diff --git a/firewall/filter.go b/firewall/filter.go
index 58a24737..390ef3f3 100644
--- a/firewall/filter.go
+++ b/firewall/filter.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package firewall
 
 import (
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/config"
+	"github.com/safing/portbase/log"
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/modules"
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/modules/subsystems"
 	_ "github.com/safing/portmaster/core"
+	"github.com/safing/portmaster/intel/filterlists"
 	"github.com/safing/spn/captain"
 )
 
@@ -12,10 +14,13 @@ var (
 	filterModule  *modules.Module
 	filterEnabled config.BoolOption
 	tunnelEnabled config.BoolOption
+
+	unbreakFilterListIDs         = []string{"UNBREAK"}
+	resolvedUnbreakFilterListIDs []string
 )
 
 func init() {
-	filterModule = modules.Register("filter", filterPrep, nil, nil, "core", "intel")
+	filterModule = modules.Register("filter", filterPrep, filterStart, nil, "core", "intel")
 	subsystems.Register(
 		"filter",
 		"Privacy Filter",
@@ -47,3 +52,14 @@ func filterPrep() (err error) {
 	tunnelEnabled = config.Concurrent.GetAsBool(captain.CfgOptionEnableSPNKey, false)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func filterStart() error {
+	// TODO: Re-resolve IDs when filterlist index changes.
+	resolvedIDs, err := filterlists.ResolveListIDs(unbreakFilterListIDs)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warningf("filter: failed to resolve unbreak filter list IDs: %s", err)
+	} else {
+		resolvedUnbreakFilterListIDs = resolvedIDs
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/firewall/master.go b/firewall/master.go
index e50617d0..1de7f194 100644
--- a/firewall/master.go
+++ b/firewall/master.go
@@ -432,6 +432,16 @@ func checkFilterLists(ctx context.Context, conn *network.Connection, p *profile.
 	result, reason := p.MatchFilterLists(ctx, conn.Entity)
 	switch result {
 	case endpoints.Denied:
+		// If the connection matches a filter list, check if the "unbreak" list matches too and abort blocking.
+		for _, blockedListID := range conn.Entity.BlockedByLists {
+			for _, unbreakListID := range resolvedUnbreakFilterListIDs {
+				if blockedListID == unbreakListID {
+					log.Tracer(ctx).Debugf("filter: unbreak filter %s matched, ignoring other filter list matches", unbreakListID)
+					return false
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Otherwise, continue with blocking.
 		conn.DenyWithContext(reason.String(), profile.CfgOptionFilterListsKey, reason.Context())
 		return true
 	case endpoints.NoMatch: