diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Attributes/FilterAttribute.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Attributes/FilterAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e1cfff1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Attributes/FilterAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Discord.Commands
+{
+    public abstract class FilterAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+		public abstract void OnCommandExecuting(CommandExecutionContext context);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Command.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Command.cs
index 5729e4c81..cd17b6916 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Command.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Command.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
         public string Text { get; }
         public Module Module { get; }
         public IReadOnlyList<CommandParameter> Parameters { get; }
+		public IReadOnlyList<FilterAttribute> Filters { get; }
         
         internal Command(Module module, object instance, CommandAttribute attribute, MethodInfo methodInfo, string groupPrefix)
         {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
                 Synopsis = synopsis.Text;
 
             Parameters = BuildParameters(methodInfo);
+			Filters = BuildFilters(methodInfo);
             _action = BuildAction(methodInfo);
         }
 
@@ -52,6 +54,14 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
             if (!parseResult.IsSuccess)
                 return ExecuteResult.FromError(parseResult);
 
+			var context = new CommandExecutionContext(this, parseResult, msg);
+			foreach (FilterAttribute filter in Filters)
+			{
+				filter.OnCommandExecuting(context);
+				if (context.Handled)
+					return ExecuteResult.FromError(CommandError.InvalidPermissions, $"Permission check for {filter.GetType().FullName} failed");
+			}
+
             try
             {
                 await _action.Invoke(msg, parseResult.Values);//Note: This code may need context
@@ -63,6 +73,11 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
             }
         }
 
+		private IReadOnlyList<FilterAttribute> BuildFilters(MethodInfo methodInfo)
+		{
+			return methodInfo.GetCustomAttributes<FilterAttribute>().ToImmutableArray();
+		}
+
         private IReadOnlyList<CommandParameter> BuildParameters(MethodInfo methodInfo)
         {
             var parameters = methodInfo.GetParameters();
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandError.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandError.cs
index 135930dd9..c90d4be50 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandError.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandError.cs
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 
         //Execute
         Exception,
+		InvalidPermissions
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Context/CommandExecutionContext.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Context/CommandExecutionContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bec8291cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Context/CommandExecutionContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Discord.Commands
+{
+    public class CommandExecutionContext
+    {
+		public Command ExecutingCommand { get; internal set; }
+		public ParseResult ParseResult { get; internal set; }
+		public IMessage Message { get; internal set; }
+
+		public bool Handled { get; set; }
+
+		internal CommandExecutionContext(Command command, ParseResult parseResult, IMessage message)
+		{
+			ExecutingCommand = command;
+			ParseResult = parseResult;
+			Message = message;
+
+			Handled = false;
+		}
+    }
+}