diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 855e4efa3d..a58dd20dfa 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -719,14 +719,18 @@
 		if ($page<0) $page=0;
 		$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
 		$max_id = (x($_REQUEST,'max_id')?$_REQUEST['max_id']:0);
+		$exclude_replies = (x($_REQUEST,'exclude_replies')?1:0);
 		//$since_id = 0;//$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
 
 		$start = $page*$count;
 
 		//$include_entities = (x($_REQUEST,'include_entities')?$_REQUEST['include_entities']:false);
 
+		$sql_extra = '';
 		if ($max_id > 0)
-			$sql_extra = 'AND `item`.`id` <= '.intval($max_id);
+			$sql_extra .= ' AND `item`.`id` <= '.intval($max_id);
+		if ($exclude_replies > 0)
+			$sql_extra .= ' AND `item`.`parent` = `item`.`id`';
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`,
 			`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`,