diff --git a/plugins/examples/payload-ban/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+set (PLUGIN_NAME mosquitto_payload_ban)
+
+add_library(${PLUGIN_NAME} MODULE
+	${PLUGIN_NAME}.c
+)
+
+target_include_directories(${PLUGIN_NAME} PRIVATE
+	"${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+	"${mosquitto_SOURCE_DIR}"
+	"${mosquitto_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
+)
+
+set_target_properties(${PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES
+	PREFIX ""
+	POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE 1
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(${PLUGIN_NAME} PRIVATE mosquitto)
+
+# Don't install, these are example plugins only.
+#install(TARGETS ${PLUGIN_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}" LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
diff --git a/plugins/examples/payload-ban/Makefile b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f94be45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+R=../../..
+include ${R}/config.mk
+
+.PHONY : all binary check clean reallyclean test install uninstall
+
+PLUGIN_NAME=mosquitto_payload_ban
+PLUGIN_CFLAGS+=-I${R}/include -I${R}/
+
+all : binary
+
+binary : ${PLUGIN_NAME}.so
+
+${PLUGIN_NAME}.so : ${PLUGIN_NAME}.c
+	$(CROSS_COMPILE)$(CC) $(PLUGIN_CPPFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_CFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -fPIC -shared $< -o $@
+
+reallyclean : clean
+clean:
+	-rm -f *.o ${PLUGIN_NAME}.so *.gcda *.gcno
+
+check: test
+test:
+
+install: ${PLUGIN_NAME}.so
+	# Don't install, these are examples only.
+	#$(INSTALL) -d "${DESTDIR}$(libdir)"
+	#$(INSTALL) ${STRIP_OPTS} ${PLUGIN_NAME}.so "${DESTDIR}${libdir}/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so"
+
+uninstall :
+	-rm -f "${DESTDIR}${libdir}/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so"
diff --git a/plugins/examples/payload-ban/mosquitto_payload_ban.c b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/mosquitto_payload_ban.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29bf8ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/mosquitto_payload_ban.c
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2022 Roger Light <roger@atchoo.org>
+
+All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+and Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which accompany this distribution.
+
+The Eclipse Public License is available at
+   https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
+  http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR EDL-1.0
+
+Contributors:
+   Roger Light - initial implementation and documentation.
+*/
+
+/*
+ * This is an example plugin that inspects payloads before they are published.
+ * On matching payload, the publish is denied, the IP address of the client
+ * added to a log file that can be used with fail2ban or similar to ban the
+ * client connection, and the client kicked.
+ *
+ * This was developed in response to an obnoxious campaign by an MQTT client
+ * that was republishing spam advertising messages to every retained message on
+ * test.mosquitto.org
+ *
+ * Compile with:
+ *   gcc -I<path to mosquitto-repo/include> -fPIC -shared mosquitto_payload_ban.c -o mosquitto_payload_ban.so
+ *
+ * Use in config with:
+ *
+ *   plugin /path/to/mosquitto_payload_ban.so
+ *
+ * Note that this only works on Mosquitto 2.0 or later.
+ */
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <uthash.h>
+
+#include "mosquitto_broker.h"
+#include "mosquitto_plugin.h"
+#include "mosquitto.h"
+#include "mqtt_protocol.h"
+
+#define PLUGIN_NAME "payload-ban"
+#define PLUGIN_VERSION "1.0"
+
+struct banlist{
+	UT_hash_handle hh_by_address;
+	UT_hash_handle hh_by_id;
+	char ip_address[50];
+	char clientid[];
+};
+
+MOSQUITTO_PLUGIN_DECLARE_VERSION(5);
+
+static mosquitto_plugin_id_t *mosq_pid = NULL;
+static struct banlist *banlist_by_address = NULL;
+static struct banlist *banlist_by_id = NULL;
+
+static int basic_auth_callback(int event, void *event_data, void *userdata)
+{
+	struct mosquitto_evt_basic_auth *ed = event_data;
+	struct banlist *entry;
+	const char *ip_address;
+	const char *clientid;
+
+	UNUSED(event);
+	UNUSED(userdata);
+
+	ip_address = mosquitto_client_address(ed->client);
+	if(ip_address){
+		HASH_FIND(hh_by_address, banlist_by_address, ip_address, strlen(ip_address), entry);
+		if(entry){
+			return MOSQ_ERR_AUTH;
+		}
+	}
+	clientid = mosquitto_client_id(ed->client);
+	if(ip_address){
+		HASH_FIND(hh_by_id, banlist_by_id, clientid, strlen(clientid), entry);
+		if(entry){
+			return MOSQ_ERR_AUTH;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+static int acl_check_callback(int event, void *event_data, void *userdata)
+{
+	struct mosquitto_evt_acl_check *ed = event_data;
+	struct banlist *new_entry = NULL, *entry;
+	const char *clientid, *ip_address;
+	FILE *fptr;
+
+	UNUSED(event);
+	UNUSED(userdata);
+
+	if(ed->payload && ed->payloadlen){
+		if(!strncmp(ed->payload, "Tired of using an old outdated MQTT client", ed->payloadlen)){
+			ip_address = mosquitto_client_address(ed->client);
+			clientid = mosquitto_client_id(ed->client);
+
+			HASH_FIND(hh_by_address, banlist_by_address, ip_address, strlen(ip_address), entry);
+			if(entry){
+				mosquitto_kick_client_by_clientid(clientid, false);
+				return MOSQ_ERR_ACL_DENIED;
+			}
+			new_entry = calloc(1, sizeof(struct banlist)+strlen(clientid) + 1);
+			if(!new_entry){
+				return MOSQ_ERR_ACL_DENIED;
+			}
+			strcpy(new_entry->clientid, clientid);
+			strncpy(new_entry->ip_address, ip_address, sizeof(new_entry->ip_address)-1);
+			HASH_ADD(hh_by_id, banlist_by_id, clientid, strlen(clientid), new_entry);
+			HASH_ADD(hh_by_address, banlist_by_address, ip_address, strlen(ip_address), new_entry);
+			mosquitto_kick_client_by_clientid(clientid, false);
+			fptr = fopen("/tmp/payload-banlist", "wt");
+			if(fptr){
+				fprintf(fptr, "%s || %s\n", ip_address, clientid);
+				fclose(fptr);
+			}
+			return MOSQ_ERR_ACL_DENIED;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_plugin_init(mosquitto_plugin_id_t *identifier, void **user_data, struct mosquitto_opt *opts, int opt_count)
+{
+	UNUSED(user_data);
+	UNUSED(opts);
+	UNUSED(opt_count);
+
+	mosq_pid = identifier;
+	mosquitto_plugin_set_info(identifier, PLUGIN_NAME, PLUGIN_VERSION);
+	mosquitto_callback_register(mosq_pid, MOSQ_EVT_BASIC_AUTH, basic_auth_callback, NULL, NULL);
+	mosquitto_callback_register(mosq_pid, MOSQ_EVT_ACL_CHECK, acl_check_callback, NULL, NULL);
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_plugin_cleanup(void *user_data, struct mosquitto_opt *opts, int opt_count)
+{
+	struct banlist *entry, *entry_tmp;
+
+	UNUSED(user_data);
+	UNUSED(opts);
+	UNUSED(opt_count);
+
+	HASH_ITER(hh_by_address, banlist_by_address, entry, entry_tmp){
+		HASH_DELETE(hh_by_address, banlist_by_address, entry);
+		HASH_DELETE(hh_by_id, banlist_by_id, entry);
+		free(entry);
+	}
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/examples/payload-ban/test.conf b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/test.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a5ce0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/test.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+listener 1883
+
+plugin ./mosquitto_payload_ban.so
diff --git a/plugins/examples/payload-ban/test.sh b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a854da9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/examples/payload-ban/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+valgrind ../../../src/mosquitto -c test.conf -v