diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts.js b/src/socket.io/posts.js
index dde786af7e..4e68fe7a25 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts.js
@@ -13,7 +13,24 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 	user = require('../user'),
 	websockets = require('./index'),
 
-	SocketPosts = {};
+	SocketPosts = {},
+
+    // a shy request-wannabe build from a socket for spam detection purposes
+    reqFromSocket = function(socket) {
+        var headers = socket.handshake.headers,
+            host = headers['host'],
+            referer = headers['referer'];
+
+        return {
+            'ip': headers['x-forwarded-for'] || socket.handshake.address.address,
+            'host': host,
+            'protocol': headers['secure'] ? 'https' : 'http',
+            'secure': !!headers['secure'],
+            'url': referer,
+            'path': referer.substr(referer.indexOf(host) + host.length),
+            'headers': headers
+        };
+    };
 
 SocketPosts.reply = function(socket, data, callback) {
 
@@ -26,6 +43,7 @@ SocketPosts.reply = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	}
 
 	data.uid = socket.uid;
+    data.req = reqFromSocket(socket);
 
 	topics.reply(data, function(err, postData) {
 		if(err) {
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index c9d6482df8..e8002e45cf 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
+                plugins.fireHook('filter:topic.reply', data, function(err, filteredData) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return next(err);
+                    }
+
+                    content = filteredData.content || data.content;
+                    next();
+                });
+            },
+            function(next) {
 				threadTools.exists(tid, next);
 			},
 			function(topicExists, next) {