diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ef89f6..d44a61f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@ Typically set your own id into it.
 
 `OWNERS_ONLY` is an optional variable once defined only the owners can operate the bot (this is a form of whitelisting)
 
+`INVITE_WHITELIST` (default empty) is an optional comma-separated list of matrix id's to restrict the acceptance of invites into rooms of the bot to users or servers. It supports wild cards: Example value: `@user:matrix.org,@*:myserver.org`
+
 `LEAVE_EMPTY_ROOMS` (default true) if this is set to false, the bot will stay in empty rooms
 
 __*ATTENTION:*__ Don't include bot itself in `BOT_OWNERS` if cron or any other module that can cause bot to send custom commands is used, as it could potentially be used to run owner commands as the bot itself.
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index edf0e46..2d04172 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Bot:
         self.version = '1.5'
         self.client = None
         self.join_on_invite = False
+        self.invite_whitelist = []
         self.modules = dict()
         self.module_aliases = dict()
         self.leave_empty_rooms = True
@@ -458,11 +459,25 @@ class Bot:
     def starts_with_command(body):
         """Checks if body starts with ! and has one or more letters after it"""
         return re.match(r"^!\w.*", body) is not None
+    
+    def on_invite_whitelist(self, sender):
+        for entry in self.invite_whitelist:
+            if entry == sender:
+                return True 
+            controll_value = entry.split(':')
+            if controll_value[0] == '@*' and controll_value[1] == sender.split(':')[1]:
+                return True
+        return False
+
 
     async def invite_cb(self, room, event):
         room: MatrixRoom
         event: InviteEvent
 
+        if len(self.invite_whitelist) > 0 and not self.on_invite_whitelist(event.sender):
+            self.logger.error(f'Cannot join room {room.display_name}, as {event.sender} is not whitelisted for invites!')
+            return
+
         if self.join_on_invite or self.is_owner(event):
             for attempt in range(3):
                 self.jointime = datetime.datetime.now()
@@ -558,6 +573,7 @@ class Bot:
         bot_owners = os.getenv('BOT_OWNERS')
         access_token = os.getenv('MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN')
         join_on_invite = os.getenv('JOIN_ON_INVITE')
+        invite_whitelist = os.getenv('INVITE_WHITELIST')
         owners_only = os.getenv('OWNERS_ONLY') is not None
         leave_empty_rooms = os.getenv('LEAVE_EMPTY_ROOMS')
 
@@ -565,6 +581,7 @@ class Bot:
             self.client = AsyncClient(matrix_server, self.matrix_user, ssl = matrix_server.startswith("https://"))
             self.client.access_token = access_token
             self.join_on_invite = (join_on_invite or '').lower() == 'true'
+            self.invite_whitelist = invite_whitelist.split(',') if invite_whitelist is not None else []
             self.leave_empty_rooms = (leave_empty_rooms or 'true').lower() == 'true'
             self.owners = bot_owners.split(',')
             self.owners_only = owners_only
@@ -616,6 +633,8 @@ class Bot:
 
                 if self.join_on_invite:
                     self.logger.info('Note: Bot will join rooms if invited')
+                if len(self.invite_whitelist) > 0:
+                    self.logger.info(f'Note: Bot will only join rooms when the inviting user is contained in {self.invite_whitelist}')
                 self.logger.info('Bot running as %s, owners %s', self.client.user, self.owners)
                 self.bot_task = asyncio.create_task(self.client.sync_forever(timeout=30000))
                 await self.bot_task