diff --git a/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md b/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md
index 19ba60f153..38297dbbc0 100644
--- a/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md
+++ b/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ You will need to configure default credentials for your devices, LibreNMS doesn'
 ```
 
 If you have devices which you do not wish to appear in Oxidized then you can edit those devices in Device -> Edit -> Misc and enable "Exclude from Oxidized?"
+
+It's also possible to exclude certain device types and OS' from being output via the API. This is currently only possible via config.php:
+
+```php
+$config['oxidized']['ignore_types'] = array('server');
+$config['oxidized']['ignore_os'] = array('linux');
+```
diff --git a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
index 2e10819b91..7a903bc658 100644
--- a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
@@ -890,12 +890,14 @@ function get_inventory() {
 
 
 function list_oxidized() {
-    // return details of a single device
+    global $config;
     $app = \Slim\Slim::getInstance();
     $app->response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
 
     $devices = array();
-    foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT hostname,os FROM `devices` LEFT JOIN devices_attribs AS `DA` ON devices.device_id = DA.device_id AND `DA`.attrib_type='override_Oxidized_disable' WHERE `status`='1' AND (DA.attrib_value = 'false' OR DA.attrib_value IS NULL)") as $device) {
+    $device_types = "'".implode("','", $config['oxidized']['ignore_types'])."'";
+    $device_os    = "'".implode("','", $config['oxidized']['ignore_os'])."'";
+    foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT hostname,os FROM `devices` LEFT JOIN devices_attribs AS `DA` ON devices.device_id = DA.device_id AND `DA`.attrib_type='override_Oxidized_disable' WHERE `status`='1' AND (DA.attrib_value = 'false' OR DA.attrib_value IS NULL) AND (`type` NOT IN ($device_types) AND `os` NOT IN ($device_os))") as $device) {
         $devices[] = $device;
     }