diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96fd777..00763a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ OPTIONS
   -h, --help                  Output usage information
   -w, --write                 Restructure and edit folders and files
   -S, --avoid-single-file     Flag to indicate if single files in folders should be avoided
+  --ignore [path]             Ignore file(s) / folder(s) by a file path or a glob pattern.
 ```
 
 Dry run which will output what the resulting file structure will look like:
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 588798c..580e56e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const { argv } = process;
 export type Config = {
   help: boolean;
   include: string[];
+  ignore: string[];
   version: boolean;
   write: boolean;
   avoidSingleFile: boolean;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export type Config = {
 const defaultConfig: Config = {
   help: false,
   include: [],
+  ignore: [],
   version: false,
   write: false,
   avoidSingleFile: false,
@@ -47,6 +49,11 @@ const printHelp = (exitCode: number) => {
       description:
         "Flag to indicate if single files in folders should be avoided",
     },
+    {
+      flags: ["--ignore [path]"],
+      description:
+        "Ignore file(s) / folder(s) by a file path or a glob pattern",
+    },
   ]);
 
   return process.exit(exitCode);
@@ -77,6 +84,11 @@ const parseArgs = (args: string[]) => {
       case "--avoid-single-file":
         cliConfig.avoidSingleFile = true;
         break;
+      case "--ignore":
+        const nextOptionIdx = args.findIndex(x => x.startsWith("-"));
+
+        cliConfig.ignore = [...(cliConfig.ignore ?? []), ...(args.splice(0, nextOptionIdx) ?? [])];
+        break;
       default: {
         if (fs.existsSync(arg) || glob.hasMagic(arg)) {
           cliConfig.include = [...(cliConfig.include ?? []), arg];
@@ -107,7 +119,10 @@ export const run = async (args: string[]) => {
   if (mergedConfig.version) return printVersion();
   if (mergedConfig.include.length === 0) return printHelp(1);
 
-  const restructureMap = getRestructureMap(mergedConfig.include);
+  const restructureMap = getRestructureMap(
+    mergedConfig.include,
+    mergedConfig.ignore
+  );
   const filesToEdit = Object.values(restructureMap).flat();
 
   if (filesToEdit.length === 0) {
diff --git a/src/index/getFilePaths.ts b/src/index/getFilePaths.ts
index 0a04fe5..acb365f 100644
--- a/src/index/getFilePaths.ts
+++ b/src/index/getFilePaths.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import logger from "../shared/logger";
 const isDirectory = (filePath: string) => fs.lstatSync(filePath).isDirectory();
 const isFile = (filePath: string) => fs.lstatSync(filePath).isFile();
 
-export const globSearch = (pattern: string) => {
-  const matches = glob.sync(pattern);
+export const globSearch = (pattern: string, ignore: string[]) => {
+  const matches = glob.sync(pattern, { ignore });
   const files = matches.filter(match => isFile(match));
 
   if (files.length === 0) {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const globSearch = (pattern: string) => {
   return files;
 };
 
-export const getFilePaths = (rootPath: string) => {
+export const getFilePaths = (rootPath: string, ignore: string[]) => {
   const filePaths: string[] = [];
   const paths = [rootPath];
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const getFilePaths = (rootPath: string) => {
 
     const isGlobPattern = glob.hasMagic(filePath);
     if (isGlobPattern) {
-      filePaths.push(...globSearch(filePath));
+      filePaths.push(...globSearch(filePath, ignore));
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ export const getFilePaths = (rootPath: string) => {
 };
 
 /** Get a restructure map with rootPath keys and filePaths values. */
-export const getRestructureMap = (rootPaths: string[]) =>
+export const getRestructureMap = (rootPaths: string[], ignore: string[]) =>
   rootPaths.reduce<{ [key: string]: string[] }>(
     (acc, rootPath) => ({
       ...acc,
-      [rootPath]: getFilePaths(rootPath),
+      [rootPath]: getFilePaths(rootPath, ignore),
     }),
     {}
   );