diff --git a/config/initializers/logster.rb b/config/initializers/logster.rb
index a86d0474b78..3e896560758 100644
--- a/config/initializers/logster.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/logster.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ if Rails.env.production?
 
     # suppress trackback spam bots
     Logster::IgnorePattern.new("Can't verify CSRF token authenticity", { REQUEST_URI: /\/trackback\/$/ }),
+    # suppress trackback spam bots submitting to random URLs
+    # test for the presence of these params: url, title, excerpt, blog_name
+    Logster::IgnorePattern.new("Can't verify CSRF token authenticity", { params: { url: /./, title: /./, excerpt: /./, blog_name: /./} },
 
     # API calls, TODO fix this in rails
     Logster::IgnorePattern.new("Can't verify CSRF token authenticity", { REQUEST_URI: /api_key/ })