diff --git a/src/lager_util.erl b/src/lager_util.erl
index 21e84b7..057f543 100644
--- a/src/lager_util.erl
+++ b/src/lager_util.erl
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ num_to_level(?EMERGENCY) -> emergency;
 num_to_level(?LOG_NONE)  -> none.
 
 -spec config_to_mask(atom()|string()) -> {'mask', integer()}.
+config_to_mask(silence) ->
+    silence;
 config_to_mask(Conf) ->
     Levels = config_to_levels(Conf),
     {mask, lists:foldl(fun(Level, Acc) ->
@@ -419,6 +421,8 @@ trace_acc([{Key, '<', Val}|T], Acc) ->
 
 check_traces(_, _,  [], Acc) ->
     lists:flatten(Acc);
+check_traces(Attrs, Level, [{_, silence, _} = Flow|Flows], Acc) ->
+    check_traces(Attrs, Level, Flows, [check_trace(Attrs, Flow)|Acc]);
 check_traces(Attrs, Level, [{_, {mask, FilterLevel}, _}|Flows], Acc) when (Level band FilterLevel) == 0 ->
     check_traces(Attrs, Level, Flows, Acc);
 check_traces(Attrs, Level, [{Filter, _, _}|Flows], Acc) when length(Attrs) < length(Filter) ->
@@ -429,13 +433,16 @@ check_traces(Attrs, Level, [Flow|Flows], Acc) ->
 check_trace(Attrs, {Filter, _Level, Dest}) when is_list(Filter) ->
     check_trace(Attrs, {trace_all(Filter), _Level, Dest});
 
-check_trace(Attrs, {Filter, _Level, Dest}) when is_tuple(Filter) ->
+check_trace(Attrs, {Filter, Level, Dest} = F) when is_tuple(Filter) ->
     Made = gre:make(Attrs, [list]),
     glc:handle(?DEFAULT_TRACER, Made),
     Match = glc_lib:matches(Filter, Made),
     case Match of
         true ->
-            Dest;
+            case Level of
+                silence -> {silence, Dest};
+                _        -> Dest
+            end;
         false ->
             []
     end.
@@ -445,13 +452,17 @@ is_loggable(Msg, {mask, Mask}, MyName) ->
     %% using syslog style comparison flags
     %S = lager_msg:severity_as_int(Msg),
     %?debugFmt("comparing masks ~.2B and ~.2B -> ~p~n", [S, Mask, S band Mask]),
-    (lager_msg:severity_as_int(Msg) band Mask) /= 0 orelse
-    lists:member(MyName, lager_msg:destinations(Msg));
+    (not lists:member({silence, MyName}, lager_msg:destinations(Msg)))
+        andalso
+          ((lager_msg:severity_as_int(Msg) band Mask) /= 0 orelse
+           lists:member(MyName, lager_msg:destinations(Msg)));
 is_loggable(Msg, SeverityThreshold, MyName) when is_atom(SeverityThreshold) ->
     is_loggable(Msg, level_to_num(SeverityThreshold), MyName);
 is_loggable(Msg, SeverityThreshold, MyName) when is_integer(SeverityThreshold) ->
-    lager_msg:severity_as_int(Msg) =< SeverityThreshold orelse
-    lists:member(MyName, lager_msg:destinations(Msg)).
+    (not lists:member({silence, MyName}, lager_msg:destinations(Msg)))
+        andalso
+        (lager_msg:severity_as_int(Msg) =< SeverityThreshold orelse
+         lists:member(MyName, lager_msg:destinations(Msg))).
 
 i2l(I) when I < 10  -> [$0, $0+I];
 i2l(I)              -> integer_to_list(I).