diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
index e0d591ff69..9f47abfefd 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { MediaGallery, Video } from 'flavours/glitch/util/async-components';
 import { HotKeys } from 'react-hotkeys';
 import NotificationOverlayContainer from 'flavours/glitch/features/notifications/containers/overlay_container';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { autoUnfoldCW } from 'flavours/glitch/util/content_warning';
 
 // We use the component (and not the container) since we do not want
 // to use the progress bar to show download progress
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   state = {
     isCollapsed: false,
     autoCollapsed: false,
-    isExpanded: this.props.settings.getIn(['content_warnings', 'auto_unfold']),
+    isExpanded: undefined,
   }
 
   // Avoid checking props that are functions (and whose equality will always
@@ -124,6 +125,17 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       updated = true;
     }
 
+    if (nextProps.expanded === undefined &&
+      prevState.isExpanded === undefined &&
+      update.isExpanded === undefined
+    ) {
+      const isExpanded = autoUnfoldCW(nextProps.settings, nextProps.status);
+      if (isExpanded !== undefined) {
+        update.isExpanded = isExpanded;
+        updated = true;
+      }
+    }
+
     return updated ? update : null;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
index 37396d970c..0db49ba5d2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/local_settings/page/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   side_arm_keep: { id: 'settings.side_arm_reply_mode.keep', defaultMessage: 'Keep secondary toot button to set privacy' },
   side_arm_copy: { id: 'settings.side_arm_reply_mode.copy', defaultMessage: 'Copy privacy setting of the toot being replied to' },
   side_arm_restrict: { id: 'settings.side_arm_reply_mode.restrict', defaultMessage: 'Restrict privacy setting to that of the toot being replied to' },
+  regexp: { id: 'settings.content_warnings.regexp', defaultMessage: 'Regular expression' },
 });
 
 @injectIntl
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
         </section>
       </div>
     ),
-    ({ onChange, settings }) => (
+    ({ intl, onChange, settings }) => (
       <div className='glitch local-settings__page content_warnings'>
         <h1><FormattedMessage id='settings.content_warnings' defaultMessage='Content warnings' /></h1>
         <LocalSettingsPageItem
@@ -133,6 +134,16 @@ export default class LocalSettingsPage extends React.PureComponent {
         >
           <FormattedMessage id='settings.enable_content_warnings_auto_unfold' defaultMessage='Automatically unfold content-warnings' />
         </LocalSettingsPageItem>
+        <LocalSettingsPageItem
+          settings={settings}
+          item={['content_warnings', 'filter']}
+          id='mastodon-settings--content_warnings-auto_unfold'
+          onChange={onChange}
+          dependsOn={[['content_warnings', 'auto_unfold']]}
+          placeholder={intl.formatMessage(messages.regexp)}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage id='settings.content_warnings_filter' defaultMessage='Content warnings to not automatically unfold:' />
+        </LocalSettingsPageItem>
       </div>
     ),
     ({ onChange, settings }) => (
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js
index 060f2f345f..3d309976a3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { HotKeys } from 'react-hotkeys';
 import { boostModal, favouriteModal, deleteModal } from 'flavours/glitch/util/initial_state';
 import { attachFullscreenListener, detachFullscreenListener, isFullscreen } from 'flavours/glitch/util/fullscreen';
+import { autoUnfoldCW } from 'flavours/glitch/util/content_warning';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   deleteConfirm: { id: 'confirmations.delete.confirm', defaultMessage: 'Delete' },
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
   state = {
     fullscreen: false,
-    isExpanded: this.props.settings.getIn(['content_warnings', 'auto_unfold']),
+    isExpanded: undefined,
     threadExpanded: undefined,
   };
 
@@ -95,9 +96,14 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps (nextProps) {
+    if (this.state.isExpanded === undefined) {
+      const isExpanded = autoUnfoldCW(nextProps.settings, nextProps.status);
+      if (isExpanded !== undefined) this.setState({ isExpanded: isExpanded });
+    }
     if (nextProps.params.statusId !== this.props.params.statusId && nextProps.params.statusId) {
       this._scrolledIntoView = false;
       this.props.dispatch(fetchStatus(nextProps.params.statusId));
+      this.setState({ isExpanded: autoUnfoldCW(nextProps.settings, nextProps.status) });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js
index ce33cac834..063ae39437 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/local_settings.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const initialState = ImmutableMap({
   confirm_missing_media_description: false,
   content_warnings : ImmutableMap({
     auto_unfold : false,
+    filter      : null,
   }),
   collapsed : ImmutableMap({
     enabled     : true,
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/content_warning.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/content_warning.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29e221c8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/content_warning.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export function autoUnfoldCW (settings, status) {
+  if (!settings.getIn(['content_warnings', 'auto_unfold'])) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const rawRegex = settings.getIn(['content_warnings', 'filter']);
+  let regex      = null;
+
+  try {
+    regex = rawRegex && new RegExp(rawRegex.trim(), 'i');
+  } catch (e) {
+    // Bad regex, don't affect filters
+  }
+
+  if (!(status && regex)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return !regex.test(status.get('spoiler_text'));
+}