diff --git a/mod/ignored.php b/mod/ignored.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e876b4ef8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/ignored.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+
+function ignored_init(&$a) {
+
+	$ignored = 0;
+
+	if(! local_user())
+		killme();
+	if($a->argc > 1)
+		$message_id = intval($a->argv[1]);
+	if(! $message_id)
+		killme();
+
+	$r = q("SELECT `ignored` FROM `thread` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `iid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		intval(local_user()),
+		intval($message_id)
+	);
+	if(! count($r))
+		killme();
+
+	if(! intval($r[0]['ignored']))
+		$ignored = 1;
+
+	$r = q("UPDATE `thread` SET `ignored` = %d WHERE `uid` = %d and `iid` = %d",
+		intval($ignored),
+		intval(local_user()),
+		intval($message_id)
+	);
+
+	// See if we've been passed a return path to redirect to
+	$return_path = ((x($_REQUEST,'return')) ? $_REQUEST['return'] : '');
+	if($return_path) {
+		$rand = '_=' . time();
+		if(strpos($return_path, '?')) $rand = "&$rand";
+		else $rand = "?$rand";
+
+		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $return_path . $rand);
+	}
+
+	// the json doesn't really matter, it will either be 0 or 1
+
+	echo json_encode($ignored);
+	killme();
+}