diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as
index 094a174d..69c60424 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as
@@ -457,6 +457,17 @@ public class EZGameControl extends BaseControl
         callEZCode("localChat_v1", msg);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Run the specified text through the user's chat filter. This is not necessary for sendChat,
+     * but may be desirable for other user-entered text.
+     *
+     * @return the filtered text, or null if it was so bad it's gone.
+     */
+    public function filter (text :String) :String
+    {
+        return (callEZCode("filter_v1", text) as String);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the player ids of all occupants in the game room.
      */
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as
index 979df3eb..8ca2e583 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/client/GameControlBackend.as
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ public class GameControlBackend
         o["getPlayers_v1"] = getPlayers_v1;
         o["getPlayerPosition_v1"] = getPlayerPosition_v1;
         o["getMyPosition_v1"] = getMyPosition_v1;
+        o["filter_v1"] = filter_v1;
 
         o["startTransaction"] = startTransaction_v1;
         o["commitTransaction"] = commitTransaction_v1;
@@ -318,6 +319,11 @@ public class GameControlBackend
         _ctx.getChatDirector().displayInfo(null, MessageBundle.taint(msg));
     }
 
+    public function filter_v1 (text :String) :String
+    {
+        return _ctx.getChatDirector().filter(text, null, true);
+    }
+
     public function getOccupants_v1 () :Array
     {
         validateConnected();