diff --git a/common/ruletypes.h b/common/ruletypes.h
index 9283142da..8ee53cc5a 100644
--- a/common/ruletypes.h
+++ b/common/ruletypes.h
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ RULE_BOOL(Chat, EnableVoiceMacros, true, "Enable voice macros")
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, EnableMailKeyIPVerification, true, "Setting whether the authenticity of the client should be verified via its IP address when accessing the InGame mailbox")
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, EnableAntiSpam, true, "Enable anti-spam system for chat")
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, SuppressCommandErrors, false, "Do not suppress command errors by default")
+RULE_BOOL(Chat, ChannelsIgnoreNameFilter, false, "Ignore name filtering when creating new chat channels")
 RULE_INT(Chat, MaxPermanentPlayerChannels, 0, "Maximum number of permanent chat channels a player can make. Default 0.")
 RULE_INT(Chat, MinStatusToBypassAntiSpam, 100, "Minimum status to bypass the anti-spam system")
 RULE_INT(Chat, MinimumMessagesPerInterval, 4, "Minimum number of chat messages allowed per interval. The karma value is added to this value")
diff --git a/ucs/chatchannel.cpp b/ucs/chatchannel.cpp
index 20e0e0603..7dd86a38a 100644
--- a/ucs/chatchannel.cpp
+++ b/ucs/chatchannel.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ChatChannel *ChatChannelList::CreateChannel(
 {
 	uint8 max_perm_player_channels = RuleI(Chat, MaxPermanentPlayerChannels);
 
-	if (!database.CheckChannelNameFilter(name)) {
+	if (!RuleB(Chat, ChannelsIgnoreNameFilter) && !database.CheckChannelNameFilter(name)) {
 		if (!(owner == SYSTEM_OWNER)) {
 			return nullptr;
 		}
diff --git a/ucs/database.cpp b/ucs/database.cpp
index 4c4e6dfbe..0adc03a30 100644
--- a/ucs/database.cpp
+++ b/ucs/database.cpp
@@ -224,8 +224,10 @@ bool UCSDatabase::GetVariable(const char *varname, char *varvalue, uint16 varval
 
 
 bool UCSDatabase::LoadChatChannels()
-{
-	LoadFilteredNamesFromDB();
+{	
+	if (!RuleB(Chat, ChannelsIgnoreNameFilter)) {
+		LoadFilteredNamesFromDB();
+	}
 	LoadReservedNamesFromDB();
 	LogInfo("Loading chat channels from the database");