diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a0354fcaa4ca3..1e0cca8d2037d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ transforms = [
   "transforms-split",
   "transforms-swimlanes",
   "transforms-tokenizer",
+  "transforms-type_filter",
 ]
 transforms-add_fields = []
 transforms-add_tags = []
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ transforms-sampler = ["seahash"]
 transforms-split = []
 transforms-swimlanes = []
 transforms-tokenizer = ["nom"]
+transforms-type_filter = []
 
 # Sinks
 sinks = [
diff --git a/src/event/mod.rs b/src/event/mod.rs
index 6f86c9fcffd24..eddda6620a796 100644
--- a/src/event/mod.rs
+++ b/src/event/mod.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ impl Event {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn new_empty_counter() -> Self {
+        Event::Metric(Metric {
+            name: "counter".into(),
+            timestamp: None,
+            tags: None,
+            kind: MetricKind::Incremental,
+            value: MetricValue::Counter { value: 1.0 },
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn as_log(&self) -> &LogEvent {
         match self {
             Event::Log(log) => log,
diff --git a/src/transforms/mod.rs b/src/transforms/mod.rs
index f43b610f3c471..64b0eb4ed88f9 100644
--- a/src/transforms/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transforms/mod.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ pub mod split;
 pub mod swimlanes;
 #[cfg(feature = "transforms-tokenizer")]
 pub mod tokenizer;
+#[cfg(feature = "transforms-type_filter")]
+pub mod type_filter;
 
 use futures01::{sync::mpsc::Receiver, Stream};
 
diff --git a/src/transforms/type_filter.rs b/src/transforms/type_filter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7f6add4cf6071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transforms/type_filter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+use super::Transform;
+use crate::{
+    event::Event,
+    topology::config::{DataType, TransformConfig, TransformContext, TransformDescription},
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct TypeFilterConfig {
+    pub filter_type: FilterType,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum FilterType {
+    Log,
+    Metric,
+}
+
+inventory::submit! {
+    TransformDescription::new_without_default::<TypeFilterConfig>("type_filter")
+}
+
+#[typetag::serde(name = "type_filter")]
+impl TransformConfig for TypeFilterConfig {
+    fn build(&self, _cx: TransformContext) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Transform>> {
+        Ok(Box::new(TypeFilter::new(self.filter_type)))
+    }
+
+    fn input_type(&self) -> DataType {
+        DataType::Any
+    }
+
+    fn output_type(&self) -> DataType {
+        match self.filter_type {
+            FilterType::Log => DataType::Log,
+            FilterType::Metric => DataType::Metric,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn transform_type(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "type_filter"
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct TypeFilter {
+    filter_type: FilterType,
+}
+
+impl TypeFilter {
+    pub fn new(filter_type: FilterType) -> Self {
+        Self { filter_type }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Transform for TypeFilter {
+    fn transform(&mut self, event: Event) -> Option<Event> {
+        match (&event, self.filter_type) {
+            (Event::Log(_), FilterType::Log) => Some(event),
+            (Event::Log(_), FilterType::Metric) => None,
+            (Event::Metric(_), FilterType::Log) => None,
+            (Event::Metric(_), FilterType::Metric) => Some(event),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::{FilterType, TypeFilter};
+    use crate::{transforms::Transform, Event};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn filters_based_on_type() {
+        let log = Event::new_empty_log();
+        let metric = Event::new_empty_counter();
+        let mut log_filter = TypeFilter::new(FilterType::Log);
+        let mut metric_filter = TypeFilter::new(FilterType::Metric);
+
+        assert_eq!(Some(log.clone()), log_filter.transform(log.clone()));
+        assert_eq!(
+            Some(metric.clone()),
+            metric_filter.transform(metric.clone())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(None, log_filter.transform(metric));
+        assert_eq!(None, metric_filter.transform(log));
+    }
+}