diff --git a/jquery.kinetic.js b/jquery.kinetic.js
index ecba2ca..ceb7c4e 100644
--- a/jquery.kinetic.js
+++ b/jquery.kinetic.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     this.settings.events = {
       touchStart: function (e){
         var touch;
-        if (self._useTarget(e.target)){
+        if (self._useTarget(e.target, e)){
           touch = e.originalEvent.touches[0];
           self._start(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
           e.stopPropagation();
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         }
       },
       inputDown: function (e){
-        if (self._useTarget(e.target)){
+        if (self._useTarget(e.target, e)){
           self._start(e.clientX, e.clientY);
           self.elementFocused = e.target;
           if (e.target.nodeName === 'IMG'){
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         }
       },
       inputEnd: function (e){
-        if (self._useTarget(e.target)){
+        if (self._useTarget(e.target, e)){
           self._end();
           self.elementFocused = null;
           if (e.preventDefault){
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
       },
       // prevent drag and drop images in ie
       dragStart: function (e){
-        if (self._useTarget(e.target) && self.elementFocused){
+        if (self._useTarget(e.target, e) && self.elementFocused){
           return false;
         }
       }
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@
     }
   };
 
-  Kinetic.prototype._useTarget = function (target){
+  Kinetic.prototype._useTarget = function (target, event){
     if ($.isFunction(this.settings.filterTarget)){
-      return this.settings.filterTarget.call(this, target) !== false;
+      return this.settings.filterTarget.call(this, target, event) !== false;
     }
     return true;
   };
diff --git a/test/specs/basic.spec.js b/test/specs/basic.spec.js
index bd0392a..046cba5 100644
--- a/test/specs/basic.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/basic.spec.js
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ test('we can prevent drag with filterTarget', function(){
     dragOver($wrapper, img, [100,100], [10,10]);
     equal($wrapper.data().kinetic.velocity, 0, 'there should be no velocity');
 });
+test('filterTarget is passed both a target and event', function() {
+    var targetValid = false;
+    var eventValid = false;
+
+    var $wrapper = $('#wrapper').kinetic({
+        filterTarget: function(target, event){ 
+            if (target) targetValid = true;
+            if (event) eventValid = true;
+        }
+    });
+
+    var img = $wrapper.find('img')[0];
+
+    dragOver($wrapper, img, [100, 100], [10, 10]);
+    equal(targetValid, true, 'there should be a target passed to filterTarget');
+    equal(eventValid, true, 'there should be a event passed to filterTarget');
+
+});
 test('we can listen for events', function(){
     var $wrapper = $('#wrapper').kinetic({
             moved: function(){ moved++; },