diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1de07d..0dd3e7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Passing in the config overrides any default values or values set by bot-tester.j
     defaultAddress: botbuilder.IAddress,
     timeout: number // in milliseconds
     // each filter returns false for messages that the BotTester should ignore
-    messageFilters: ((message:IMessage) => boolean)[]
+    messageFilters: ((message:IMessage) => boolean)[],
+    ignoreTypingEvent: boolean,
+    ignoreEndOfConversationEvent: boolean
 } 
 ```
 if timeout is defined, then a particular ```runTest()``` call will fail if it does not receive each expected message within the timeout period of time set in the options.
@@ -411,5 +413,18 @@ describe('BotTester', () => {
                 .runTest()
             ).to.be.rejected.notify(done);
         });
+
+        it('can ignore typing events', () => {
+            bot.dialog('/', (session) => {
+                session.send('hello');
+                session.sendTyping();
+                session.send('goodbye');
+            });
+
+            return new BotTester(bot)
+                .ignoreTypingEvent()
+                .sendMessageToBot('hey', 'hello', 'goodbye')
+                .runTest();
+        });
     });
 ```
diff --git a/src/BotTester.ts b/src/BotTester.ts
index 7521d61..c4207ba 100644
--- a/src/BotTester.ts
+++ b/src/BotTester.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as Promise from 'bluebird';
 import { IAddress, IMessage, Message, Session, UniversalBot } from 'botbuilder';
+import { ignoreEndOfConversationEventFilter, ignoreTypingEventFilter } from './builtInMessageFilters';
 import { config, IConfig, MessageFilter } from './config';
 import { ExpectedMessage, PossibleExpectedMessageCollections, PossibleExpectedMessageType } from './ExpectedMessage';
 import { botToUserMessageCheckerFunction, MessageService } from './MessageService';
@@ -24,6 +25,16 @@ export interface IOptionsModifier {
      * sets the timeout time that the BotTester will wait for any particular message before failing
      */
     setTimeout(milliseconds: number): BotTester;
+
+    /**
+     * adds prebuilt filter to ignore typing event
+     */
+    ignoreTypingEvent(): BotTester;
+
+    /**
+     * adds prebuilt filter to ignore endOfConversationEvent
+     */
+    ignoreEndOfConversationEvent(): BotTester;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -119,10 +130,30 @@ export class BotTester implements IBotTester, IOptionsModifier {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ignoreEndOfConversationEvent(): BotTester {
+        this.config.ignoreEndOfConversationEvent = true;
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ignoreTypingEvent(): BotTester {
+        this.config.ignoreTypingEvent = true;
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initializes the MessegeService here to allow config changes to accumulate
      */
     public runTest(): Promise<{}> {
+        if (this.config.ignoreTypingEvent) {
+            this.config.messageFilters.push(ignoreTypingEventFilter);
+        }
+
+        if (this.config.ignoreEndOfConversationEvent) {
+            this.config.messageFilters.push(ignoreEndOfConversationEventFilter);
+        }
+
         this.messageService = new MessageService(this.bot, this.config);
 
         return Promise.mapSeries(this.testSteps, (fn: TestStep) => fn());
diff --git a/src/ExpectedMessage.ts b/src/ExpectedMessage.ts
index ed839e2..294ca54 100644
--- a/src/ExpectedMessage.ts
+++ b/src/ExpectedMessage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IMessage } from 'botbuilder';
+import { IMessage, IEvent } from 'botbuilder';
 import { expect } from './assertionLibraries/IExpectation';
 
 export enum ExpectedMessageType {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export enum ExpectedMessageType {
 /**
  * Types accepted for responses checkers
  */
-export type PossibleExpectedMessageType = string | IMessage | RegExp;
+export type PossibleExpectedMessageType = string | IMessage | RegExp | IEvent;
 
 /**
  * Response expectations area always collections. The collection is the set of possible responses, chosen at random. If the collection size
diff --git a/src/MessageService.ts b/src/MessageService.ts
index 7b10aa8..da4e8c3 100644
--- a/src/MessageService.ts
+++ b/src/MessageService.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export class MessageService {
                     } catch (e) {
                         return rej(e);
                     }
-
                 });
 
                 if (!outgoingMessageComparator.expectsAdditionalMessages()) {
diff --git a/src/builtInMessageFilters.ts b/src/builtInMessageFilters.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8129dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/builtInMessageFilters.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { IMessage } from 'botbuilder';
+
+export function ignoreInternalSaveMessageFilter(message: IMessage): boolean {
+    return message.type !== '__save__';
+}
+
+export function ignoreEndOfConversationEventFilter(message: IMessage): boolean {
+    return message.type !== 'endOfConversation';
+}
+
+export function ignoreTypingEventFilter(message: IMessage): boolean {
+    return message.type !== 'typing';
+}
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index d911314..744f1fd 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ export interface IConfig {
      */
     defaultAddress?: IAddress;
 
+    /**
+     * ignores typing event messages
+     */
+    ignoreTypingEvent?: boolean;
+
+     /**
+      * ignores end of conversation event messages
+      */
+    ignoreEndOfConversationEvent?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * filters for messages that the BotTester framework should use
      */
diff --git a/test/BotTester.spec.ts b/test/BotTester.spec.ts
index d600457..ef9cb55 100644
--- a/test/BotTester.spec.ts
+++ b/test/BotTester.spec.ts
@@ -388,6 +388,19 @@ describe('BotTester', () => {
                 .runTest()
             ).to.be.rejected.notify(done);
         });
+
+        it('can ignore typing events', () => {
+            bot.dialog('/', (session) => {
+                session.send('hello');
+                session.sendTyping();
+                session.send('goodbye');
+            });
+
+            return new BotTester(bot)
+                .ignoreTypingEvent()
+                .sendMessageToBot('hey', 'hello', 'goodbye')
+                .runTest();
+        });
     });
 //```
 
diff --git a/test/BotTesterFailure.spec.ts b/test/BotTesterFailure.spec.ts
index 66ec045..37dcbd4 100644
--- a/test/BotTesterFailure.spec.ts
+++ b/test/BotTesterFailure.spec.ts
@@ -218,4 +218,39 @@ describe('BotTester', () => {
             .sendMessageToBot('intro', 'hello', 'how', 'are', 'you?')
             .runTest()).to.be.rejected.notify(done);
     });
+
+    it('will fail if a endOfConversationEvent is seen with an ingoreEndOfConversationEventFilter', (done: Function) => {
+        bot.dialog('/', (session: Session) => {
+            session.send('hello');
+            session.endConversation();
+        });
+
+        expect(new BotTester(bot)
+            // need to timeout before the tests do to catch the error
+            .setTimeout(500)
+            .ignoreEndOfConversationEvent()
+            //tslint:disable
+            .sendMessageToBot('hey', 'hello', {type: 'endOfConversation'} as any)
+            //tslint:enable
+            .runTest())
+        .to.be.rejected.notify(done);
+    });
+
+    it('will fail if a typing event is seen with an ignoreTypingEventFilter', (done: Function) => {
+        bot.dialog('/', (session: Session) => {
+            session.send('hello');
+            session.sendTyping();
+            session.send('hey');
+        });
+
+        expect(new BotTester(bot)
+            // need to timeout before the tests do to catch the error
+            .setTimeout(500)
+            .ignoreTypingEvent()
+            //tslint:disable
+            .sendMessageToBot('hey', 'hello', {type: 'typing'} as any, 'hey')
+            //tslint:enable
+            .runTest())
+        .to.be.rejected.notify(done);
+    });
 });