diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/magellan-nullPickersItem_2018-03-14-23-46.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/magellan-nullPickersItem_2018-03-14-23-46.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f84444314565c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/magellan-nullPickersItem_2018-03-14-23-46.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Pickers: Allow onItemSelected to return null",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "law@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx
index 5d45d58d2286d0..9351ba8ac67693 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.tsx
@@ -596,7 +596,12 @@ export class BasePicker<T, P extends IBasePickerProps<T>> extends BaseComponent<
 
   @autobind
   protected addItem(item: T) {
-    const processedItem: T | PromiseLike<T> = this.props.onItemSelected ? (this.props.onItemSelected as any)(item) : item;
+    const processedItem: T | PromiseLike<T> | null =
+      this.props.onItemSelected ? (this.props.onItemSelected as any)(item) : item;
+
+    if (processedItem === null) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     const processedItemObject: T = processedItem as T;
     const processedItemPromiseLike: PromiseLike<T> = processedItem as PromiseLike<T>;
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.types.ts b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.types.ts
index de2cb6acb91cb0..50fa5c174c9a7e 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.types.ts
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/BasePicker.types.ts
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ export interface IBasePickerProps<T> extends React.Props<any> {
    */
   removeButtonAriaLabel?: string;
   /**
-   * A callback to process a selection after the user selects something from the picker.
+   * A callback to process a selection after the user selects something from the picker. If the callback returns null,
+   * the item will not be added to the picker.
    */
-  onItemSelected?: (selectedItem?: T) => T | PromiseLike<T>;
+  onItemSelected?: (selectedItem?: T) => T | PromiseLike<T> | null;
   /**
    * The items that the base picker should currently display as selected. If this is provided then the picker will act as a controlled component.
    */
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/examples/TagPicker.Basic.Example.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/examples/TagPicker.Basic.Example.tsx
index 798c45a35ce544..9a92e82bbd00f2 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/examples/TagPicker.Basic.Example.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/examples/TagPicker.Basic.Example.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { autobind } from '../../../Utilities';
+import {
+  autobind,
+  BaseComponent
+} from '../../../Utilities';
 import { TagPicker } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagPicker';
 import { Checkbox } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/Checkbox';
 import { ITagPickerDemoPageState } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/components/pickers/examples/ITagPickerDemoPageState';
@@ -24,7 +27,9 @@ const _testTags = [
   'yellow'
 ].map(item => ({ key: item, name: item }));
 
-export class TagPickerBasicExample extends React.Component<{}, ITagPickerDemoPageState> {
+export class TagPickerBasicExample extends BaseComponent<{}, ITagPickerDemoPageState> {
+  private _picker: TagPicker;
+
   constructor(props: {}) {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
@@ -41,6 +46,7 @@ export class TagPickerBasicExample extends React.Component<{}, ITagPickerDemoPag
           checked={ this.state.isPickerDisabled }
           onChange={ this._onDisabledButtonClick }
         />
+        Filter items in suggestions: This picker will filter added items from the search suggestions.
         <TagPicker
           onResolveSuggestions={ this._onFilterChanged }
           getTextFromItem={ this._getTextFromItem }
@@ -58,6 +64,27 @@ export class TagPickerBasicExample extends React.Component<{}, ITagPickerDemoPag
             'aria-label': 'Tag Picker'
           } }
         />
+        <br />
+        Filter items on selected: This picker will show already-added suggestions but will not add duplicate tags.
+        <TagPicker
+          componentRef={ this._resolveRef('_picker') }
+          onResolveSuggestions={ this._onFilterChangedNoFilter }
+          onItemSelected={ this._onItemSelected }
+          getTextFromItem={ this._getTextFromItem }
+          pickerSuggestionsProps={
+            {
+              suggestionsHeaderText: 'Suggested Tags',
+              noResultsFoundText: 'No Color Tags Found'
+            }
+          }
+          itemLimit={ 2 }
+          disabled={ this.state.isPickerDisabled }
+          inputProps={ {
+            onBlur: (ev: React.FocusEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => console.log('onBlur called'),
+            onFocus: (ev: React.FocusEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => console.log('onFocus called'),
+            'aria-label': 'Tag Picker'
+          } }
+        />
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -75,7 +102,21 @@ export class TagPickerBasicExample extends React.Component<{}, ITagPickerDemoPag
 
   @autobind
   private _onFilterChanged(filterText: string, tagList: { key: string, name: string }[]) {
-    return filterText ? _testTags.filter(tag => tag.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(filterText.toLowerCase()) === 0).filter(item => !this._listContainsDocument(item, tagList)) : [];
+    return filterText ? _testTags.filter(tag => tag.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(filterText.toLowerCase()) === 0)
+      .filter(tag => !this._listContainsDocument(tag, tagList)) : [];
+  }
+
+  @autobind
+  private _onFilterChangedNoFilter(filterText: string, tagList: { key: string, name: string }[]) {
+    return filterText ? _testTags.filter(tag => tag.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(filterText.toLowerCase()) === 0) : [];
+  }
+
+  @autobind
+  private _onItemSelected(item: any) {
+    if (this._listContainsDocument(item, this._picker.items)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return item;
   }
 
   private _listContainsDocument(tag: { key: string, name: string }, tagList: { key: string, name: string }[]) {