diff --git a/slugify/slugify.py b/slugify/slugify.py
index 82f67fe..5951eb3 100644
--- a/slugify/slugify.py
+++ b/slugify/slugify.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def smart_truncate(string, max_length=0, word_boundaries=False, separator=' ', s
 
 
 def slugify(text, entities=True, decimal=True, hexadecimal=True, max_length=0, word_boundary=False,
-            separator='-', save_order=False):
+            separator='-', save_order=False, stopwords=()):
     """Make a slug from the given text.
     :param text (str): initial text
     :param entities (bool):
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def slugify(text, entities=True, decimal=True, hexadecimal=True, max_length=0, w
     :param word_boundary (bool):
     :param save_order (bool): if parameter is True and max_length > 0 return whole words in the initial order
     :param separator (str): separator between words
+    :param stopwords (iterable): words to discount
     :return (str):
     """
 
@@ -128,6 +129,12 @@ def slugify(text, entities=True, decimal=True, hexadecimal=True, max_length=0, w
     # remove redundant -
     text = REMOVE_REXP.sub('-', text).strip('-')
 
+    # remove stopwords
+    if stopwords:
+        stopwords_lower = [s.lower() for s in stopwords]
+        words = [w for w in text.split(separator) if w not in stopwords_lower]
+        text = separator.join(words)
+
     # smart truncate if requested
     if max_length > 0:
         text = smart_truncate(text, max_length, word_boundary, '-', save_order)
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 88027ee..ee1a04c 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -4,22 +4,33 @@
 from slugify import slugify
 
 
-class TestSequenceFunctions(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestSlugification(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_manager(self):
+    def test_extraneous_seperators(self):
 
         txt = "This is a test ---"
         r = slugify(txt)
         self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")
 
+        txt = "___This is a test ---"
+        r = slugify(txt)
+        self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")
+
+        txt = "___This is a test___"
+        r = slugify(txt)
+        self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")
+
+    def test_non_word_characters(self):
         txt = "This -- is a ## test ---"
         r = slugify(txt)
         self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")
 
+    def test_phonetic_conversion_of_eastern_scripts(self):
         txt = '影師嗎'
         r = slugify(txt)
         self.assertEqual(r, "ying-shi-ma")
 
+    def test_accented_text(self):
         txt = 'C\'est déjà l\'été.'
         r = slugify(txt)
         self.assertEqual(r, "cest-deja-lete")
@@ -28,14 +39,17 @@ def test_manager(self):
         r = slugify(txt)
         self.assertEqual(r, "nin-hao-wo-shi-zhong-guo-ren")
 
-        txt = 'Компьютер'
-        r = slugify(txt)
-        self.assertEqual(r, "kompiuter")
-
+    def test_accented_text_with_non_word_characters(self):
         txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
         r = slugify(txt)
         self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo-a")
 
+    def test_cyrillic_text(self):
+        txt = 'Компьютер'
+        r = slugify(txt)
+        self.assertEqual(r, "kompiuter")
+
+    def test_max_length(self):
         txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=9)
         self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol")
@@ -44,10 +58,12 @@ def test_manager(self):
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=15)
         self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememe")
 
+    def test_max_length_cutoff_not_required(self):
         txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=50)
         self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo-a")
 
+    def test_word_boundary(self):
         txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=15, word_boundary=True)
         self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-a")
@@ -64,22 +80,17 @@ def test_manager(self):
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=19, word_boundary=True)
         self.assertEqual(r, "jaja-lol-mememeoo-a")
 
+    def test_custom_separator(self):
         txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=20, word_boundary=True, separator=".")
         self.assertEqual(r, "jaja.lol.mememeoo.a")
 
+    def test_multi_character_separator(self):
         txt = 'jaja---lol-méméméoo--a'
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=20, word_boundary=True, separator="ZZZZZZ")
         self.assertEqual(r, "jajaZZZZZZlolZZZZZZmememeooZZZZZZa")
 
-        txt = "___This is a test ---"
-        r = slugify(txt)
-        self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")
-
-        txt = "___This is a test___"
-        r = slugify(txt)
-        self.assertEqual(r, "this-is-a-test")
-
+    def test_save_order(self):
         txt = 'one two three four five'
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=13, word_boundary=True, save_order=True)
         self.assertEqual(r, "one-two-three")
@@ -96,5 +107,25 @@ def test_manager(self):
         r = slugify(txt, max_length=12, word_boundary=True, save_order=True)
         self.assertEqual(r, "one-two")
 
+    def test_stopword_removal(self):
+        txt = 'this has a stopword'
+        r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['stopword'])
+        self.assertEqual(r, 'this-has-a')
+
+    def test_multiple_stopword_occurances(self):
+        txt = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
+        r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['the'])
+        self.assertEqual(r, 'quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-lazy-dog')
+
+    def test_differently_cased_stopword_match(self):
+        txt = 'Foo A FOO B foo C'
+        r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['foo'])
+        self.assertEqual(r, 'a-b-c')
+
+        txt = 'Foo A FOO B foo C'
+        r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['FOO'])
+        self.assertEqual(r, 'a-b-c')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()