diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index 44a86f37a..d684fc1f4 100755
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -1790,6 +1790,9 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
                    public_traffic = VBoolean('public_traffic'),
                    exclude_banned_modqueue = VBoolean('exclude_banned_modqueue'),
                    show_cname_sidebar = VBoolean('show_cname_sidebar'),
+                   spam_links = VOneOf('spam_links', ('low', 'high')),
+                   spam_selfposts = VOneOf('spam_selfposts', ('low', 'high')),
+                   spam_comments = VOneOf('spam_comments', ('low', 'high')),
                    type = VOneOf('type', ('public', 'private', 'restricted', 'gold_restricted', 'archived')),
                    link_type = VOneOf('link_type', ('any', 'link', 'self')),
                    submit_link_label=VLength('submit_link_label', max_length=60),
@@ -1829,7 +1832,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
                 c.errors.add(errors.BAD_REVISION, field=id_field_name)
                 form.has_errors(id_field_name, errors.BAD_REVISION)
             return False
-        
+
         # the status button is outside the form -- have to reset by hand
         form.parent().set_html('.status', "")
 
@@ -1842,7 +1845,8 @@ class ApiController(RedditController, OAuth2ResourceController):
                            'submit_link_label', 'comment_score_hide_mins',
                            'submit_text_label', 'lang', 'css_on_cname',
                            'header_title', 'over_18', 'wikimode', 'wiki_edit_karma',
-                           'wiki_edit_age', 'allow_top', 'public_description'))
+                           'wiki_edit_age', 'allow_top', 'public_description',
+                           'spam_links', 'spam_selfposts', 'spam_comments'))
 
         public_description = kw.pop('public_description')
         description = kw.pop('description')
diff --git a/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py b/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py
index 1287c962f..34921f03a 100644
--- a/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py
+++ b/r2/r2/models/subreddit.py
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ class Subreddit(Thing, Printable, BaseSite):
         allow_comment_gilding=True,
         hide_subscribers=False,
         public_traffic=False,
+        spam_links='high',
+        spam_selfposts='high',
+        spam_comments='low',
     )
     _essentials = ('type', 'name', 'lang')
     _data_int_props = Thing._data_int_props + ('mod_actions', 'reported',
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html b/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
index 1c997ceda..998342c12 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/createsubreddit.html
@@ -217,6 +217,42 @@
     </div>
     </div>
   </%utils:line_field>
+  
+  <%utils:line_field title="${_('spam filter strength')}"
+  		description='${_("high is the standard filter, low disables most filtering")}'>
+  	<div class="delete-field">
+  		<table>
+  			<tr>
+  				<td>${_("links")}:</td>
+  				<td>
+  					${utils.inline_radio_type('spam_links', 'low', _("low"),
+  						checked=thing.site and thing.site.spam_links == 'low')}
+  					${utils.inline_radio_type('spam_links', 'high', _("high"),
+  						checked=thing.site and thing.site.spam_links == 'high')}
+	  			</td>
+	  		</tr>
+	  		<tr>
+	  			<td>${_("self posts")}:</td>
+	  			<td>
+	  				${utils.inline_radio_type('spam_selfposts', 'low', _("low"),
+  						checked=thing.site and thing.site.spam_selfposts == 'low')}
+  					${utils.inline_radio_type('spam_selfposts', 'high', _("high"),
+  						checked=thing.site and thing.site.spam_selfposts == 'high')}
+	  			</td>
+	  		</tr>
+	  		<tr>
+	  			<td>${_("comments")}:</td>
+	  			<td>
+	  				${utils.inline_radio_type('spam_comments', 'low', _("low"),
+  						checked=thing.site and thing.site.spam_comments == 'low')}
+  					${utils.inline_radio_type('spam_comments', 'high', _("high"),
+  						checked=thing.site and thing.site.spam_comments == 'high')}
+	  			</td>
+	  		</tr>
+		</table>
+  	</div>
+  </%utils:line_field>
+  
   <%utils:line_field title="${_('other options')}">
     <div class="delete-field">
       <ul>
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
index f0afc167c..e89dc323e 100755
--- a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
@@ -529,6 +529,21 @@ ${unsafe(txt)}
   </tr>
 </%def>
 
+<%def name="inline_radio_type(field_name, val_name, text=None, checked=False)">
+	<% full_name = field_name + "_" + val_name %>
+	<label>
+	<input class="nomargin" type="radio" name="${field_name}"
+		id="${full_name}" value="${val_name}"
+		%if checked:
+			checked="checked"
+		%endif
+	>
+	%if text:
+		${text}
+	%endif
+	</label>
+</%def>
+
 <%def name="timestamp(date, since=None)">
   ## todo: use pubdate attribute once things are <article> tags.
   ## note: comment and link templates will pass a CachedVariable stub as since.