diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a1ae85985..49cb02897a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ domains directly by opening a pull request.
 
 ## Database
 
-There are three key data files in this project:
+There are four key data files in this project:
 
 - [free.txt](https://github.com/willwhite/freemail/blob/master/data/free.txt) contains a list of domains that are known to provide free email service
 - [disposable.txt](https://github.com/willwhite/freemail/blob/master/data/disposable.txt) contains a list of domains that are known to provide disposable email service
+- [reserved.txt](https://github.com/willwhite/freemail/blob/master/data/reserved.txt) contains [IANA reserved and special-use domains](http://www.iana.org/domains/reserved) that should not be used for real email
 - [blacklist.txt](https://github.com/willwhite/freemail/blob/master/data/blacklist.txt) contains a list of domains that this project will refuse to add to either list
 
 Domains may only be a member of one list.
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ freemail.isDisposable('smith@gmail.com');
 > false
 freemail.isDisposable('jack@mailinater.com');
 > true
+freemail.isReserved('smith@example.com');
+> true
+freemail.isReserved('smith@gmail.com');
+> false
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/data/reserved.txt b/data/reserved.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f248dd116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/reserved.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+example
+example.com
+example.net
+example.org
+invalid
+localhost
+test
+home.arpa
+local
+onion
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f5cc7f64e0..d2cc5dba62 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var tldjs = require('tldjs');
 
 var disposable = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/data/disposable.txt').toString().split('\n');
 var free = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/data/free.txt').toString().split('\n').concat(disposable);
+var reserved = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/data/reserved.txt').toString().split('\n').filter(Boolean);
 
 function isFree(email) {
     if (typeof email !== 'string') throw new TypeError('email must be a string');
@@ -16,7 +17,17 @@ function isDisposable(email) {
     return disposable.indexOf(domain) !== -1;
 }
 
+function isReserved(email) {
+    if (typeof email !== 'string') throw new TypeError('email must be a string');
+    var host = email.split('@').pop().toLowerCase();
+    // tldjs returns null for single-label hosts such as localhost, so fall back to the raw host.
+    var domain = tldjs.getDomain(host) || host;
+    if (reserved.indexOf(domain) !== -1) return true;
+    return reserved.indexOf(domain.split('.').pop()) !== -1;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     isFree: isFree,
-    isDisposable: isDisposable
+    isDisposable: isDisposable,
+    isReserved: isReserved
 };
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 83efd41a49..204adeab5b 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -30,3 +30,23 @@ test('gmail.com should not be disposable', function(t) {
     t.plan(1);
     t.equal(freemail.isDisposable('smith@gmail.com'), false);
 });
+
+test('example.com should be reserved', function(t) {
+    t.plan(1);
+    t.equal(freemail.isReserved('smith@example.com'), true);
+});
+
+test('localhost should be reserved', function(t) {
+    t.plan(1);
+    t.equal(freemail.isReserved('localhost'), true);
+});
+
+test('foo.test should be reserved via reserved tld', function(t) {
+    t.plan(1);
+    t.equal(freemail.isReserved('smith@foo.test'), true);
+});
+
+test('gmail.com should not be reserved', function(t) {
+    t.plan(1);
+    t.equal(freemail.isReserved('smith@gmail.com'), false);
+});