diff --git a/lib/interfaces/renderer.go b/lib/interfaces/renderer.go
index f8d127ba1..b487d2e38 100644
--- a/lib/interfaces/renderer.go
+++ b/lib/interfaces/renderer.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ type Renderer interface {
 	NotifyEvent(eventData *messages.EventData) error
 
 	// Dialog Runtime
-	SelectFile() string
+	SelectFile(filter string) string
 	SelectDirectory() string
-	SelectSaveFile() string
+	SelectSaveFile(filter string) string
 
 	// Window Runtime
 	SetColour(string) error
diff --git a/lib/renderer/bridge/bridge.go b/lib/renderer/bridge/bridge.go
index 85a9cfd99..af827f25f 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/bridge/bridge.go
+++ b/lib/renderer/bridge/bridge.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (h *Bridge) NewBinding(methodName string) error {
 
 // SelectFile is unsupported for Bridge but required
 // for the Renderer interface
-func (h *Bridge) SelectFile() string {
+func (h *Bridge) SelectFile(filter string) string {
 	h.log.Warn("SelectFile() unsupported in bridge mode")
 	return ""
 }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (h *Bridge) SelectDirectory() string {
 
 // SelectSaveFile is unsupported for Bridge but required
 // for the Renderer interface
-func (h *Bridge) SelectSaveFile() string {
+func (h *Bridge) SelectSaveFile(filter string) string {
 	h.log.Warn("SelectSaveFile() unsupported in bridge mode")
 	return ""
 }
diff --git a/lib/renderer/webview.go b/lib/renderer/webview.go
index 6589d0fb3..583f58cbb 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/webview.go
+++ b/lib/renderer/webview.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (w *WebView) NewBinding(methodName string) error {
 }
 
 // SelectFile opens a dialog that allows the user to select a file
-func (w *WebView) SelectFile() string {
+func (w *WebView) SelectFile(filter string) string {
 	var result string
 
 	// We need to run this on the main thread, however Dispatch is
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (w *WebView) SelectFile() string {
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		w.window.Dispatch(func() {
-			result = w.window.Dialog(wv.DialogTypeOpen, 0, "Select File", "")
+			result = w.window.Dialog(wv.DialogTypeOpen, 0, "Select File", "", filter)
 			wg.Done()
 		})
 	}()
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (w *WebView) SelectDirectory() string {
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		w.window.Dispatch(func() {
-			result = w.window.Dialog(wv.DialogTypeOpen, wv.DialogFlagDirectory, "Select Directory", "")
+			result = w.window.Dialog(wv.DialogTypeOpen, wv.DialogFlagDirectory, "Select Directory", "", "")
 			wg.Done()
 		})
 	}()
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (w *WebView) SelectDirectory() string {
 }
 
 // SelectSaveFile opens a dialog that allows the user to select a file to save
-func (w *WebView) SelectSaveFile() string {
+func (w *WebView) SelectSaveFile(filter string) string {
 	var result string
 	// We need to run this on the main thread, however Dispatch is
 	// non-blocking so we launch this in a goroutine and wait for
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (w *WebView) SelectSaveFile() string {
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		w.window.Dispatch(func() {
-			result = w.window.Dialog(wv.DialogTypeSave, 0, "Save file", "")
+			result = w.window.Dialog(wv.DialogTypeSave, 0, "Save file", "", filter)
 			wg.Done()
 		})
 	}()
diff --git a/lib/renderer/webview/webview.go b/lib/renderer/webview/webview.go
index cb302e97f..f8ac2b706 100755
--- a/lib/renderer/webview/webview.go
+++ b/lib/renderer/webview/webview.go
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ static inline void CgoWebViewSetColor(void *w, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b,
 }
 
 static inline void CgoDialog(void *w, int dlgtype, int flags,
-		char *title, char *arg, char *res, size_t ressz) {
+char *title, char *arg, char *res, size_t ressz, char *filter) {
 	webview_dialog(w, dlgtype, flags,
-		(const char*)title, (const char*) arg, res, ressz);
+	(const char*)title, (const char*) arg, res, ressz, filter);
 }
 
 static inline int CgoWebViewEval(void *w, char *js) {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ type WebView interface {
 	// Dialog() opens a system dialog of the given type and title. String
 	// argument can be provided for certain dialogs, such as alert boxes. For
 	// alert boxes argument is a message inside the dialog box.
-	Dialog(dlgType DialogType, flags int, title string, arg string) string
+	Dialog(dlgType DialogType, flags int, title string, arg string, filter string) string
 	// Terminate() breaks the main UI loop. This method must be called from the main thread
 	// only. See Dispatch() for more details.
 	Terminate()
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (w *webview) SetFullscreen(fullscreen bool) {
 	C.CgoWebViewSetFullscreen(w.w, C.int(boolToInt(fullscreen)))
 }
 
-func (w *webview) Dialog(dlgType DialogType, flags int, title string, arg string) string {
+func (w *webview) Dialog(dlgType DialogType, flags int, title string, arg string, filter string) string {
 	const maxPath = 4096
 	titlePtr := C.CString(title)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(titlePtr))
@@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ func (w *webview) Dialog(dlgType DialogType, flags int, title string, arg string
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(argPtr))
 	resultPtr := (*C.char)(C.calloc((C.size_t)(unsafe.Sizeof((*C.char)(nil))), (C.size_t)(maxPath)))
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(resultPtr))
+	filterPtr := C.CString(filter)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(filterPtr))
 	C.CgoDialog(w.w, C.int(dlgType), C.int(flags), titlePtr,
-		argPtr, resultPtr, C.size_t(maxPath))
+		argPtr, resultPtr, C.size_t(maxPath), filterPtr)
 	return C.GoString(resultPtr)
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/renderer/webview/webview.h b/lib/renderer/webview/webview.h
index 9d4761ca3..5b18dc7f7 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/webview/webview.h
+++ b/lib/renderer/webview/webview.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ struct webview_priv
   WEBVIEW_API void webview_dialog(struct webview *w,
                                   enum webview_dialog_type dlgtype, int flags,
                                   const char *title, const char *arg,
-                                  char *result, size_t resultsz);
+                                  char *result, size_t resultsz, char *filter);
   WEBVIEW_API void webview_dispatch(struct webview *w, webview_dispatch_fn fn,
                                     void *arg);
   WEBVIEW_API void webview_terminate(struct webview *w);
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ struct webview_priv
   WEBVIEW_API void webview_dialog(struct webview *w,
                                   enum webview_dialog_type dlgtype, int flags,
                                   const char *title, const char *arg,
-                                  char *result, size_t resultsz)
+                                  char *result, size_t resultsz, char *filter)
   {
     GtkWidget *dlg;
     if (result != NULL)
@@ -438,6 +438,16 @@ struct webview_priv
           "_Cancel", GTK_RESPONSE_CANCEL,
           (dlgtype == WEBVIEW_DIALOG_TYPE_OPEN ? "_Open" : "_Save"),
           GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT, NULL);
+      if (filter[0] != '\0') {
+          GtkFileFilter *file_filter = gtk_file_filter_new();
+          gchar **filters  = g_strsplit(filter, ",", -1);
+          gint i;
+          for(i = 0; filters && filters[i]; i++) {
+              gtk_file_filter_add_pattern(file_filter, filters[i]);
+          }
+          gtk_file_filter_set_name(file_filter, filter);
+          gtk_file_chooser_add_filter(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(dlg), file_filter);
+      }
       gtk_file_chooser_set_local_only(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(dlg), FALSE);
       gtk_file_chooser_set_select_multiple(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(dlg), FALSE);
       gtk_file_chooser_set_show_hidden(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(dlg), TRUE);
diff --git a/runtime/dialog.go b/runtime/dialog.go
index b29182637..642b55d2c 100644
--- a/runtime/dialog.go
+++ b/runtime/dialog.go
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ func NewDialog(renderer interfaces.Renderer) *Dialog {
 }
 
 // SelectFile prompts the user to select a file
-func (r *Dialog) SelectFile() string {
-	return r.renderer.SelectFile()
+func (r *Dialog) SelectFile(params ...string) string {
+	filter := ""
+	if len(params) > 0 {
+		filter = params[0]
+	}
+	return r.renderer.SelectFile(filter)
 }
 
 // SelectDirectory prompts the user to select a directory
@@ -25,6 +29,10 @@ func (r *Dialog) SelectDirectory() string {
 }
 
 // SelectSaveFile prompts the user to select a file for saving
-func (r *Dialog) SelectSaveFile() string {
-	return r.renderer.SelectSaveFile()
+func (r *Dialog) SelectSaveFile(params ...string) string {
+	filter := ""
+	if len(params) > 0 {
+		filter = params[0]
+	}
+	return r.renderer.SelectSaveFile(filter)
 }