diff --git a/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py b/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py
index 69a580c6..9dca2bc3 100644
--- a/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py
+++ b/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ from ._felzenszwalb import felzenszwalb
 from ._slic import slic
 from ._quickshift import quickshift
 from .boundaries import find_boundaries, visualize_boundaries
+from ._clear_border import clear_border
diff --git a/skimage/segmentation/_clear_border.py b/skimage/segmentation/_clear_border.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..266e17e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skimage/segmentation/_clear_border.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.ndimage import label
+
+
+def clear_border(image, buffer_size=0, bgval=0):
+    """Clear objects connected to image border.
+
+    The changes will be applied to the input image.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    image : (N, M) array
+        Binary image.
+    buffer_size : int, optional
+        Define additional buffer around image border.
+    bgval : float or int, optional
+        Value for cleared objects.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    image : (N, M) array
+        Cleared binary image.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from skimage.segmentation import clear_border
+    >>> image = np.array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
+    ...                   [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+    ...                   [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+    ...                   [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
+    ...                   [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+    ...                   [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]])
+    >>> clear_border(image)
+    array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+           [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
+           [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]])
+
+    """
+
+    rows, cols = image.shape
+    if buffer_size >= rows or buffer_size >= cols:
+        raise ValueError("buffer size may not be greater than image size")
+
+    # create borders with buffer_size
+    borders = np.zeros_like(image, dtype=np.bool_)
+    ext = buffer_size + 1
+    borders[:ext] = True
+    borders[- ext:] = True
+    borders[:, :ext] = True
+    borders[:, - ext:] = True
+
+    labels, number = label(image)
+
+    # determine all objects that are connected to borders
+    borders_indices = np.unique(labels[borders])
+    indices = np.arange(number + 1)
+    # mask all label indices that are connected to borders
+    label_mask = np.in1d(indices, borders_indices)
+    # create mask for pixels to clear
+    mask = label_mask[labels.ravel()].reshape(labels.shape)
+
+    # clear border pixels
+    image[mask] = bgval
+
+    return image
diff --git a/skimage/segmentation/tests/test_clear_border.py b/skimage/segmentation/tests/test_clear_border.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d87f3d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skimage/segmentation/tests/test_clear_border.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import numpy as np
+from numpy.testing import assert_array_equal, assert_equal
+from skimage.segmentation import clear_border
+
+
+def test_clear_border():
+    image = np.array(
+        [[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
+         [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+         [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+         [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
+         [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
+         [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]])
+
+    # test default case
+    result = clear_border(image.copy())
+    ref = image.copy()
+    ref[2, 0] = 0
+    ref[0, -2] = 0
+    assert_array_equal(result, ref)
+
+    # test buffer
+    result = clear_border(image.copy(), 1)
+    assert_array_equal(result, np.zeros(result.shape))
+
+    # test background value
+    result = clear_border(image.copy(), 1, 2)
+    assert_array_equal(result, 2 * np.ones_like(image))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    np.testing.run_module_suite()