diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index db114dc..3b4d300 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -535,6 +535,12 @@ Synchronisation is performed by comparing the date and time of source
 and destination files. Files are copied if the source is newer than the
 destination.
 
+Synchronisation can be configured to ignore files such as documents,
+usually to conserve space on the destination. This is done by means
+of a file named .rsync-ignore. This should comprise a list of files
+and/or subdirectories with each item on a separate line. If such a
+file is found in a source directory, items found in the file's
+directory that match its contents will not be synchronised.
 
 shell
 -----
diff --git a/rshell/main.py b/rshell/main.py
index 5bb5b7a..3a3a80c 100755
--- a/rshell/main.py
+++ b/rshell/main.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@
 RTS = ''
 DTR = ''
 
+IGFILE_NAME = '.rshell-ignore'
+
 # It turns out that just because pyudev is installed doesn't mean that
 # it can actually be used. So we only bother to try if we're running
 # under linux.
@@ -875,6 +877,21 @@ def rsync(src_dir, dst_dir, mirror, dry_run, print_func, recursed, sync_hidden):
     for name, stat in src_files:
         d_src[name] = stat
 
+    # Check source for an ignore file
+    all_src = auto(listdir_stat, src_dir, show_hidden=True)
+    igfiles = [x for x in all_src if x[0] == IGFILE_NAME]
+    set_ignore = set()
+    if len(igfiles):
+        igfile, mode = igfiles[0]
+        if mode_isfile(stat_mode(mode)):
+            with open(src_dir + '/' + igfile, 'r') as f:
+                for line in f.readlines():
+                    line = line.strip()
+                    if line:
+                        set_ignore.add(line)
+        else:
+            print_err('Ignore file "{:s}" is not a file'.format(IGFILE_NAME))
+
     d_dst = {}
     dst_files = auto(listdir_stat, dst_dir, show_hidden=sync_hidden)
     if dst_files is None: # Directory does not exist
@@ -885,7 +902,7 @@ def rsync(src_dir, dst_dir, mirror, dry_run, print_func, recursed, sync_hidden):
             d_dst[name] = stat
 
     set_dst = set(d_dst.keys())
-    set_src = set(d_src.keys())
+    set_src = set(d_src.keys()) - set_ignore
     to_add = set_src - set_dst  # Files to copy to dest
     to_del = set_dst - set_src  # To delete from dest
     to_upd = set_dst.intersection(set_src) # In both: may need updating
@@ -2647,6 +2664,9 @@ def do_shell(self, line):
         ),
     )
 
+    def complete_rsync(self, text, line, begidx, endidx):
+        return self.filename_complete(text, line, begidx, endidx)
+
     def do_rsync(self, line):
         """rsync [-m|--mirror] [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] SRC_DIR DEST_DIR