diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77cb48f..f3d9b7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ custom:
     handlerRoot: ../../
 ```
 
+## Suppress "missing optional dependency" warning
+When building you may have missing optional dependencies that are not installed. In this case you will receive messages like:
+
+```
+Serverless: [serverless-plugin-include-dependencies]: WARNING missing optional dependency: aws-crt
+```
+
+To suppress these messages, add a list of the optional dependencies to ignore
+
+```yaml
+custom:
+  ignoreOptionalDependenciesList:
+    - aws-crt
+```
+
 ## New In 2.0 - Exclusion Support
 
 Rather than including module folders (e.g. `node_modules/foo/**`, it now includes a list of actual files (e.g. `node_modules/foo/package.json`, `node_modules/foo/index.js`) and *uses the serverless package patterns* to filter these files. Patterns *must* start with `!node_modules` to be considered by this plugin.
diff --git a/__tests__/get-dependency-list.js b/__tests__/get-dependency-list.js
index 65f1f0f..e6534e4 100644
--- a/__tests__/get-dependency-list.js
+++ b/__tests__/get-dependency-list.js
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ test('should handle requires to a missing optionalDependency listed in dependenc
   t.true(log.called);
 });
 
+test('should suppress missing optionalDependency warning', (t) => {
+  const fileName = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'optional-dep-missing.js');
+  const log = sinon.stub();
+  const ignoreOptionalDependenciesList = ['optional-dep-wont-be-found'];
+
+  const list = getDependencyList(fileName, Object.assign({ cli: { log } }, serverless), ignoreOptionalDependenciesList);
+
+  t.true(list.some(item => item.indexOf(`optional-dep-missing.js`) !== -1));
+  t.true(list.some(item => item.indexOf(`node_modules/optional-dep-parent/index.js`) !== -1));
+  t.true(log.notCalled);
+});
+
 test('should handle requires to a missing peerDependency listed in peerDependenciesMeta as optional', (t) => {
   const fileName = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'optional-dep-meta-missing.js');
   const log = sinon.stub();
@@ -129,8 +141,8 @@ test('caches lookups', (t) => {
   const fileName2 = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'redundancies-2.js');
 
   const cache = new Set();
-  const list1 = getDependencyList(fileName, serverless, cache);
-  const list2 = getDependencyList(fileName2, serverless, cache);
+  const list1 = getDependencyList(fileName, serverless, [], cache);
+  const list2 = getDependencyList(fileName2, serverless, [], cache);
 
   t.true(list1.some(item => item.endsWith('local/named/index.js')));
   t.true(list1.some(item => item.endsWith('symlinked.js')));
diff --git a/get-dependency-list.js b/get-dependency-list.js
index 8b06137..1cf0757 100644
--- a/get-dependency-list.js
+++ b/get-dependency-list.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function ignoreMissing(dependency, optional, peerDependenciesMeta) {
     || peerDependenciesMeta && dependency in peerDependenciesMeta && peerDependenciesMeta[dependency].optional;
 }
 
-module.exports = function(filename, serverless, cache) {
+module.exports = function(filename, serverless, ignoreOptionalDependenciesList = [], cache) {
   const servicePath = serverless.config.servicePath;
   const modulePaths = new Set();
   const filePaths = new Set();
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ module.exports = function(filename, serverless, cache) {
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
         if (ignoreMissing(moduleName, optionalDependencies, peerDependenciesMeta)) {
+          if (ignoreOptionalDependenciesList.includes(moduleName)) {
+            return null;
+          }
+
           serverless.cli.log(`[serverless-plugin-include-dependencies]: WARNING missing optional dependency: ${moduleName}`);
           return null;
         }
diff --git a/include-dependencies.js b/include-dependencies.js
index 234f5f4..023d074 100644
--- a/include-dependencies.js
+++ b/include-dependencies.js
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ module.exports = class IncludeDependencies {
 
   getDependencies(fileName, patterns, useCache = false) {
     const servicePath = this.serverless.config.servicePath;
-    const dependencies = getDependencyList(fileName, this.serverless, useCache && this.cache) || [];
+    const ignoreOptionalDependenciesList = this.getPluginOptions().ignoreOptionalDependenciesList || [];
+    const dependencies = getDependencyList(fileName, this.serverless, ignoreOptionalDependenciesList, useCache && this.cache) || [];
     const relativeDependencies = dependencies.map(p => path.relative(servicePath, p));
 
     const exclusions = patterns.filter(p => p.startsWith('!') && p.includes('node_modules'));