diff --git a/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/Changes.java b/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/Changes.java
index a544d46..b844fd7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/Changes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/Changes.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.Charsets;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.lightcouch.ChangesResult.Row;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
@@ -56,6 +58,14 @@
  *  JsonObject doc = feed.getDoc();
  *	// changes.stop(); // stop continuous feed
  * }
+ * 
+ * Selector filter:
+ * ChangesResult changeResult = dbClient.changes()
+ *	.since(since) 
+ *	.limit(10)
+ *	.selector("{\"selector":{\"_deleted\":true}}")
+ *	.getChanges();
+ *
  * </pre>
  * @see ChangesResult
  * @since 0.0.2
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@
 public class Changes {
 	
 	private BufferedReader reader;
-	private HttpGet httpGet;
+	private HttpUriRequest httpRequest;
 	private Row nextRow;
 	private boolean stop;
 	
@@ -72,6 +82,8 @@ public class Changes {
 	private Gson gson;
 	private URIBuilder uriBuilder;
 	
+	private String selector;
+	
 	Changes(CouchDbClientBase dbc) {
 		this.dbc = dbc;
 		this.gson = dbc.getGson();
@@ -85,10 +97,19 @@ public class Changes {
 	 */
 	public Changes continuousChanges() {
 		final URI uri = uriBuilder.query("feed", "continuous").build();
-		httpGet = new HttpGet(uri);
-		final InputStream in = dbc.get(httpGet);
-		final InputStreamReader is = new InputStreamReader(in, Charsets.UTF_8);
-		setReader(new BufferedReader(is));
+		if (selector == null) {
+			final HttpGet get = new HttpGet(uri);
+			httpRequest = get;
+			final InputStream in = dbc.get(get);
+			final InputStreamReader is = new InputStreamReader(in, Charsets.UTF_8);
+			setReader(new BufferedReader(is));
+		} else {
+			final HttpPost post = new HttpPost(uri);
+			httpRequest = post;
+			final InputStream in = dbc.post(post, selector);
+			final InputStreamReader is = new InputStreamReader(in, Charsets.UTF_8);
+			setReader(new BufferedReader(is));
+		}
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -121,7 +142,11 @@ public void stop() {
 	 */
 	public ChangesResult getChanges() {
 		final URI uri = uriBuilder.query("feed", "normal").build();
-		return dbc.get(uri, ChangesResult.class);
+		if (selector == null) {
+			return dbc.get(uri, ChangesResult.class);
+		} else {
+			return dbc.post(uri, selector, ChangesResult.class);
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Query Params
@@ -151,6 +176,12 @@ public Changes filter(String filter) {
 		return this;
 	}
 	
+	public Changes selector(String json) {
+		uriBuilder.query("filter", "_selector");
+		this.selector = json;
+		return this;
+	}
+	
 	public Changes includeDocs(boolean includeDocs) {
 		uriBuilder.query("include_docs", includeDocs);
 		return this;
@@ -206,7 +237,7 @@ private void setNextRow(Row nextRow) {
 	}
 	
 	private void terminate() {
-		httpGet.abort();
+		httpRequest.abort();
 		CouchDbUtil.close(getReader());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClient.java b/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClient.java
index 5694e92..14378b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClient.java
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ public void shutdown() {
 		HttpClientUtils.closeQuietly(this.httpClient);
 	}
 
-	@Override
 	public void close() throws IOException {
 		shutdown();
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClientBase.java b/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClientBase.java
index 956eb85..46c9356 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClientBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/lightcouch/CouchDbClientBase.java
@@ -621,6 +621,34 @@ HttpResponse post(URI uri, String json) {
 		return executeRequest(post);
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Performs a HTTP POST request.
+	 *
+	 * @return {@link HttpResponse}
+	 */
+	InputStream post(HttpPost post, String json) {
+		setEntity(post, json);
+		HttpResponse resp = executeRequest(post);
+		return getStream(resp);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Performs a HTTP POST request.
+	 *
+	 * @return An object of type T
+	 */
+	<T> T post(URI uri, String json, Class<T> classType) {
+		InputStream in = null;
+		try {
+			in = getStream(post(uri, json));
+			return getGson().fromJson(new InputStreamReader(in, "UTF-8"), classType);
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			throw new CouchDbException(e);
+		} finally {
+			close(in);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Performs a HTTP DELETE request.
 	 * @return {@link Response}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/lightcouch/tests/ChangeNotificationsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/lightcouch/tests/ChangeNotificationsTest.java
index 66e1704..abe8366 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/lightcouch/tests/ChangeNotificationsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/lightcouch/tests/ChangeNotificationsTest.java
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@ public void changes_normalFeed() {
 		assertThat(rows.size(), is(1));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void changes_normalFeed_selector() {
+		dbClient.save(new Foo());
+
+		ChangesResult changes = dbClient.changes().includeDocs(true).limit(1)
+				.selector("{\"selector\":{\"_id\": {\"$gt\": null}}}").getChanges();
+
+		List<ChangesResult.Row> rows = changes.getResults();
+
+		for (Row row : rows) {
+			List<ChangesResult.Row.Rev> revs = row.getChanges();
+			String docId = row.getId();
+			JsonObject doc = row.getDoc();
+
+			assertNotNull(revs);
+			assertNotNull(docId);
+			assertNotNull(doc);
+		}
+
+		assertThat(rows.size(), is(1));
+	}
+	
 	@Test
 	public void changes_continuousFeed() {
 		dbClient.save(new Foo()); 
@@ -99,4 +121,29 @@ public void changes_continuousFeed() {
 			changes.stop();
 		}
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void changes_continuousFeed_selector() {
+		dbClient.save(new Foo());
+
+		CouchDbInfo dbInfo = dbClient.context().info();
+		String since = dbInfo.getUpdateSeq();
+
+		Changes changes = dbClient.changes().includeDocs(true).since(since).heartBeat(1000)
+				.selector("{\"selector\":{\"_id\": {\"$gt\": null}}}").continuousChanges();
+
+		Response response = dbClient.save(new Foo());
+
+		while (changes.hasNext()) {
+			ChangesResult.Row feed = changes.next();
+			final JsonObject feedObject = feed.getDoc();
+			final String docId = feed.getId();
+			System.out.println("next()=" + docId);
+
+			assertEquals(response.getId(), docId);
+			assertNotNull(feedObject);
+
+			changes.stop();
+		}
+	}
 }