diff --git a/js/ui/appFavorites.js b/js/ui/appFavorites.js
index 653f0cfba..c65040d8a 100644
--- a/js/ui/appFavorites.js
+++ b/js/ui/appFavorites.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /* exported getAppFavorites */
 
 const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
+const ParentalControlsManager = imports.misc.parentalControlsManager;
 const Signals = imports.signals;
 
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
@@ -64,6 +65,13 @@ const RENAMED_DESKTOP_IDS = {
 
 class AppFavorites {
     constructor() {
+        // Filter the apps through the user’s parental controls.
+        this._parentalControlsManager = ParentalControlsManager.getDefault();
+        this._parentalControlsManager.connect('app-filter-changed', () => {
+            this.reload();
+            this.emit('changed');
+        });
+
         this.FAVORITE_APPS_KEY = 'favorite-apps';
         this._favorites = {};
         global.settings.connect('changed::%s'.format(this.FAVORITE_APPS_KEY), this._onFavsChanged.bind(this));
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ class AppFavorites {
             global.settings.set_strv(this.FAVORITE_APPS_KEY, ids);
 
         let apps = ids.map(id => appSys.lookup_app(id))
-                      .filter(app => app != null);
+                      .filter(app => app !== null && this._parentalControlsManager.shouldShowApp(app.app_info));
         this._favorites = {};
         for (let i = 0; i < apps.length; i++) {
             let app = apps[i];
@@ -134,6 +142,9 @@ class AppFavorites {
         if (!app)
             return false;
 
+        if (!this._parentalControlsManager.shouldShowApp(app.app_info))
+            return false;
+
         let ids = this._getIds();
         if (pos == -1)
             ids.push(appId);