diff --git a/Sources/TextRank/Sentence.swift b/Sources/TextRank/Sentence.swift
index c4847cf..a9424a5 100644
--- a/Sources/TextRank/Sentence.swift
+++ b/Sources/TextRank/Sentence.swift
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ public struct Sentence: Hashable {
 
     public let originalTextIndex: Int
 
-    public init(text: String, originalTextIndex: Int) {
+    public init(text: String, originalTextIndex: Int, additionalStopwords: [String] = [String]()) {
         self.text = text
         self.originalTextIndex = originalTextIndex
-        words = Sentence.removeStopWords(from: Sentence.clean(self.text))
+        words = Sentence.removeStopWords(from: Sentence.clean(self.text),
+                                         additionalStopwords: additionalStopwords)
     }
 
     public func hash(into hasher: inout Hasher) {
@@ -37,9 +38,9 @@ public struct Sentence: Hashable {
             .words
     }
 
-    static func removeStopWords(from w: [String]) -> Set<String> {
+    static func removeStopWords(from w: [String], additionalStopwords: [String] = [String]()) -> Set<String> {
         var wordSet = Set(w)
-        wordSet.subtract(Stopwords.English)
+        wordSet.subtract(Stopwords.English + additionalStopwords)
         return wordSet
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/TextRank/TextRank.swift b/Sources/TextRank/TextRank.swift
index f4fdb22..2bf4cc2 100644
--- a/Sources/TextRank/TextRank.swift
+++ b/Sources/TextRank/TextRank.swift
@@ -10,14 +10,19 @@ import Foundation
 public class TextRank {
     public var text: String {
         didSet {
-            sentences = TextRank.splitIntoSentences(text).filter { $0.length > 0 }
+            textToSentences()
         }
     }
 
-    public var summarizationFraction: Float = 0.2
     public var graph: TextGraph
-    public var graphDamping: Float = 0.85
     public var sentences = [Sentence]()
+    public var summarizationFraction: Float = 0.2
+    public var graphDamping: Float = 0.85
+    public var stopwords = [String]() {
+        didSet {
+            textToSentences()
+        }
+    }
 
     public init() {
         text = ""
@@ -26,16 +31,20 @@ public class TextRank {
 
     public init(text: String) {
         self.text = text
-        sentences = TextRank.splitIntoSentences(text).filter { $0.length > 0 }
         graph = TextGraph(damping: graphDamping)
+        textToSentences()
     }
 
     public init(text: String, summarizationFraction: Float = 0.2, graphDamping: Float = 0.85) {
         self.text = text
         self.summarizationFraction = summarizationFraction
         self.graphDamping = graphDamping
-        sentences = TextRank.splitIntoSentences(text).filter { $0.length > 0 }
         graph = TextGraph(damping: graphDamping)
+        textToSentences()
+    }
+
+    func textToSentences() {
+        sentences = TextRank.splitIntoSentences(text, additionalStopwords: stopwords).filter { $0.length > 0 }
     }
 }
 
@@ -78,13 +87,17 @@ extension TextRank {
     /// Split text into sentences.
     /// - Parameter text: Original text.
     /// - Returns: An array of sentences.
-    static func splitIntoSentences(_ text: String) -> [Sentence] {
+    static func splitIntoSentences(_ text: String, additionalStopwords stopwords: [String] = [String]()) -> [Sentence] {
         if text.isEmpty { return [] }
 
         var x = [Sentence]()
         text.enumerateSubstrings(in: text.range(of: text)!, options: [.bySentences, .localized]) { substring, _, _, _ in
             if let substring = substring, !substring.isEmpty {
-                x.append(Sentence(text: substring.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines), originalTextIndex: x.count))
+                x.append(
+                    Sentence(text: substring.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines),
+                             originalTextIndex: x.count,
+                             additionalStopwords: stopwords)
+                )
             }
         }
         return Array(Set(x))
@@ -101,15 +114,12 @@ public extension TextRank {
     func filterTopSentencesFrom(_ results: TextGraph.PageRankResult, top percentile: Float) -> TextGraph.NodeList {
         let idx = Int(Float(results.results.count) * percentile)
         let cutoffScore: Float = results.results.values.sorted()[min(idx, results.results.count - 1)]
-
         var filteredNodeList: TextGraph.NodeList = [:]
-
         for (sentence, value) in results.results {
             if value >= cutoffScore {
                 filteredNodeList[sentence] = value
             }
         }
-
         return filteredNodeList
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/TextRankTests/SentenceTests.swift b/Tests/TextRankTests/SentenceTests.swift
index 78557a5..246a547 100644
--- a/Tests/TextRankTests/SentenceTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TextRankTests/SentenceTests.swift
@@ -19,4 +19,38 @@ class SentenceTests: XCTestCase {
             XCTAssertEqual(s.words, Set(clean))
         }
     }
+
+    func testRemovalOfStopWords() {
+        // Given
+        let text = "here are some words to be"
+
+        // When
+        let sentence = Sentence(text: text, originalTextIndex: 0)
+
+        // Then
+        XCTAssertEqual(sentence.length, 0)
+    }
+
+    func testRemovalOfStopWordsButNotMeaningfulWords() {
+        // Given
+        let text = "here are some words to be lion"
+
+        // When
+        let sentence = Sentence(text: text, originalTextIndex: 0)
+
+        // Then
+        XCTAssertEqual(sentence.length, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(sentence.words, Set(["lion"]))
+    }
+
+    func testRemovalOfStopWordsAndAdditionalStopwords() {
+        // Given
+        let text = "here are some words to be lion"
+
+        // When
+        let sentence = Sentence(text: text, originalTextIndex: 0, additionalStopwords: ["lion"])
+
+        // Then
+        XCTAssertEqual(sentence.length, 0)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/TextRankTests/TextRankTests.swift b/Tests/TextRankTests/TextRankTests.swift
index 6b2caa0..ef8f8bc 100644
--- a/Tests/TextRankTests/TextRankTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TextRankTests/TextRankTests.swift
@@ -87,4 +87,40 @@ class TextRankTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(filteredResults.count < results.results.count)
         XCTAssertTrue(filteredResults.count == 2)
     }
+
+    func testStopwordsAreRemoved() {
+        // Given
+        let text = "Here are some sentences dog cat. With intentional stopwords gator. And some words that are not."
+
+        // When
+        let textRank = TextRank(text: text)
+
+        // Then
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences.count, 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences[0].length, 3)
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences.filter { $0.originalTextIndex == 0 }[0].words,
+                       Set(["sentences", "dog", "cat"]))
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences.filter { $0.originalTextIndex == 1 }[0].words,
+                       Set(["intentional", "stopwords", "gator"]))
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences[1].length, 3)
+    }
+
+    func testAdditionalStopwords() {
+        // Given
+        let text = "Here are some sentences dog cat. With intentional stopwords gator. And some words that are not."
+        let additionalStopwords = ["dog", "gator"]
+
+        // When
+        let textRank = TextRank(text: text)
+        textRank.stopwords = additionalStopwords
+
+        // Then
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences.count, 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences[0].length, 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences.filter { $0.originalTextIndex == 0 }[0].words,
+                       Set(["sentences", "cat"]))
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences.filter { $0.originalTextIndex == 1 }[0].words,
+                       Set(["intentional", "stopwords"]))
+        XCTAssertEqual(textRank.sentences[1].length, 2)
+    }
 }