diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/remoting.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/remoting.rst
index df963a9fdc..f9535cb6c2 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/remoting.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/remoting.rst
@@ -479,6 +479,14 @@ a denial of service attack). :class:`PossiblyHarmful` covers the predefined
 messages like :class:`PoisonPill` and :class:`Kill`, but it can also be added
 as a marker trait to user-defined messages.
 
+Messages sent with actor selection are by default discarded in untrusted mode, but
+permission to receive actor selection messages can be granted to specific actors
+defined in configuration::
+
+    akka.remote.trusted-selection-paths = ["/user/receptionist", "/user/namingService"]
+
+The actual message must still not be of type :class:`PossiblyHarmful`.
+
 In summary, the following operations are ignored by a system configured in
 untrusted mode when incoming via the remoting layer:
 
@@ -487,6 +495,7 @@ untrusted mode when incoming via the remoting layer:
 * ``system.stop()``, :class:`PoisonPill`, :class:`Kill`
 * sending any message which extends from the :class:`PossiblyHarmful` marker
   interface, which includes :class:`Terminated`
+* messages sent with actor selection, unless destination defined in ``trusted-selection-paths``.
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/remoting.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/remoting.rst
index 3e8a9db1d4..367ac1d0df 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/remoting.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/remoting.rst
@@ -480,6 +480,14 @@ a denial of service attack). :class:`PossiblyHarmful` covers the predefined
 messages like :class:`PoisonPill` and :class:`Kill`, but it can also be added
 as a marker trait to user-defined messages.
 
+Messages sent with actor selection are by default discarded in untrusted mode, but
+permission to receive actor selection messages can be granted to specific actors
+defined in configuration::
+
+    akka.remote.trusted-selection-paths = ["/user/receptionist", "/user/namingService"]
+
+The actual message must still not be of type :class:`PossiblyHarmful`.
+
 In summary, the following operations are ignored by a system configured in
 untrusted mode when incoming via the remoting layer:
 
@@ -488,6 +496,7 @@ untrusted mode when incoming via the remoting layer:
 * ``system.stop()``, :class:`PoisonPill`, :class:`Kill`
 * sending any message which extends from the :class:`PossiblyHarmful` marker
   interface, which includes :class:`Terminated`
+* messages sent with actor selection, unless destination defined in ``trusted-selection-paths``.
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 22387f0b1f..523b875b67 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ akka {
     # system messages to be send by clients, e.g. messages like 'Create',
     # 'Suspend', 'Resume', 'Terminate', 'Supervise', 'Link' etc.
     untrusted-mode = off
+    
+    # When 'untrusted-mode=on' inbound actor selections are by default discarded.
+    # Actors with paths defined in this white list are granted permission to receive actor
+    # selections messages. 
+    # E.g. trusted-selection-paths = ["/user/receptionist", "/user/namingService"]   
+    trusted-selection-paths = []
 
     # Should the remote server require that its peers share the same
     # secure-cookie (defined in the 'remote' section)? Secure cookies are passed
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala
index 89c52ea35a..feeca30f96 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala
@@ -71,13 +71,19 @@ private[remote] class DefaultMessageDispatcher(private val system: ExtendedActor
       case l @ (_: LocalRef | _: RepointableRef) if l.isLocal ⇒
         if (LogReceive) log.debug("received local message {}", msgLog)
         payload match {
-          case msg: PossiblyHarmful if UntrustedMode ⇒
-            log.debug("operating in UntrustedMode, dropping inbound PossiblyHarmful message of type {}", msg.getClass)
-          case msg: SystemMessage ⇒ l.sendSystemMessage(msg)
           case sel: ActorSelectionMessage ⇒
-            // run the receive logic for ActorSelectionMessage here to make sure it is not stuck on busy user actor
-            ActorSelection.deliverSelection(l, sender, sel)
-          case msg ⇒ l.!(msg)(sender)
+            if (UntrustedMode && (!TrustedSelectionPaths.contains(sel.elements.mkString("/", "/", "")) ||
+              sel.msg.isInstanceOf[PossiblyHarmful] || l != provider.rootGuardian))
+              log.debug("operating in UntrustedMode, dropping inbound actor selection to [{}], " +
+                "allow it by adding the path to 'akka.remote.trusted-selection-paths' configuration",
+                sel.elements.mkString("/", "/", ""))
+            else
+              // run the receive logic for ActorSelectionMessage here to make sure it is not stuck on busy user actor
+              ActorSelection.deliverSelection(l, sender, sel)
+          case msg: PossiblyHarmful if UntrustedMode ⇒
+            log.debug("operating in UntrustedMode, dropping inbound PossiblyHarmful message of type [{}]", msg.getClass.getName)
+          case msg: SystemMessage ⇒ l.sendSystemMessage(msg)
+          case msg                ⇒ l.!(msg)(sender)
         }
 
       case r @ (_: RemoteRef | _: RepointableRef) if !r.isLocal && !UntrustedMode ⇒
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
index 0529c94842..fd5502b1fc 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ final class RemoteSettings(val config: Config) {
 
   val UntrustedMode: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.remote.untrusted-mode")
 
+  val TrustedSelectionPaths: Set[String] =
+    immutableSeq(getStringList("akka.remote.trusted-selection-paths")).toSet
+
   val RemoteLifecycleEventsLogLevel: LogLevel = getString("akka.remote.log-remote-lifecycle-events").toLowerCase() match {
     case "on" ⇒ Logging.DebugLevel
     case other ⇒ Logging.levelFor(other) match {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
index 5d905c2470..5240867321 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class RemoteConfigSpec extends AkkaSpec(
       LogReceive must be(false)
       LogSend must be(false)
       UntrustedMode must be(false)
+      TrustedSelectionPaths must be(Set.empty[String])
       LogRemoteLifecycleEvents must be(true)
       ShutdownTimeout.duration must be(10 seconds)
       FlushWait must be(2 seconds)
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala
index 64a6163608..ed88f4baca 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/UntrustedSpec.scala
@@ -4,85 +4,178 @@
 
 package akka.remote
 
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.ActorIdentity
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.actor.Deploy
+import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
+import akka.actor.Identify
+import akka.actor.PoisonPill
+import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.actor.RootActorPath
+import akka.actor.Terminated
 import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
 import akka.testkit.ImplicitSender
-import akka.actor.ActorSystem
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
-import akka.actor.RootActorPath
-import akka.testkit.EventFilter
+import akka.testkit.TestProbe
+import akka.actor.ActorSelection
 import akka.testkit.TestEvent
-import akka.actor.Props
-import akka.actor.Actor
 import akka.event.Logging
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import akka.actor.Terminated
-import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import akka.actor.PoisonPill
-import akka.actor.Deploy
+import akka.testkit.EventFilter
+
+object UntrustedSpec {
+  case class IdentifyReq(path: String)
+  case class StopChild(name: String)
+
+  class Receptionist(testActor: ActorRef) extends Actor {
+    context.actorOf(Props(classOf[Child], testActor), "child1")
+    context.actorOf(Props(classOf[Child], testActor), "child2")
+    context.actorOf(Props(classOf[FakeUser], testActor), "user")
+
+    def receive = {
+      case IdentifyReq(path) ⇒ context.actorSelection(path).tell(Identify(None), sender)
+      case StopChild(name)   ⇒ context.child(name) foreach context.stop
+      case msg               ⇒ testActor forward msg
+    }
+  }
+
+  class Child(testActor: ActorRef) extends Actor {
+    override def postStop(): Unit = {
+      testActor ! s"${self.path.name} stopped"
+    }
+    def receive = {
+      case msg ⇒ testActor forward msg
+    }
+  }
+
+  class FakeUser(testActor: ActorRef) extends Actor {
+    context.actorOf(Props(classOf[Child], testActor), "receptionist")
+    def receive = {
+      case msg ⇒ testActor forward msg
+    }
+  }
+
+}
 
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 class UntrustedSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
 akka.actor.provider = akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider
 akka.remote.untrusted-mode = on
+akka.remote.trusted-selection-paths = ["/user/receptionist", ]    
 akka.remote.netty.tcp.port = 0
 akka.loglevel = DEBUG
 """) with ImplicitSender {
 
-  val other = ActorSystem("UntrustedSpec-client", ConfigFactory.parseString("""
+  import UntrustedSpec._
+
+  val client = ActorSystem("UntrustedSpec-client", ConfigFactory.parseString("""
       akka.actor.provider = akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider
       akka.remote.netty.tcp.port = 0
   """))
-  val addr = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider].transport.addresses.head
-  val target1 = other.actorFor(RootActorPath(addr) / "remote")
-  val target2 = other.actorFor(RootActorPath(addr) / testActor.path.elements)
+  val addr = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].provider.getDefaultAddress
+
+  val receptionist = system.actorOf(Props(classOf[Receptionist], testActor), "receptionist")
+
+  lazy val remoteDaemon = {
+    {
+      val p = TestProbe()(client)
+      client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / receptionist.path.elements).tell(IdentifyReq("/remote"), p.ref)
+      p.expectMsgType[ActorIdentity].ref.get
+    }
+  }
+
+  lazy val target2 = {
+    val p = TestProbe()(client)
+    client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / receptionist.path.elements).tell(
+      IdentifyReq("child2"), p.ref)
+    p.expectMsgType[ActorIdentity].ref.get
+  }
 
   override def afterTermination() {
-    shutdown(other)
+    shutdown(client)
   }
 
   // need to enable debug log-level without actually printing those messages
   system.eventStream.publish(TestEvent.Mute(EventFilter.debug()))
 
-  // but instead install our own listener
-  system.eventStream.subscribe(system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
-    import Logging._
-    def receive = {
-      case d @ Debug(_, _, msg: String) if msg contains "dropping" ⇒ testActor ! d
-      case _ ⇒
-    }
-  }).withDeploy(Deploy.local), "debugSniffer"), classOf[Logging.Debug])
-
   "UntrustedMode" must {
 
+    "allow actor selection to configured white list" in {
+      val sel = client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / receptionist.path.elements)
+      sel ! "hello"
+      expectMsg("hello")
+    }
+
     "discard harmful messages to /remote" in {
-      target1 ! "hello"
-      expectMsgType[Logging.Debug]
+      val logProbe = TestProbe()
+      // but instead install our own listener
+      system.eventStream.subscribe(system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+        import Logging._
+        def receive = {
+          case d @ Debug(_, _, msg: String) if msg contains "dropping" ⇒ logProbe.ref ! d
+          case _ ⇒
+        }
+      }).withDeploy(Deploy.local), "debugSniffer"), classOf[Logging.Debug])
+
+      remoteDaemon ! "hello"
+      logProbe.expectMsgType[Logging.Debug]
     }
 
     "discard harmful messages to testActor" in {
-      target2 ! Terminated(target1)(existenceConfirmed = true, addressTerminated = false)
-      expectMsgType[Logging.Debug]
+      target2 ! Terminated(remoteDaemon)(existenceConfirmed = true, addressTerminated = false)
       target2 ! PoisonPill
-      expectMsgType[Logging.Debug]
-      other.stop(target2)
-      expectMsgType[Logging.Debug]
+      client.stop(target2)
       target2 ! "blech"
       expectMsg("blech")
     }
 
     "discard watch messages" in {
-      other.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+      client.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
         context.watch(target2)
         def receive = {
           case x ⇒ testActor forward x
         }
       }).withDeploy(Deploy.local))
-      within(1.second) {
-        expectMsgType[Logging.Debug]
-        expectNoMsg
-      }
+      receptionist ! StopChild("child2")
+      expectMsg("child2 stopped")
+      // no Terminated msg, since watch was discarded
+      expectNoMsg(1.second)
+    }
+
+    "discard actor selection" in {
+      val sel = client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / testActor.path.elements)
+      sel ! "hello"
+      expectNoMsg(1.second)
+    }
+
+    "discard actor selection with non root anchor" in {
+      val p = TestProbe()(client)
+      client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / receptionist.path.elements).tell(
+        Identify(None), p.ref)
+      val clientReceptionistRef = p.expectMsgType[ActorIdentity].ref.get
+
+      val sel = ActorSelection(clientReceptionistRef, receptionist.path.elements.mkString("/", "/", ""))
+      sel ! "hello"
+      expectNoMsg(1.second)
+    }
+
+    "discard actor selection to child of matching white list" in {
+      val sel = client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / receptionist.path.elements / "child1")
+      sel ! "hello"
+      expectNoMsg(1.second)
+    }
+
+    "discard actor selection with wildcard" in {
+      val sel = client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / receptionist.path.elements / "*")
+      sel ! "hello"
+      expectNoMsg(1.second)
+    }
+
+    "discard actor selection containing harmful message" in {
+      val sel = client.actorSelection(RootActorPath(addr) / receptionist.path.elements)
+      sel ! PoisonPill
+      expectNoMsg(1.second)
     }
 
   }