diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index cb3464f0..b16eb615 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -99,3 +99,5 @@ ______________
 * Updated examples, specifically ``examples/twitter-to-xhtml.py``, ``examples/view_friends.py``, ``examples/shorten_url.py``
 
 * Updated ``get_access_token.py`` script to be python3 compatible.
+
+* :py:func:`twitter.api.Api.GetStreamFilter()` now accepts an optional languages parameter as a list.
diff --git a/examples/streaming/track_users.py b/examples/streaming/track_users.py
index fab36d55..faa37565 100644
--- a/examples/streaming/track_users.py
+++ b/examples/streaming/track_users.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# This file demonstrates how to track mentions of a specific set of users and
-# archive those mentions to a local file. The output file will contain one
-# JSON string per line per Tweet.
+# This file demonstrates how to track mentions of a specific set of users in 
+# english language and archive those mentions to a local file. The output
+# file will contain one JSON string per line per Tweet.
 
 # To use this example, replace the W/X/Y/Zs with your keys obtained from
 # Twitter, or uncomment the lines for getting an environment variable. If you
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
          '@twitterapi',
          '@support']
 
+# Languages to filter tweets by is a list. This will be joined by Twitter
+# to return data mentioning tweets only in the english language.
+LANGUAGES = ['en']
+
 # Since we're going to be using a streaming endpoint, there is no need to worry
 # about rate limits.
 api = Api(CONSUMER_KEY,
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ def main():
     with open('output.txt', 'a') as f:
         # api.GetStreamFilter will return a generator that yields one status
         # message (i.e., Tweet) at a time as a JSON dictionary.
-        for line in api.GetStreamFilter(track=USERS):
+        for line in api.GetStreamFilter(track=USERS, languages=LANGUAGES):
             f.write(json.dumps(line))
             f.write('\n')
 
diff --git a/twitter/api.py b/twitter/api.py
index 4de7f376..c1b2f9ed 100644
--- a/twitter/api.py
+++ b/twitter/api.py
@@ -4452,6 +4452,7 @@ def GetStreamFilter(self,
                         follow=None,
                         track=None,
                         locations=None,
+                        languages=None,
                         delimited=None,
                         stall_warnings=None):
         """Returns a filtered view of public statuses.
@@ -4468,6 +4469,10 @@ def GetStreamFilter(self,
             Specifies a message length. [Optional]
           stall_warnings:
             Set to True to have Twitter deliver stall warnings. [Optional]
+          languages:
+            A list of Languages.
+            Will only return Tweets that have been detected as being
+            written in the specified languages. [Optional]
 
         Returns:
           A twitter stream
@@ -4486,6 +4491,8 @@ def GetStreamFilter(self,
             data['delimited'] = str(delimited)
         if stall_warnings is not None:
             data['stall_warnings'] = str(stall_warnings)
+        if languages is not None:
+            data['language'] = ','.join(languages)
 
         resp = self._RequestStream(url, 'POST', data=data)
         for line in resp.iter_lines():