diff --git a/config/debugbar.php b/config/debugbar.php
index 3cb4f654..64434fee 100644
--- a/config/debugbar.php
+++ b/config/debugbar.php
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
         ],
         'events' => [
             'data' => env('DEBUGBAR_OPTIONS_EVENTS_DATA', false), // Collect events data, listeners
+            'excluded' => [], // Example: ['eloquent.*', 'composing', Illuminate\Cache\Events\CacheHit::class]
         ],
         'logs' => [
             'file' => env('DEBUGBAR_OPTIONS_LOGS_FILE', null),
diff --git a/src/DataCollector/EventCollector.php b/src/DataCollector/EventCollector.php
index b36673ac..5dfff86b 100644
--- a/src/DataCollector/EventCollector.php
+++ b/src/DataCollector/EventCollector.php
@@ -13,16 +13,20 @@ class EventCollector extends TimeDataCollector
     /** @var Dispatcher */
     protected $events;
 
+    /** @var Dispatcher */
+    protected $excludedEvents;
+
     /** @var integer */
     protected $previousTime;
 
     /** @var bool */
     protected $collectValues;
 
-    public function __construct($requestStartTime = null, $collectValues = false)
+    public function __construct($requestStartTime = null, $collectValues = false, $excludedEvents = [])
     {
         parent::__construct($requestStartTime);
         $this->collectValues = $collectValues;
+        $this->excludedEvents = $excludedEvents;
         $this->setDataFormatter(new SimpleFormatter());
     }
 
@@ -31,6 +35,12 @@ public function onWildcardEvent($name = null, $data = [])
         $currentTime = microtime(true);
         $eventClass = explode(':', $name)[0];
 
+        foreach ($this->excludedEvents as $excludedEvent) {
+            if (Str::is($excludedEvent, $eventClass)) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (! $this->collectValues) {
             $this->addMeasure($name, $currentTime, $currentTime, [], null, $eventClass);
 
diff --git a/src/LaravelDebugbar.php b/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
index 71cc0786..ede781a0 100644
--- a/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
+++ b/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ function () use ($startTime) {
             try {
                 $startTime = $app['request']->server('REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT');
                 $collectData = $config->get('debugbar.options.events.data', false);
-                $this->addCollector(new EventCollector($startTime, $collectData));
+                $excludedEvents = $config->get('debugbar.options.events.excluded', []);
+                $this->addCollector(new EventCollector($startTime, $collectData, $excludedEvents));
                 $events->subscribe($this['event']);
             } catch (Exception $e) {
                 $this->addCollectorException('Cannot add EventCollector', $e);