diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/screened_ip_address_form_component.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/screened_ip_address_form_component.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbae5a9aac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/screened_ip_address_form_component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+  A form to create an IP address that will be blocked or whitelisted.
+  Example usage:
+
+    {{screened-ip-address-form action="recordAdded"}}
+
+  where action is a callback on the controller or route that will get called after
+  the new record is successfully saved. It is called with the new ScreenedIpAddress record
+  as an argument.
+
+  @class ScreenedIpAddressFormComponent
+  @extends Ember.Component
+  @namespace Discourse
+  @module Discourse
+**/
+Discourse.ScreenedIpAddressFormComponent = Ember.Component.extend({
+  classNames: ['screened-ip-address-form'],
+  formSubmitted: false,
+  actionName: 'block',
+
+  actionNames: function() {
+    return [
+      {id: 'block',       name: I18n.t('admin.logs.screened_ips.actions.block')},
+      {id: 'do_nothing',  name: I18n.t('admin.logs.screened_ips.actions.do_nothing')}
+    ];
+  }.property(),
+
+  actions: {
+    submit: function() {
+      if (!this.get('formSubmitted')) {
+        var self = this;
+        this.set('formSubmitted', true);
+        var screenedIpAddress = Discourse.ScreenedIpAddress.create({ip_address: this.get('ip_address'), action_name: this.get('actionName')});
+        screenedIpAddress.save().then(function(result) {
+          self.set('ip_address', '');
+          self.set('formSubmitted', false);
+          self.sendAction('action', Discourse.ScreenedIpAddress.create(result.screened_ip_address));
+          Em.run.schedule('afterRender', function() { self.$('.ip-address-input').focus(); });
+        }, function(e) {
+          self.set('formSubmitted', false);
+          var msg;
+          if (e.responseJSON && e.responseJSON.errors) {
+            msg = I18n.t("generic_error_with_reason", {error: e.responseJSON.errors.join('. ')});
+          } else {
+            msg = I18n.t("generic_error");
+          }
+          bootbox.alert(msg, function() { self.$('.ip-address-input').focus(); });
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
+  didInsertElement: function(e) {
+    var self = this;
+    this._super();
+    Em.run.schedule('afterRender', function() {
+      self.$('.ip-address-input').keydown(function(e) {
+        if (e.keyCode === 13) { // enter key
+          self.send('submit');
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_logs_screened_ip_addresses_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_logs_screened_ip_addresses_controller.js
index 303b7fb3434..bbf06d69921 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_logs_screened_ip_addresses_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/controllers/admin_logs_screened_ip_addresses_controller.js
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ Discourse.AdminLogsScreenedIpAddressesController = Ember.ArrayController.extend(
       self.set('content', result);
       self.set('loading', false);
     });
+  },
+
+  actions: {
+    recordAdded: function(arg) {
+      this.get("content").unshiftObject(arg);
+    }
   }
 });
 
@@ -27,12 +33,12 @@ Discourse.AdminLogsScreenedIpAddressController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
 
   actions: {
     allow: function(record) {
-      record.set('action', 'do_nothing');
+      record.set('action_name', 'do_nothing');
       this.send('save', record);
     },
 
     block: function(record) {
-      record.set('action', 'block');
+      record.set('action_name', 'block');
       this.send('save', record);
     },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened_ip_address.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened_ip_address.js
index 5a635214d1e..b209d7f6205 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened_ip_address.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened_ip_address.js
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@
 **/
 Discourse.ScreenedIpAddress = Discourse.Model.extend({
   actionName: function() {
-    return I18n.t("admin.logs.screened_ips.actions." + this.get('action'));
-  }.property('action'),
+    return I18n.t("admin.logs.screened_ips.actions." + this.get('action_name'));
+  }.property('action_name'),
 
   isBlocked: function() {
-    return (this.get('action') === 'block');
-  }.property('action'),
+    return (this.get('action_name') === 'block');
+  }.property('action_name'),
 
   actionIcon: function() {
-    if (this.get('action') === 'block') {
+    if (this.get('action_name') === 'block') {
       return this.get('blockIcon');
     } else {
       return this.get('doNothingIcon');
     }
-  }.property('action'),
+  }.property('action_name'),
 
   blockIcon: function() {
     return 'icon-ban-circle';
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ Discourse.ScreenedIpAddress = Discourse.Model.extend({
   }.property(),
 
   save: function() {
-    return Discourse.ajax("/admin/logs/screened_ip_addresses/" + this.get('id') + ".json", {
-      type: 'PUT',
-      data: {ip_address: this.get('ip_address'), action_name: this.get('action')}
+    return Discourse.ajax("/admin/logs/screened_ip_addresses" + (this.id ? '/' + this.id : '') + ".json", {
+      type: this.id ? 'PUT' : 'POST',
+      data: {ip_address: this.get('ip_address'), action_name: this.get('action_name')}
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/logs/screened_ip_addresses.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/logs/screened_ip_addresses.js.handlebars
index b929daf340c..920306ae7e6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/logs/screened_ip_addresses.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/logs/screened_ip_addresses.js.handlebars
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <p>{{i18n admin.logs.screened_ips.description}}</p>
 
+{{screened-ip-address-form action="recordAdded"}}
+<br/>
+
 {{#if loading}}
   <div class='admin-loading'>{{i18n loading}}</div>
 {{else}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/screened-ip-address-form.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/screened-ip-address-form.handlebars
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04ee5701372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/screened-ip-address-form.handlebars
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<b>{{i18n admin.logs.screened_ips.form.label}}</b>
+{{textField value=ip_address disabled=formSubmitted class="ip-address-input" placeholderKey="admin.logs.screened_ips.form.ip_address" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off"}}
+{{combobox content=actionNames value=actionName}}
+<button class="btn btn-small" {{action submit target="view"}} {{bindAttr disabled="formSubmitted"}}>{{i18n admin.logs.screened_ips.form.add}}</button>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
index 01e1c933da9..19c86a13e14 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
@@ -752,6 +752,14 @@ table.api-keys {
   }
 }
 
+.screened-ip-address-form {
+  margin-left: 6px;
+  .combobox {
+    width: 130px;
+    top: 10px;
+  }
+}
+
 .screened-emails, .screened-urls {
   .ip_address {
     width: 110px;
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/screened_ip_addresses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/screened_ip_addresses_controller.rb
index 974cf4c727d..00b5acb27ff 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/screened_ip_addresses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/screened_ip_addresses_controller.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ class Admin::ScreenedIpAddressesController < Admin::AdminController
     render_serialized(screened_ip_addresses, ScreenedIpAddressSerializer)
   end
 
+  def create
+    screened_ip_address = ScreenedIpAddress.new(allowed_params)
+    if screened_ip_address.save
+      render_serialized(screened_ip_address, ScreenedIpAddressSerializer)
+    else
+      render_json_error(screened_ip_address)
+    end
+  end
+
   def update
     if @screened_ip_address.update_attributes(allowed_params)
       render json: success_json
diff --git a/app/serializers/screened_ip_address_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/screened_ip_address_serializer.rb
index d9d9048f59f..2f206792589 100644
--- a/app/serializers/screened_ip_address_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/screened_ip_address_serializer.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 class ScreenedIpAddressSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   attributes :id,
              :ip_address,
-             :action,
+             :action_name,
              :match_count,
              :last_match_at,
              :created_at
 
-  def action
+  def action_name
     ScreenedIpAddress.actions.key(object.action_type).to_s
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 8cb26e22965..944550edb29 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -1268,11 +1268,15 @@ en:
           url: "URL"
         screened_ips:
           title: "Screened IPs"
-          description: "IP addresses that are being watched."
+          description: 'IP addresses that are being watched. Use "Allow" to whitelist IP addresses.'
           delete_confirm: "Are you sure you want to remove the rule for %{ip_address}?"
           actions:
             block: "Block"
             do_nothing: "Allow"
+          form:
+            label: "New:"
+            ip_address: "IP address"
+            add: "Add"
 
       impersonate:
         title: "Impersonate User"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 20dfb54c6a4..2513694d1ad 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
     scope '/logs' do
       resources :staff_action_logs,     only: [:index]
       resources :screened_emails,       only: [:index]
-      resources :screened_ip_addresses, only: [:index, :update, :destroy]
+      resources :screened_ip_addresses, only: [:index, :create, :update, :destroy]
       resources :screened_urls,         only: [:index]
     end