diff --git a/lib/active_remote/attribute_methods.rb b/lib/active_remote/attribute_methods.rb
index 8646288..cff6286 100644
--- a/lib/active_remote/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/active_remote/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ module ClassMethods
       def attribute_names
         @attribute_names ||= attribute_types.keys
       end
+
+      attr_reader :filtered_attribute_names
+
+      def filtered_attributes(attributes)
+        @filtered_attribute_names = attributes
+      end
     end
 
     def [](name)
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ def attribute_for_inspect(attr_name)
     end
 
     def attribute_names
-      @attributes.keys
+      @attributes.keys.delete(self.class.filtered_attribute_names) || []
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/active_remote/base.rb b/lib/active_remote/base.rb
index 6c5e688..bc1cddf 100644
--- a/lib/active_remote/base.rb
+++ b/lib/active_remote/base.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def inspect
                      "not initialized"
                    end
 
-      "#<#{self.class} #{inspection}>"
+      "#<#{[self.class, inspection.presence].compact.join(' ')}>"
     end
 
     # Returns a hash of the given methods with their names as keys and returned values as values.
diff --git a/spec/lib/active_remote/base_spec.rb b/spec/lib/active_remote/base_spec.rb
index 4611a70..7a65da9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/active_remote/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/active_remote/base_spec.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,34 @@
       described_class.new
     end
   end
+
+  describe "filtered_attributes" do
+    describe "single attribute" do
+      let(:subject) { ::User.new(:password => "foobar") }
+
+      it "#inspect doesn't show the password" do
+        expect(subject.inspect).not_to include("foobar")
+      end
+
+      it "#inspect just equals the class name" do
+        expect(subject.inspect).to eq("#<User>")
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "multiple attributes" do
+      let(:subject) { ::Author.new(:name => "foo", :age => 15) }
+
+      it "#inspect doesn't show the name" do
+        expect(subject.inspect).not_to include("foo")
+      end
+
+      it "#inspect doesn't show the birthday" do
+        expect(subject.inspect).not_to include("15")
+      end
+
+      it "#inspect just equals the class name" do
+        expect(subject.inspect).to eq("#<Author>")
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/models.rb b/spec/support/models.rb
index acb99cb..919018f 100644
--- a/spec/support/models.rb
+++ b/spec/support/models.rb
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 require "support/models/no_attributes"
 require "support/models/post"
 require "support/models/tag"
+require "support/models/user"
diff --git a/spec/support/models/author.rb b/spec/support/models/author.rb
index b14fe41..857f858 100644
--- a/spec/support/models/author.rb
+++ b/spec/support/models/author.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class Author < ::ActiveRemote::Base
   attribute :writes_fiction, :boolean
   attribute :net_sales, :float
 
+  filtered_attributes [:birthday, :age]
+
   has_many :posts
   has_many :user_posts, :class_name => "::Post", :scope => :user_guid
   has_many :flagged_posts, :class_name => "::Post"
diff --git a/spec/support/models/user.rb b/spec/support/models/user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8ef304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/models/user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require "support/protobuf/post.pb"
+
+##
+# Define a generic class that inherits from active remote base
+#
+class User < ::ActiveRemote::Base
+  attribute :password, :string
+
+  filtered_attributes :password
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/protobuf/user.pb.rb b/spec/support/protobuf/user.pb.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53db9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/protobuf/user.pb.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+##
+# This file is auto-generated. DO NOT EDIT!
+#
+require 'protobuf'
+require 'protobuf/rpc/service'
+
+
+##
+# Imports
+#
+require 'error.pb'
+
+module Generic
+  module Remote
+    ::Protobuf::Optionable.inject(self) { ::Google::Protobuf::FileOptions }
+
+    ##
+    # Message Classes
+    #
+    class User < ::Protobuf::Message; end
+
+    ##
+    # Message Fields
+    #
+    class User
+      optional :string, :password, 1
+      optional :string, :password_digest, 2
+    end
+  end
+end