diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
index a858582dddd..1cab01519f8 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
@@ -1048,4 +1048,11 @@ possible configurations would overwhelm and obscure the important.
       Servlet filters for REST service.
     </description>
   </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>hbase.rest.filter.classes</name>
+    <value>org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.filter.GzipFilter</value>
+    <description>
+      Servlet filters for REST service.
+    </description>
+  </property>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/DummyFilter.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/DummyFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef53f46d990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/DummyFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.Filter;
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+public class DummyFilter implements Filter {
+  private Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+
+  @Override
+  public void destroy() {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void doFilter(ServletRequest paramServletRequest, ServletResponse paramServletResponse,
+      FilterChain paramFilterChain) throws IOException, ServletException {
+    if (paramServletRequest instanceof HttpServletRequest
+        && paramServletResponse instanceof HttpServletResponse) {
+      HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) paramServletRequest;
+      HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) paramServletResponse;
+
+      String path = request.getRequestURI();
+      LOG.info(path);
+      if (path.indexOf("/status/cluster") >= 0) {
+        LOG.info("Blocking cluster status request");
+        response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Cluster status cannot be requested.");
+      } else {
+        paramFilterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void init(FilterConfig filterChain) throws ServletException {
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TestResourceFilter.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TestResourceFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49bbf22bb0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TestResourceFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.SmallTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.client.Client;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.client.Cluster;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.client.Response;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+
+@Category(SmallTests.class)
+public class TestResourceFilter {
+
+  private static final HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+  private static final HBaseRESTTestingUtility REST_TEST_UTIL =
+    new HBaseRESTTestingUtility();
+  private static Client client;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().set(Constants.FILTER_CLASSES, DummyFilter.class.getName());
+    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster();
+    REST_TEST_UTIL.startServletContainer(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
+    client = new Client(new Cluster().add("localhost",
+      REST_TEST_UTIL.getServletPort()));
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
+    REST_TEST_UTIL.shutdownServletContainer();
+    TEST_UTIL.shutdownMiniCluster();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFilter() throws Exception {
+    String path = "/status/cluster";
+    Response response = client.get(path);
+    assertEquals(404, response.getCode());
+  }
+}