diff --git a/lua/nvim-navic/init.lua b/lua/nvim-navic/init.lua
index f6fc666..87f079e 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-navic/init.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-navic/init.lua
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ function M.setup(opts)
 		return
 	end
 
+  if opts.symbols ~= nil then
+    config.symbols_filter = opts.symbols
+  end
+
 	if opts.lsp ~= nil and opts.lsp.auto_attach then
 		setup_auto_attach(opts)
 	end
@@ -294,7 +298,7 @@ end
 local awaiting_lsp_response = {}
 local function lsp_callback(for_buf, symbols)
 	awaiting_lsp_response[for_buf] = false
-	lib.update_data(for_buf, symbols)
+	lib.update_data(for_buf, lib.filter_symbols(symbols, config.symbols_filter))
 end
 
 function M.attach(client, bufnr)
diff --git a/lua/nvim-navic/lib.lua b/lua/nvim-navic/lib.lua
index e9733c6..921996c 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-navic/lib.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-navic/lib.lua
@@ -448,4 +448,14 @@ function M.adapt_lsp_num_to_str(n)
 	return lsp_num_to_str[n]
 end
 
+function M.filter_symbols(symbols, symbols_filter)
+  if not symbols_filter then
+    return symbols
+  end
+
+  return vim.tbl_filter(function(symbol)
+    return vim.tbl_contains(symbols_filter, M.adapt_lsp_num_to_str(symbol.kind))
+  end, symbols)
+end
+
 return M