diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index aab92ca..d4dc8f2 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   final val commonsIoVersion   = "2.4"
   final val spireVersion       = "0.11.0"
   final val groovyVersion      = "2.4.4"
+  final val scalaJava8Version  = "0.7.0"
   final val scalaParserVersion = "1.0.4"
   final val scalaXmlVersion    = "1.0.5"
   final val gerweckUtilVersion = "2.0.0"
@@ -227,19 +228,20 @@ object Dependencies {
   final val shapelessVersion   = "2.3.1"
   final val scallopVersion     = "1.0.1"
 
-  val log4s           = "org.log4s"           %% "log4s"              % log4sVersion
-  val slf4j           = "org.slf4j"           %  "slf4j-api"          % slf4jVersion
-  val jclBridge       = "org.slf4j"           %  "jcl-over-slf4j"     % slf4jVersion
-  val log4jBridge     = "org.slf4j"           %  "log4j-over-slf4j"   % slf4jVersion
-  val logback         = "ch.qos.logback"      %  "logback-classic"    % logbackVersion
-  val spire           = "org.spire-math"      %% "spire"              % spireVersion
-  val commonsIo       = "commons-io"          %  "commons-io"         % commonsIoVersion
-  val groovy          = "org.codehaus.groovy" %  "groovy-all"         % groovyVersion
-  val gerweckUtil     = "org.gerweck.scala"   %% "gerweck-utils"      % gerweckUtilVersion
-  val gerweckUtilAkka = "org.gerweck.scala"   %% "gerweck-utils-akka" % gerweckUtilVersion
-  val scalaz          = "org.scalaz"          %% "scalaz-core"        % scalazVersion
-  val shapeless       = "com.chuusai"         %% "shapeless"          % shapelessVersion
-  val scallop         = "org.rogach"          %% "scallop"            % scallopVersion
+  val log4s           = "org.log4s"              %% "log4s"              % log4sVersion
+  val slf4j           = "org.slf4j"              %  "slf4j-api"          % slf4jVersion
+  val jclBridge       = "org.slf4j"              %  "jcl-over-slf4j"     % slf4jVersion
+  val log4jBridge     = "org.slf4j"              %  "log4j-over-slf4j"   % slf4jVersion
+  val logback         = "ch.qos.logback"         %  "logback-classic"    % logbackVersion
+  val spire           = "org.spire-math"         %% "spire"              % spireVersion
+  val commonsIo       = "commons-io"             %  "commons-io"         % commonsIoVersion
+  val groovy          = "org.codehaus.groovy"    %  "groovy-all"         % groovyVersion
+  val gerweckUtil     = "org.gerweck.scala"      %% "gerweck-utils"      % gerweckUtilVersion
+  val gerweckUtilAkka = "org.gerweck.scala"      %% "gerweck-utils-akka" % gerweckUtilVersion
+  val scalaJava8      = "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-java8-compat" % scalaJava8Version
+  val scalaz          = "org.scalaz"             %% "scalaz-core"        % scalazVersion
+  val shapeless       = "com.chuusai"            %% "shapeless"          % shapelessVersion
+  val scallop         = "org.rogach"             %% "scallop"            % scallopVersion
 
   val commonsVfs = {
     val base      = "org.apache.commons"  %  "commons-vfs2"     % commonsVfsVersion
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@ object UtilsBuild extends Build {
         log4jBridge % "runtime,optional",
         logback     % "runtime,optional",
         gerweckUtil,
+        scalaJava8,
         scalaFx,
         scalaz,
         shapeless
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/observableCollection.scala b/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/observableCollection.scala
index 3803baa..2069b9a 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/observableCollection.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/observableCollection.scala
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ package org.gerweck.scalafx.util
 
 import language.implicitConversions
 
+import scala.compat.java8.FunctionConverters._
+
+import java.util.function.{ Predicate => JPredicate }
+
 import scalafx.beans.property._
+import scalafx.beans.value._
 import scalafx.collections._
+import scalafx.collections.transformation._
 
 sealed trait ToFlatObservable[-A, +B] extends Calculable[A, B]
 object ToFlatObservable extends CalculableObservable[ToFlatObservable[_, _]] {
@@ -39,6 +45,19 @@ sealed trait RichObservableSeqLike[A] extends Any {
 final class RichObservableBuffer[A](val obs: ObservableBuffer[A]) extends AnyVal with RichObservableSeqLike[A] {
   def observableSeqValue: ReadOnlyObjectProperty[Seq[A]] = ToFlatObservable.toObservable(obs)
   def observableSize = ObservableSized.toObservable(obs)
+
+  def observeFiltered(predicate: A => Boolean) = {
+    new transformation.FilteredBuffer(obs, predicate)
+  }
+  /* The dummy implicit is here to ensure the `observeFiltered` methods all have different post-erasure types */
+  def observeFiltered[B >: A](predicate: ObservableValue[JPredicate[B], JPredicate[B]])(implicit dummy: DummyImplicit): FilteredBuffer[A] = {
+    val fb = new transformation.FilteredBuffer(obs)
+    fb.predicate <== predicate
+    fb
+  }
+  def observeFiltered[B >: A](predicate: Observable[B => Boolean]): FilteredBuffer[A] = {
+    observeFiltered(predicate.map[JPredicate[A]](asJavaPredicate))
+  }
 }
 
 final class RichObservableArray[A, B <: ObservableArray[A, B, C], C <: javafx.collections.ObservableArray[C]](val oaa: ObservableArray[A, B, C]) extends AnyVal with RichObservableSeqLike[A] {