diff --git a/Resources/config/services/widgets.yml b/Resources/config/services/widgets.yml
index 1d7c3c0f5..7ea920cc2 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services/widgets.yml
+++ b/Resources/config/services/widgets.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ services:
         class: Chill\PersonBundle\Widget\PersonListWidget
         arguments:
             - "@chill.person.repository.person"
+            - "@doctrine.orm.entity_manager"
             - "@chill.main.security.authorization.helper"
             - "@security.token_storage"
     # this widget is defined by the PersonListWidgetFactory
diff --git a/Widget/PersonListWidget.php b/Widget/PersonListWidget.php
index 46a4a5361..18e55a017 100644
--- a/Widget/PersonListWidget.php
+++ b/Widget/PersonListWidget.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorage;
 use Chill\PersonBundle\Security\Authorization\PersonVoter;
 use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Role\Role;
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 
 /**
  * add a widget with person list. 
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ class PersonListWidget implements WidgetInterface
      */
     protected $personRepository;
     
+    /**
+     * The entity manager
+     *
+     * @var EntityManager
+     */
+    protected $entityManager;
+    
     /**
      * the authorization helper
      * 
@@ -65,13 +73,14 @@ class PersonListWidget implements WidgetInterface
     
     public function __construct(
             EntityRepository $personRepostory,
+            EntityManager $em,
             AuthorizationHelper $authorizationHelper,
             TokenStorage $tokenStorage
             ) {
         $this->personRepository = $personRepostory;
         $this->authorizationHelper = $authorizationHelper;
         $this->tokenStorage = $tokenStorage;
-        
+        $this->entityManager = $em;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ class PersonListWidget implements WidgetInterface
         $qb->setParameter('centers', $centers);
         
 
-        
+        // add the "only active" query
         if ($config['only_active'] === true) {
             $qb->join('person.accompanyingPeriods', 'ap');
             $or = new Expr\Orx();
@@ -110,6 +119,23 @@ class PersonListWidget implements WidgetInterface
             $and->add($or);
             $qb->setParameter('now', new \DateTime(), Type::DATE);
         }
+
+        
+        if ($config['filtering_class'] !== NULL) {
+            $filteringClass = new $config['filtering_class'];
+            if ( ! $filteringClass instanceof PersonListWidget\PersonFilteringInterface) {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException(sprintf("the class %s does not "
+                        . "implements %s", $config['filtering_class'], 
+                        PersonListWidget\PersonFilteringInterface::class));
+            }
+            $ids = $filteringClass->getPersonIds($this->entityManager, 
+                    $this->getUser());
+            $in = (new Expr())->in('person.id', ':ids');
+            $and->add($in);
+            $qb->setParameter('ids', $ids);
+        }
+        
+        // adding the where clause to the query
         $qb->where($and);
         
         
diff --git a/Widget/PersonListWidget/PersonFilteringInterface.php b/Widget/PersonListWidget/PersonFilteringInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..555884cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widget/PersonListWidget/PersonFilteringInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?php
+
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Champs-Libres Coopérative <info@champs-libres.coop>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+namespace Chill\PersonBundle\Widget\PersonListWidget;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\User;
+
+
+/**
+ * Interface to implement on classes called in configuration for
+ * PersonListWidget (`person_list`), under the key `filtering_class` :
+ * 
+ * ```
+ * widgets:
+ *      homepage:
+ *          person_list:
+ *              # where \FQDN\To\Class implements PersonFiltering
+ *              class_filtering: \FQDN\To\Class
+ * ```
+ * 
+ */
+interface PersonFilteringInterface 
+{
+    /**
+     * Return an array of persons id to show.
+     * 
+     * Those ids are inserted into the query like this (where ids is the array 
+     * returned by this class) :
+     * 
+     * ```
+     * SELECT p FROM ChillPersonBundle:Persons p 
+     * WHERE p.id IN (:ids)
+     * AND 
+     * -- security/authorization statement: restraint person to authorized centers
+     * p.center in :authorized_centers
+     * ```
+     * 
+     * Example of use : filtering based on custom field data :
+     * ```
+ 
+    class HomepagePersonFiltering implements PersonFilteringInterface {
+
+    public function getPersonIds(EntityManager $em, User $user)
+    {
+        $rsmBuilder = new ResultSetMappingBuilder($em);
+        $rsmBuilder->addScalarResult('id', 'id', Type::BIGINT);
+        
+        $personTable = $em->getClassMetadata('ChillPersonBundle:Person')
+                ->getTableName();
+        $personIdColumn = $em->getClassMetadata('ChillPersonBundle:Person')
+                ->getColumnName('id');
+        $personCfDataColumn = $em->getClassMetadata('ChillPersonBundle:Person')
+                ->getColumnName('cfData');
+        
+        return $em->createNativeQuery(sprintf("SELECT %s FROM %s WHERE "
+                . "jsonb_exists(%s, 'school-2fb5440e-192c-11e6-b2fd-74d02b0c9b55')",
+                $personIdColumn, $personTable, $personCfDataColumn), $rsmBuilder)
+                ->getScalarResult();
+    }
+}
+     * ```
+     * 
+     * @param EntityManager $em
+     * @return int[] an array of persons id to show
+     */
+    public function getPersonIds(EntityManager $em, User $user);
+}
diff --git a/Widget/PersonListWidgetFactory.php b/Widget/PersonListWidgetFactory.php
index 98933a86d..760764fcb 100644
--- a/Widget/PersonListWidgetFactory.php
+++ b/Widget/PersonListWidgetFactory.php
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@
 
 namespace Chill\PersonBundle\Widget;
 
-use Chill\MainBundle\DependencyInjection\Widget\Factory\WidgetFactoryInterface;
 use Chill\MainBundle\DependencyInjection\Widget\Factory\AbstractWidgetFactory;
-use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
-use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\ArrayNodeDefinition;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\NodeBuilder;
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +36,9 @@ class PersonListWidgetFactory extends AbstractWidgetFactory
         $node->integerNode('number_of_items')
             ->defaultValue(50)
             ->end();
+        $node->scalarNode('filtering_class')
+                ->defaultNull()
+                ->end();
             
     }