diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index e21b744a..0cc09174 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ A big change over previous versions is that we now use a rack filter. You have t
   require 'oauth/rack/oauth_filter'
   config.middleware.use OAuth::Rack::OAuthFilter
 
+== Filter Options
+If you only want the middleware to operate on certain paths, you can supply a regex expression to whitelist certain paths.
+
+  require 'oauth/rack/oauth_filter'
+  config.middleware.use OAuth::Rack::OAuthFilter, '\/api\/*'
 
 === Generator Options
 
diff --git a/lib/oauth/rack/oauth_filter.rb b/lib/oauth/rack/oauth_filter.rb
index 98eaa750..bd82dc01 100644
--- a/lib/oauth/rack/oauth_filter.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth/rack/oauth_filter.rb
@@ -15,63 +15,66 @@ module Rack
     # config.middleware.use OAuth::Rack::OAuthFilter
 
     class OAuthFilter
-      def initialize(app)
+      def initialize(app, path = '\/')
         @app = app
+        @path = path
       end
 
       def call(env)
-        request = ::Rack::Request.new(env)
-        env["oauth_plugin"] = true
-        strategies = []
-        if token_string = oauth2_token(request)
-          if token = Oauth2Token.where('invalidated_at IS NULL and authorized_at IS NOT NULL and token = ?', token_string).first
-            env["oauth.token"]   = token
-            env["oauth.version"] = 2
-            strategies << :oauth20_token
-            strategies << :token
-          end
+        if env['PATH_INFO'].match(Regexp.new(@path))
+          request = ::Rack::Request.new(env)
+          env["oauth_plugin"] = true
+          strategies = []
+          if token_string = oauth2_token(request)
+            if token = Oauth2Token.where('invalidated_at IS NULL and authorized_at IS NOT NULL and token = ?', token_string).first
+              env["oauth.token"]   = token
+              env["oauth.version"] = 2
+              strategies << :oauth20_token
+              strategies << :token
+            end
 
-        elsif oauth1_verify(request) do |request_proxy|
-          client_application = ClientApplication.find_by_key(request_proxy.consumer_key)
-          env["oauth.client_application_candidate"] = client_application
+          elsif oauth1_verify(request) do |request_proxy|
+            client_application = ClientApplication.find_by_key(request_proxy.consumer_key)
+            env["oauth.client_application_candidate"] = client_application
 
-          oauth_token = nil
+            oauth_token = nil
 
-          if client_application
-            # Store this temporarily in client_application object for use in request token generation
-            client_application.token_callback_url = request_proxy.oauth_callback if request_proxy.oauth_callback
+            if client_application
+              # Store this temporarily in client_application object for use in request token generation
+              client_application.token_callback_url = request_proxy.oauth_callback if request_proxy.oauth_callback
 
-            if request_proxy.token
-              oauth_token = client_application.tokens.where('invalidated_at IS NULL AND authorized_at IS NOT NULL and token = ?', request_proxy.token).first
-              if oauth_token.respond_to?(:provided_oauth_verifier=)
-                oauth_token.provided_oauth_verifier = request_proxy.oauth_verifier
+              if request_proxy.token
+                oauth_token = client_application.tokens.where('invalidated_at IS NULL AND authorized_at IS NOT NULL and token = ?', request_proxy.token).first
+                if oauth_token.respond_to?(:provided_oauth_verifier=)
+                  oauth_token.provided_oauth_verifier = request_proxy.oauth_verifier
+                end
+                env["oauth.token_candidate"] = oauth_token
               end
-              env["oauth.token_candidate"] = oauth_token
             end
-          end
 
-          # return the token secret and the consumer secret
-          [(oauth_token.nil? ? nil : oauth_token.secret), (client_application.nil? ? nil : client_application.secret)]
-        end
-          if env["oauth.token_candidate"]
-            env["oauth.token"] = env["oauth.token_candidate"]
-            strategies << :oauth10_token
-            if env["oauth.token"].is_a?(::RequestToken)
-              strategies << :oauth10_request_token
-            elsif env["oauth.token"].is_a?(::AccessToken)
-              strategies << :token
-              strategies << :oauth10_access_token
-            end
-          else
-            strategies << :two_legged
+            # return the token secret and the consumer secret
+            [(oauth_token.nil? ? nil : oauth_token.secret), (client_application.nil? ? nil : client_application.secret)]
           end
-          env["oauth.client_application"] = env["oauth.client_application_candidate"]
-          env["oauth.version"] = 1
+            if env["oauth.token_candidate"]
+              env["oauth.token"] = env["oauth.token_candidate"]
+              strategies << :oauth10_token
+              if env["oauth.token"].is_a?(::RequestToken)
+                strategies << :oauth10_request_token
+              elsif env["oauth.token"].is_a?(::AccessToken)
+                strategies << :token
+                strategies << :oauth10_access_token
+              end
+            else
+              strategies << :two_legged
+            end
+            env["oauth.client_application"] = env["oauth.client_application_candidate"]
+            env["oauth.version"] = 1
 
+          end
+          env["oauth.strategies"] = strategies unless strategies.empty?
+          env["oauth.client_application_candidate"] = nil
+          env["oauth.token_candidate"] = nil
         end
-        env["oauth.strategies"] = strategies unless strategies.empty?
-        env["oauth.client_application_candidate"] = nil
-        env["oauth.token_candidate"] = nil
         @app.call(env)
       end
 
diff --git a/oauth-plugin.gemspec b/oauth-plugin.gemspec
index 17487e71..6815d4fa 100644
--- a/oauth-plugin.gemspec
+++ b/oauth-plugin.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency "rack-test"
 
   s.add_dependency "multi_json"
-  s.add_dependency("oauth", ["~> 0.4.4"])
+  s.add_dependency("oauth", ["~> 0.5.3"])
   s.add_dependency("rack")
   s.add_dependency("oauth2", '>= 0.5.0')
 end
diff --git a/spec/rack/oauth_filter_spec.rb b/spec/rack/oauth_filter_spec.rb
index b4029716..51872d7b 100644
--- a/spec/rack/oauth_filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rack/oauth_filter_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ def app
     response.should == {}
   end
 
+  it "should pass through when not on the whitelisted paths" do
+    @app ||= OAuth::Rack::OAuthFilter.new(OAuthEcho.new, '\/api/')
+    get '/',{},{"HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"=>'OAuth oauth_consumer_key="my_consumer", oauth_nonce="amrLDyFE2AMztx5fOYDD1OEqWps6Mc2mAR5qyO44Rj8", oauth_signature="KCSg0RUfVFUcyhrgJo580H8ey0c%3D", oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1", oauth_timestamp="1295039581", oauth_version="1.0"'}
+    last_response.should be_ok
+    response = MultiJson.decode(last_response.body)
+    response.should == {}
+  end
+
   describe 'OAuth1' do
     describe 'with optional white space' do
       it "should sign with consumer" do
@@ -241,4 +249,4 @@ def app
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end