diff --git a/library/Netboximport/ProvidedHook/Director/ImportSource.php b/library/Netboximport/ProvidedHook/Director/ImportSource.php
index feaef2a..94ec80d 100644
--- a/library/Netboximport/ProvidedHook/Director/ImportSource.php
+++ b/library/Netboximport/ProvidedHook/Director/ImportSource.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function flattenArray($prefix, $array, $autoflatten_elements = array(), $flatten
     }
 
     private function fetchObjects($ressource, $activeOnly, $autoflatten_elements, $additionalKeysCallback = null) {
-        $objects = $this->api->get($ressource);
+        $objects = $this->api->get($ressource,$this->getFilters());
 
        //Filter only active objects if setting is set
         $objects = array_filter($objects, function ($object) use ($activeOnly) {
@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ public static function addSettingsFormFields(QuickForm $form) {
         $form->addElement('YesNo', 'importvirtualmachines', array(
             'label'       => $form->translate('Import virtual machines'),
             'description' => $form->translate('Import virtual machines (virtualization/virtual-machines in netbox).'),
+	));
+
+	$form->addElement('text', 'filters', array(
+            'label'        => $form->translate("Filterstring"),
+            'description'  => $form->translate("Filters to be applied in API request (e.g. role=Server"),
         ));
 
         $form->addElement('YesNo', 'activeonly', array(
@@ -257,6 +262,11 @@ public function fetchData() {
 
     }
 
+    private function getFilters() {
+       parse_str($this->getSetting('filters'),$filters_array);
+       return $filters_array;
+    }
+
     public function listColumns() {
         // return a list of all keys, which appeared in any of the objects
         return array_keys(array_merge(...array_map('get_object_vars', $this->fetchData())));