diff --git a/src/main/app/js/controllers.js b/src/main/app/js/controllers.js
index 35e2daa3..7ae8d904 100644
--- a/src/main/app/js/controllers.js
+++ b/src/main/app/js/controllers.js
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ module.controller('ToolbarCtrl', [
 					type : $stateParams._type,
 					id : $stateParams._id,
 					olderThan : olderThan,
+					keywords: $location.search().q,
 					read : true
 				});
 			};
@@ -881,6 +882,7 @@ module.controller('FeedListCtrl', [
 				service.mark({
 					id : $scope.selectedId,
 					olderThan : olderThan || $scope.timestamp,
+					keywords: $location.search().q,
 					read : true
 				}, function() {
 					CategoryService.refresh(function() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedEntryService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedEntryService.java
index e3d0f4ed..a3c5fbfc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedEntryService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedEntryService.java
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ public class FeedEntryService {
 		feedEntryStatusDAO.saveOrUpdate(status);
 	}
 
-	public void markSubscriptionEntries(User user, List<FeedSubscription> subscriptions, Date olderThan) {
-		List<FeedEntryStatus> statuses = feedEntryStatusDAO.findBySubscriptions(user, subscriptions, true, null, null, -1, -1, null, false,
+	public void markSubscriptionEntries(User user, List<FeedSubscription> subscriptions, Date olderThan, String keywords) {
+		List<FeedEntryStatus> statuses = feedEntryStatusDAO.findBySubscriptions(user, subscriptions, true, keywords, null, -1, -1, null, false,
 				false, null);
 		markList(statuses, olderThan);
 		cache.invalidateUnreadCount(subscriptions.toArray(new FeedSubscription[0]));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java
index fa12fd0d..2208f069 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ public class MarkRequest implements Serializable {
 			required = false)
 	private Long olderThan;
 
+	@ApiModelProperty(value = "only mark read if a feed has these keywords in the title or rss content", required = false)
+	private String keywords;
+	
 	@ApiModelProperty(value = "if marking a category or 'all', exclude those subscriptions from the marking", required = false)
 	private List<Long> excludedSubscriptions;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/CategoryREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/CategoryREST.java
index 73a5659a..82996b58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/CategoryREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/CategoryREST.java
@@ -243,11 +243,12 @@ public class CategoryREST {
 		Preconditions.checkNotNull(req.getId());
 
 		Date olderThan = req.getOlderThan() == null ? null : new Date(req.getOlderThan());
+		String keywords = req.getKeywords();
 
 		if (ALL.equals(req.getId())) {
 			List<FeedSubscription> subs = feedSubscriptionDAO.findAll(user);
 			removeExcludedSubscriptions(subs, req.getExcludedSubscriptions());
-			feedEntryService.markSubscriptionEntries(user, subs, olderThan);
+			feedEntryService.markSubscriptionEntries(user, subs, olderThan, keywords);
 		} else if (STARRED.equals(req.getId())) {
 			feedEntryService.markStarredEntries(user, olderThan);
 		} else {
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ public class CategoryREST {
 			List<FeedCategory> categories = feedCategoryDAO.findAllChildrenCategories(user, parent);
 			List<FeedSubscription> subs = feedSubscriptionDAO.findByCategories(user, categories);
 			removeExcludedSubscriptions(subs, req.getExcludedSubscriptions());
-			feedEntryService.markSubscriptionEntries(user, subs, olderThan);
+			feedEntryService.markSubscriptionEntries(user, subs, olderThan, keywords);
 		}
 		return Response.ok().build();
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
index 7dc5cbba..bb794661 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
@@ -287,10 +287,11 @@ public class FeedREST {
 		Preconditions.checkNotNull(req.getId());
 
 		Date olderThan = req.getOlderThan() == null ? null : new Date(req.getOlderThan());
+		String keywords = req.getKeywords();
 
 		FeedSubscription subscription = feedSubscriptionDAO.findById(user, Long.valueOf(req.getId()));
 		if (subscription != null) {
-			feedEntryService.markSubscriptionEntries(user, Arrays.asList(subscription), olderThan);
+			feedEntryService.markSubscriptionEntries(user, Arrays.asList(subscription), olderThan, keywords);
 		}
 		return Response.ok().build();
 	}