diff --git a/src/xss-filters.js b/src/xss-filters.js
index 42994eb..d006b19 100644
--- a/src/xss-filters.js
+++ b/src/xss-filters.js
@@ -251,6 +251,57 @@ exports._getPrivFilters = function () {
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    /* 
+     * Create URL whitelist filter
+     * Ref: https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#url-parsing
+     * @param {boolean} allowAllSafeURIs - to enable inherited protocol (//), blob:, http://, https://, ftp://, "data:image/[gif,jpeg,png];base64," are allowed
+     * @param {boolean} allowInheritProto - to enable inherited protocol (//), or otherwise, only http:// and https:// are allowed
+     * @param {boolean} allowRelPath - to allow relative path
+     * @param {boolean} allowHosts - an optional array of hostnames that each matches /^[\w\.-]+$/. If any one is found unmatched, return null
+     * @param {boolean} reqHtmlDecode - to run html decoding first before applying the tests
+     * @returns {function|null} the yuwl filter that tests value according to the config
+     */
+    function yuwlFactory (allowAllSafeURIs, allowInheritProto, allowRelPath, allowHosts, reqHtmlDecode) {
+        var i, n, reHost, reHosts,
+            reProto = allowAllSafeURIs ? 
+                        /^[\x00-\x20]*(?:(?:(blob:)?https?|ftp):\/\/|data:image\/(?:gif|jpe?g|png);base64,|\/\/)/i :
+                        allowInheritProto ? 
+                            /^[\x00-\x20]*(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/)/i :
+                            /^[\x00-\x20]*https?:\/\//i,
+            reRelPath = allowRelPath && /^[\x00-\x20]*(?![a-z][a-z0-9+-.]*:|[\/\\]{2})/i;
+
+        // create reHosts from the hostList array, that is case insensitive
+        // reHosts is defined as must start with either of the allowed hosts, and 
+        //   followed by either nothing (i.e., end of string), or / ? # \
+        // return null if there exists an host not fullfilling the regexp /^[\w\.-]+$/ 
+        if (allowHosts) {
+            reHost = /^[\w\.-]+$/;
+            for (i = 0, n = allowHosts.length; i < n; i++) {
+                if (!reHost.test(allowHosts[i])) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+            reHosts = new RegExp('^(?:' + 
+                allowHosts.join('|').replace(/\./g, '\\.') + 
+                ')(?:$|[\\/?#\\\\])', 'i');
+        }
+
+        return function(url) {
+            if (reqHtmlDecode) {
+                url = htmlDecode(url);
+            }
+            // either its a relativeURL, or 
+            // its protocol is allowed, and no host restrictions, or 
+            // its protocol and host is both allowed
+            if ((allowRelPath && reRelPath.test(url)) || 
+                ((result = reProto.exec(url)) !== null && 
+                    (!reHosts || (reHosts && reHosts.test(url.slice(result[0].length)))))) {
+                return url;
+            }
+            return 'x-' + url;
+        };
+    }
     
 
     function cssEncode(chr) {
@@ -270,6 +321,8 @@ exports._getPrivFilters = function () {
     }
 
     return (x = {
+        yuwl: null,
+        yuwlFactory: yuwlFactory,
         yHtmlDecode: htmlDecode,
         /*
          * @param {string} s - An untrusted uri input