_PATTERN_LIST_FILE, ios::in);
+	if (!in){
+		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL,  "[COPKGManager] [%s - %d] can't open %s, %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, OPKG_BAD_PATTERN_LIST_FILE, strerror(errno));
+		return v_ret;
+	}
+	string line;
+
+	while(getline(in, line)){
+		v_ret.push_back(line);
+	}
+	in.close();
+
+	return v_ret;
+}
 
 bool COPKGManager::badpackage(std::string &s)
 {
-	int i;
+	if(v_bad_pattern.empty())
+		return false;
+
+	size_t i;
 	string st = "";
-	for (i = 0; !bad_pattern[i].empty(); i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < v_bad_pattern.size(); i++)
 	{
-		string p = bad_pattern[i];
+		string p = v_bad_pattern[i];
+		if (p.empty())
+			continue;
+
 		size_t patlen = p.length() - 1;
 		bool res = false;
 		/* poor man's regex :-) only supported are "^" and "$" */
diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.h b/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
index 6d81e3428..4979c9c9b 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class COPKGManager : public CMenuTarget
 		std::string config_src[OPKG_MAX_FEEDS];
 		std::vector<std::string> config_dest;
 
+		//filter
+		std::vector<std::string> v_bad_pattern;
+
 		std::map<std::string,pkg> pkg_map;
 		std::vector<pkg*> pkg_vec;
 
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ class COPKGManager : public CMenuTarget
 		bool isInstalled(const std::string& pkg_name);
 		bool isUpgradable(const std::string& pkg_name);
 
-		/*
+		/*!
 		* Gets an info from opkg command info or status from a package via keywords as std::string
 		* 1st parameter is name of package as string eg. "gdb", without file extension or version data
 		* 2nd parameter needs a keyword like:
@@ -125,7 +128,25 @@ class COPKGManager : public CMenuTarget
 		void showMenuConfigFeed(CMenuWidget *feed_menu);
 		void updateMenu();
 		void refreshMenu();
+
+		//!Returns a vector with possible filter entries from OPKG_BAD_PATTERN_LIST_FILE 
+		static std::vector<std::string> getBadPackagePatternList();
+		/*!
+		* Returns true if found a ''bad'' package, Parameter: package name as std::string by rev
+		* To detect bad packages, it must be exist a matching pattern list file.
+		* Path is defined in OPKG_BAD_PATTERN_LIST_FILE.
+		* This provides the option to filter some unwanted entries in the package list menue.
+		* This makes sense eg. to hinder that the user could change important system packages.
+		* NOTE: a sample file you should find here as : "/var/tuxbox/config/bad_package_pattern.list.sample"
+		* If required, remove the ".sample" extension and change the entries for your requirements
+		* howto: a simple way to filter a package is to add the pure name, if you want
+		* to hide a package (even which name) then add this name to a line. Eg. if you want to hide
+		* package wget then add this and this package is not displayed at the gui.
+		* Also a few place holders should work, see the badpackage() function, but this
+		* can be inaccurately because it could filter innocent packages.
+		*/
 		bool badpackage(std::string &s);
+
 		void showError(const char* local_msg, char* err_msg = NULL, const std::string& additional_text = std::string());
 		int doUpdate();
 		void handleShellOutput(std::string* cur_line, int* res, bool* ok);