diff --git a/website/server/middlewares/ipBlocker.js b/website/server/middlewares/ipBlocker.js
index c11f3e47d1..91bf2e6eee 100644
--- a/website/server/middlewares/ipBlocker.js
+++ b/website/server/middlewares/ipBlocker.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   Forbidden,
 } from '../libs/errors';
 import { apiError } from '../libs/apiError';
+import { model as Blocker } from '../models/blocker';
 
 // Middleware to block unwanted IP addresses
 
@@ -22,10 +23,28 @@ const blockedIps = BLOCKED_IPS_RAW
     .filter(blockedIp => Boolean(blockedIp))
   : [];
 
+Blocker.watchBlockers({
+  type: 'ipaddress',
+  area: 'full',
+}, {
+  initial: true,
+}).on('change', async change => {
+  const { operation, blocker } = change;
+  if (operation === 'add') {
+    if (blocker.value && !blockedIps.includes(blocker.value)) {
+      blockedIps.push(blocker.value);
+    }
+  } else if (operation === 'delete') {
+    const index = blockedIps.indexOf(blocker.value);
+    if (index !== -1) {
+      blockedIps.splice(index, 1);
+    }
+  }
+});
+
 export default function ipBlocker (req, res, next) {
   // If there are no IPs to block, skip the middleware
   if (blockedIps.length === 0) return next();
-
   // Is the client IP, req.ip, blocked?
   const match = blockedIps.find(blockedIp => blockedIp === req.ip) !== undefined;
 
diff --git a/website/server/models/blocker.js b/website/server/models/blocker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d2e7c2f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/server/models/blocker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/* eslint-disable camelcase */
+
+import mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
+import validator from 'validator';
+import baseModel from '../libs/baseModel';
+
+export const blockTypes = [
+  'ipaddress',
+  'email',
+];
+
+export const blockArea = [
+  'full',
+  'payment',
+];
+
+export const schema = new mongoose.Schema({
+  id: {
+    $type: String,
+    default: uuid,
+    validate: [v => validator.isUUID(v), 'Invalid uuid for tag.'],
+    required: true,
+  },
+  disabled: {
+    $type: Boolean, default: false, // If true, the block is disabled
+  },
+  type: {
+    $type: String, enum: blockTypes, required: true,
+  },
+  area: {
+    $type: String, enum: blockArea, default: 'full', // full or payment
+  },
+  value: {
+    $type: String, required: true, // e.g. IP address
+  },
+  blockSource: {
+    $type: String, enum: ['user', 'system', 'worker'], default: 'user', // who created the block
+  },
+  reason: {
+    $type: String, required: false, // e.g. 'abusive behavior'
+  },
+}, {
+  strict: true,
+  minimize: false, // So empty objects are returned
+  _id: false, // use id instead of _id
+  typeKey: '$type', // So that we can use fields named `type`
+});
+
+schema.plugin(baseModel, {
+  timestamps: true,
+  noSet: ['_id'],
+  _id: false, // use id instead of _id
+});
+
+schema.statics.watchBlockers = function watchBlockers (query, options) {
+  const emitter = new EventEmitter();
+  const matchQuery = {
+    $match: {},
+  };
+  if (query) {
+    if (query.type) {
+      matchQuery.$match['fullDocument.type'] = query.type;
+    }
+    if (query.area) {
+      matchQuery.$match['fullDocument.area'] = query.area;
+    }
+  }
+  process.nextTick(() => {
+    this.watch([matchQuery], {
+      fullDocument: 'updateLookup',
+    })
+      .on('change', change => {
+        if (!change.fullDocument) {
+          return; // Ignore changes that don't have a fullDocument
+        }
+        if (change.operationType === 'insert' || !change.fullDocument.disabled) {
+          emitter.emit('change', {
+            operation: 'add',
+            blocker: change.fullDocument,
+          });
+        } else if (change.operationType === 'update' && change.fullDocument.disabled) {
+          emitter.emit('change', {
+            operation: 'delete',
+            blocker: change.fullDocument,
+          });
+        }
+      })
+      .on('error', error => {
+        emitter.emit('error', error);
+      });
+    if (options.initial) {
+      const initialQuery = {
+        disabled: false,
+        ...query,
+      };
+      this.find(initialQuery).then(docs => {
+        for (const doc of docs) {
+          emitter.emit('change', {
+            operation: 'add',
+            blocker: doc,
+          });
+        }
+      }).catch(error => {
+        emitter.emit('error', error);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  return emitter;
+};
+
+export const model = mongoose.model('Blocker', schema);