diff --git a/doc/contributing.asciidoc b/doc/contributing.asciidoc
index 3845dfdf7..07c2dfe25 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/contributing.asciidoc
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ There are some useful functions for debugging in the `qutebrowser.utils.debug`
 module.
 
 When starting qutebrowser with the `--debug` flag, you also get useful debug
-logs. You can add +--logfilter _category[,category,...]_+ to restrict logging
-to the given categories.
+logs. You can add +--logfilter _[!]category[,category,...]_+ to restrict
+logging to the given categories.
 
 With `--debug` there are also some additional +debug-_*_+ commands available,
 for example `:debug-all-objects` and `:debug-all-widgets` which print a list of
diff --git a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
index 7a1bef736..6e2feea78 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def logfilter_error(logfilter):
     Args:
         logfilter: A comma separated list of logger names.
     """
-    if set(logfilter.split(',')).issubset(log.LOGGER_NAMES):
+    if set(logfilter.lstrip('!').split(',')).issubset(log.LOGGER_NAMES):
         return logfilter
     else:
         raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/log.py b/qutebrowser/utils/log.py
index d6cae1312..6f56f1876 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/log.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/log.py
@@ -182,9 +182,16 @@ def init_log(args):
     root = logging.getLogger()
     global console_filter
     if console is not None:
-        console_filter = LogFilter(None)
-        if args.logfilter is not None:
-            console_filter.names = args.logfilter.split(',')
+        if not args.logfilter:
+            negate = False
+            names = None
+        elif args.logfilter.startswith('!'):
+            negate = True
+            names = args.logfilter[1:].split(',')
+        else:
+            negate = False
+            names = args.logfilter.split(',')
+        console_filter = LogFilter(names, negate)
         console.addFilter(console_filter)
         root.addHandler(console)
     if ram is not None:
@@ -498,12 +505,14 @@ class LogFilter(logging.Filter):
     comma-separated list instead.
 
     Attributes:
-        _names: A list of names that should be logged.
+        names: A list of record names to filter.
+        negated: Wether names is a list of records to log or to suppress.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, names):
+    def __init__(self, names, negate=False):
         super().__init__()
         self.names = names
+        self.negated = negate
 
     def filter(self, record):
         """Determine if the specified record is to be logged."""
@@ -514,12 +523,12 @@ class LogFilter(logging.Filter):
             return True
         for name in self.names:
             if record.name == name:
-                return True
+                return not self.negated
             elif not record.name.startswith(name):
                 continue
             elif record.name[len(name)] == '.':
-                return True
-        return False
+                return not self.negated
+        return self.negated
 
 
 class RAMHandler(logging.Handler):
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
index f7b954052..414a989f6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
@@ -116,24 +116,36 @@ class TestLogFilter:
         return logger.makeRecord(name, level=level, fn=None, lno=0, msg="",
                                  args=None, exc_info=None)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('filters, category, logged', [
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('filters, negated, category, logged', [
         # Filter letting all messages through
-        (None, 'eggs.bacon.spam', True),
-        (None, 'eggs', True),
+        (None, False, 'eggs.bacon.spam', True),
+        (None, False, 'eggs', True),
+        (None, True, 'ham', True),
         # Matching records
-        (['eggs', 'bacon'], 'eggs', True),
-        (['eggs', 'bacon'], 'bacon', True),
-        (['eggs.bacon'], 'eggs.bacon', True),
+        (['eggs', 'bacon'], False, 'eggs', True),
+        (['eggs', 'bacon'], False, 'bacon', True),
+        (['eggs.bacon'], False, 'eggs.bacon', True),
         # Non-matching records
-        (['eggs', 'bacon'], 'spam', False),
-        (['eggs'], 'eggsauce', False),
-        (['eggs.bacon'], 'eggs.baconstrips', False),
+        (['eggs', 'bacon'], False, 'spam', False),
+        (['eggs'], False, 'eggsauce', False),
+        (['eggs.bacon'], False, 'eggs.baconstrips', False),
         # Child loggers
-        (['eggs.bacon', 'spam.ham'], 'eggs.bacon.spam', True),
-        (['eggs.bacon', 'spam.ham'], 'spam.ham.salami', True),
+        (['eggs.bacon', 'spam.ham'], False, 'eggs.bacon.spam', True),
+        (['eggs.bacon', 'spam.ham'], False, 'spam.ham.salami', True),
+        # Suppressed records
+        (['eggs', 'bacon'], True, 'eggs', False),
+        (['eggs', 'bacon'], True, 'bacon', False),
+        (['eggs.bacon'], True, 'eggs.bacon', False),
+        # Non-suppressed records
+        (['eggs', 'bacon'], True, 'spam', True),
+        (['eggs'], True, 'eggsauce', True),
+        (['eggs.bacon'], True, 'eggs.baconstrips', True),
     ])
-    def test_logfilter(self, logger, filters, category, logged):
-        logfilter = log.LogFilter(filters)
+    def test_logfilter(self, logger, filters, negated, category, logged):
+        """
+        Check the multi-record filtering filterer filters multiple records.
+        """
+        logfilter = log.LogFilter(filters, negated)
         record = self._make_record(logger, category)
         assert logfilter.filter(record) == logged
 
@@ -204,6 +216,23 @@ class TestInitLog:
         log.init_log(args)
         sys.stderr = old_stderr
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('logfilter, negated', [
+        ('!one,two', True),
+        ('one,two', False),
+        ('one,!two', False),
+        (None, False),
+    ])
+    def test_negation_parser(self, args, mocker, logfilter, negated):
+        """Test parsing the --logfilter argument."""
+        filter_mock = mocker.patch('qutebrowser.utils.log.LogFilter',
+                                   autospec=True)
+        args.logfilter = logfilter
+        log.init_log(args)
+        expected_names = (logfilter.lstrip('!').split(',') if logfilter else
+                          None)
+        assert filter_mock.called
+        assert filter_mock.call_args[0] == (expected_names, negated)
+
 
 class TestHideQtWarning: