diff --git a/src/media.js b/src/media.js
index 63cf2a5c..73bea226 100644
--- a/src/media.js
+++ b/src/media.js
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function groupItems(items) {
     });
 }
 
-async function storeMedia(sources, domain, role) {
+async function storeMedia(sources, domain, role, { entropyFilter = 2.5 } = {}) {
     const presentSources = sources.filter(Boolean);
 
     if (presentSources.length === 0) {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ async function storeMedia(sources, domain, role) {
             const { hash: fetchedItemsByHash } = groupItems(fetchedItems);
 
             // find hash duplicates that don't need to be re-saved
-            const uniqueFetchedItems = Object.values(fetchedItemsByHash);
+            const uniqueFetchedItems = Object.values(fetchedItemsByHash).filter(item => !entropyFilter || item.entropy >= entropyFilter);
             const existingHashItems = await knex('media').whereIn('hash', uniqueFetchedItems.map(item => item.hash));
             const { hash: existingHashItemsByHash } = groupItems(existingHashItems);