diff --git a/composer/report/base.py b/composer/report/base.py
index 90f2bdc..97da106 100644
--- a/composer/report/base.py
+++ b/composer/report/base.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ from cybertools.composer.base import Component, Element, Compound
 from cybertools.composer.base import Template
 from cybertools.composer.report import field
 from cybertools.composer.report.interfaces import IReportManager, IReport
-from cybertools.composer.report.interfaces import ILeafQueryCriteria
+from cybertools.composer.report.interfaces import IQueryCriteria, ILeafQueryCriteria
+from cybertools.composer.report.interfaces import ICompoundQueryCriteria
 from cybertools.util.jeep import Jeep
 from cybertools.util.randomname import generateName
 
@@ -125,7 +126,15 @@ class Report(Template):
         return [dict(renderer='default', title='Default')]
 
 
-class LeafQueryCriteria(Element):
+class BaseQueryCriteria(Component):
+
+    implements(IQueryCriteria)
+
+    def check(self, obj):
+        return True
+
+
+class LeafQueryCriteria(BaseQueryCriteria, Element):
 
     implements(ILeafQueryCriteria)
 
@@ -135,7 +144,9 @@ class LeafQueryCriteria(Element):
         self.comparisonValue = comparisonValue
 
 
-class CompoundQueryCriteria(Compound):
+class CompoundQueryCriteria(BaseQueryCriteria, Compound):
+
+    implements(ICompoundQueryCriteria)
 
     logicalOperator = 'and'
 
diff --git a/composer/report/interfaces.py b/composer/report/interfaces.py
index fbaba64..4a5ef66 100644
--- a/composer/report/interfaces.py
+++ b/composer/report/interfaces.py
@@ -175,7 +175,15 @@ class IBaseReportComponent(IComponent):
                 required=False,)
 
 
-class ILeafQueryCriteria(IBaseReportComponent):
+class IQueryCriteria(Interface):
+
+    def check(obj):
+        """ Return True if the object given meets the query conditions
+            specified by this criteria object.
+        """
+
+
+class ILeafQueryCriteria(IQueryCriteria, IBaseReportComponent):
     """ A terminal query criteria element.
     """
 
@@ -192,7 +200,7 @@ class ILeafQueryCriteria(IBaseReportComponent):
                 required=True,)
 
 
-class ICompoundQueryCriteria(ICompound):
+class ICompoundQueryCriteria(IQueryCriteria, IBaseReportComponent, ICompound):
     """ A query criteria element consisting of leaf query criteria elements.
         The names of the component criteria are given by the ``parts``
         attribute.
diff --git a/composer/report/result.py b/composer/report/result.py
index cf9ed59..f699903 100644
--- a/composer/report/result.py
+++ b/composer/report/result.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ $Id$
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
 
 from cybertools.composer.interfaces import IInstance
+from cybertools.composer.report.base import BaseQueryCriteria
 
 
 class Row(object):
@@ -40,14 +41,17 @@ class Row(object):
 
 class ResultSet(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, context, data, rowFactory=Row, sortCriteria=None):
+    def __init__(self, context, data, rowFactory=Row,
+                 sortCriteria=None, queryCriteria=BaseQueryCriteria()):
         self.context = context
         self.data = data
         self.rowFactory = rowFactory
         self.sortCriteria = sortCriteria
+        self.queryCriteria = queryCriteria
 
     def getResult(self):
-        result = [self.rowFactory(item, self) for item in self.data]
+        result = [self.rowFactory(item, self) for item in self.data
+                    if self.queryCriteria.check(item)]
         if self.sortCriteria:
             result.sort(key=lambda x: [f.getSortValue(x) for f in self.sortCriteria])
         return result