diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index eb7b45d..2cda554 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.cache_static_ttl = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "cache-dynamic-ttl"))
 		ctx.cfg.cache_dynamic_ttl = atoi(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "commit-filter"))
+		ctx.cfg.commit_filter = new_filter(value, 0);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "embedded"))
 		ctx.cfg.embedded = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "max-message-length"))
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index f9cf0df..438301d 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ struct cgit_config {
 	int summary_branches;
 	int summary_log;
 	int summary_tags;
+	struct cgit_filter *commit_filter;
 	struct cgit_filter *source_filter;
 };
 
diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt
index d420ad4..2efd6aa 100644
--- a/cgitrc.5.txt
+++ b/cgitrc.5.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ clone-prefix::
 	setting is only used if `repo.clone-url` is unspecified. Default value:
 	none.
 
+commit-filter::
+	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format commit messages.
+	The command will get the message on its STDIN, and the STDOUT from the
+	command will be included verbatim as the commit message, i.e. this can
+	be used to implement bugtracker integration. Default value: none.
+
 css::
 	Url which specifies the css document to include in all cgit pages.
 	Default value: "/cgit.css".
diff --git a/ui-commit.c b/ui-commit.c
index 41ce70e..ee0e139 100644
--- a/ui-commit.c
+++ b/ui-commit.c
@@ -89,11 +89,19 @@ void cgit_print_commit(char *hex)
 	}
 	html("</table>\n");
 	html("<div class='commit-subject'>");
+	if (ctx.cfg.commit_filter)
+		cgit_open_filter(ctx.cfg.commit_filter);
 	html_txt(info->subject);
+	if (ctx.cfg.commit_filter)
+		cgit_close_filter(ctx.cfg.commit_filter);
 	show_commit_decorations(commit);
 	html("</div>");
 	html("<div class='commit-msg'>");
+	if (ctx.cfg.commit_filter)
+		cgit_open_filter(ctx.cfg.commit_filter);
 	html_txt(info->msg);
+	if (ctx.cfg.commit_filter)
+		cgit_close_filter(ctx.cfg.commit_filter);
 	html("</div>");
 	if (parents < 3) {
 		if (parents)