diff --git a/software/lofreq/filter/functions.nf b/software/lofreq/filter/functions.nf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/software/lofreq/filter/functions.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+//
+//  Utility functions used in nf-core DSL2 module files
+//
+
+//
+// Extract name of software tool from process name using $task.process
+//
+def getSoftwareName(task_process) {
+    return task_process.tokenize(':')[-1].tokenize('_')[0].toLowerCase()
+}
+
+//
+// Function to initialise default values and to generate a Groovy Map of available options for nf-core modules
+//
+def initOptions(Map args) {
+    def Map options = [:]
+    options.args            = args.args ?: ''
+    options.args2           = args.args2 ?: ''
+    options.args3           = args.args3 ?: ''
+    options.publish_by_meta = args.publish_by_meta ?: []
+    options.publish_dir     = args.publish_dir ?: ''
+    options.publish_files   = args.publish_files
+    options.suffix          = args.suffix ?: ''
+    return options
+}
+
+//
+// Tidy up and join elements of a list to return a path string
+//
+def getPathFromList(path_list) {
+    def paths = path_list.findAll { item -> !item?.trim().isEmpty() }      // Remove empty entries
+    paths     = paths.collect { it.trim().replaceAll("^[/]+|[/]+\$", "") } // Trim whitespace and trailing slashes
+    return paths.join('/')
+}
+
+//
+// Function to save/publish module results
+//
+def saveFiles(Map args) {
+    if (!args.filename.endsWith('.version.txt')) {
+        def ioptions  = initOptions(args.options)
+        def path_list = [ ioptions.publish_dir ?: args.publish_dir ]
+        if (ioptions.publish_by_meta) {
+            def key_list = ioptions.publish_by_meta instanceof List ? ioptions.publish_by_meta : args.publish_by_meta
+            for (key in key_list) {
+                if (args.meta && key instanceof String) {
+                    def path = key
+                    if (args.meta.containsKey(key)) {
+                        path = args.meta[key] instanceof Boolean ? "${key}_${args.meta[key]}".toString() : args.meta[key]
+                    }
+                    path = path instanceof String ? path : ''
+                    path_list.add(path)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (ioptions.publish_files instanceof Map) {
+            for (ext in ioptions.publish_files) {
+                if (args.filename.endsWith(ext.key)) {
+                    def ext_list = path_list.collect()
+                    ext_list.add(ext.value)
+                    return "${getPathFromList(ext_list)}/$args.filename"
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (ioptions.publish_files == null) {
+            return "${getPathFromList(path_list)}/$args.filename"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/software/lofreq/filter/main.nf b/software/lofreq/filter/main.nf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/software/lofreq/filter/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Import generic module functions
+include { initOptions; saveFiles; getSoftwareName } from './functions'
+
+params.options = [:]
+options        = initOptions(params.options)
+
+process LOFREQ_FILTER {
+    tag "$meta.id"
+    label 'process_low'
+    publishDir "${params.outdir}",
+        mode: params.publish_dir_mode,
+        saveAs: { filename -> saveFiles(filename:filename, options:params.options, publish_dir:getSoftwareName(task.process), meta:meta, publish_by_meta:['id']) }
+
+    conda (params.enable_conda ? "bioconda::lofreq=2.1.5" : null)
+    if (workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !params.singularity_pull_docker_container) {
+        container "https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/lofreq:2.1.5--py38h588ecb2_4"
+    } else {
+        container "quay.io/biocontainers/lofreq:2.1.5--py38h588ecb2_4"
+    }
+
+    input:
+    tuple val(meta), path(vcf)
+
+    output:
+    tuple val(meta), path("*.gz"), emit: vcf
+    path "*.version.txt"         , emit: version
+
+    script:
+    def software = getSoftwareName(task.process)
+    def prefix   = options.suffix ? "${meta.id}${options.suffix}" : "${meta.id}"
+    """
+    lofreq \\
+        filter \\
+        $options.args \\
+        -i $vcf \\
+        -o ${prefix}.vcf.gz
+
+    echo \$(lofreq version 2>&1) | sed 's/^version: //; s/ *commit.*\$//' > ${software}.version.txt
+    """
+}
diff --git a/software/lofreq/filter/meta.yml b/software/lofreq/filter/meta.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9de18d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/software/lofreq/filter/meta.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: lofreq_filter
+description: Lofreq subcommand to remove variants with low coverage or strand bias potential
+keywords:
+  - variant calling
+  - low frequency variant calling
+  - filtering
+  - lofreq
+  - lofreq/filter
+tools:
+  - lofreq:
+      description: A fast and sensitive variant-caller for inferring SNVs and indels from next-generation sequencing data
+      homepage: https://csb5.github.io/lofreq/
+      documentation: https://csb5.github.io/lofreq/commands/
+      doi: "10.1093/nar/gks918 "
+      licence: ['MIT']
+
+input:
+  - meta:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing sample information
+        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+  - vcf:
+      type: file
+      description: VCF input file
+      pattern: "*.{vcf}"
+
+output:
+  - meta:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing sample information
+        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+  - version:
+      type: file
+      description: File containing software version
+      pattern: "*.{version.txt}"
+  - vcf:
+      type: file
+      description: VCF filtered output file
+      pattern: "*.{vcf}"
+
+authors:
+  - "@bjohnnyd"
diff --git a/tests/config/pytest_software.yml b/tests/config/pytest_software.yml
index 2dffe1b1..0ec34c37 100644
--- a/tests/config/pytest_software.yml
+++ b/tests/config/pytest_software.yml
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ last/train:
   - software/last/train/**
   - tests/software/last/train/**
 
+lofreq/filter:
+  - software/lofreq/filter/**
+  - tests/software/lofreq/filter/**
+
 lofreq/indelqual:
   - software/lofreq/indelqual/**
   - tests/software/lofreq/indelqual/**
@@ -583,14 +587,14 @@ raxmlng:
   - software/raxmlng/**
   - tests/software/raxmlng/**
 
-rsem/preparereference:
-  - software/rsem/preparereference/**
-  - tests/software/rsem/preparereference/**
-
 rsem/calculateexpression:
   - software/rsem/calculateexpression/**
   - tests/software/rsem/calculateexpression/**
 
+rsem/preparereference:
+  - software/rsem/preparereference/**
+  - tests/software/rsem/preparereference/**
+
 rseqc/bamstat:
   - software/rseqc/bamstat/**
   - tests/software/rseqc/bamstat/**
diff --git a/tests/software/lofreq/filter/main.nf b/tests/software/lofreq/filter/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..172b1743
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+++ b/tests/software/lofreq/filter/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+
+nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
+
+include { LOFREQ_FILTER } from '../../../../software/lofreq/filter/main.nf' addParams( options: [:] )
+
+workflow test_lofreq_filter {
+
+    input = [ [ id:'test', single_end:false ], // meta map
+              file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['illumina']['test_vcf'], checkIfExists: true) ]
+
+    LOFREQ_FILTER ( input )
+}
diff --git a/tests/software/lofreq/filter/test.yml b/tests/software/lofreq/filter/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56274b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/software/lofreq/filter/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- name: lofreq filter test_lofreq_filter
+  command: nextflow run tests/software/lofreq/filter -entry test_lofreq_filter -c tests/config/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - lofreq
+    - lofreq/filter
+  files:
+    - path: output/lofreq/test.vcf.gz
+      md5sum: 1914d9bc5d855ff11fe89da7d795e57a