diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c1519e5..b97d90bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ dockerCompose {
     downAdditionalArgs = ['--some-switch']
 
     waitForTcpPorts = true // turns off the waiting for exposed TCP ports opening
+    tcpPortsToIgnoreWhenWaiting = [1234] // list of TCP ports what will be ignored when waiting for exposed TCP ports opening; default: empty list
     captureContainersOutput = false // if true, prints output of all containers to Gradle output - very useful for debugging; default is false
     captureContainersOutputToFile = '/path/to/logFile' // sends output of all containers to a log file
     composeLogToFile = project.file('build/my-logs.txt') // redirect output of composeUp and composeDown tasks to this file; default is null (ouput is not redirected)
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/ComposeSettings.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/ComposeSettings.groovy
index a3c60543..5349831b 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/ComposeSettings.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/ComposeSettings.groovy
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class ComposeSettings {
     boolean buildBeforeUp = true
     boolean buildBeforePull = true
     boolean waitForTcpPorts = true
+    List<Integer> tcpPortsToIgnoreWhenWaiting = []
     Duration waitAfterTcpProbeFailure = Duration.ofSeconds(1)
     Duration waitForTcpPortsTimeout = Duration.ofMinutes(15)
     Duration waitForTcpPortsDisconnectionProbeTimeout = Duration.ofMillis(1000)
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/tasks/ComposeUp.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/tasks/ComposeUp.groovy
index d275fa72..add95294 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/tasks/ComposeUp.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/avast/gradle/dockercompose/tasks/ComposeUp.groovy
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ class ComposeUp extends DefaultTask {
         def start = Instant.now()
         servicesInfos.forEach { serviceInfo ->
             serviceInfo.containerInfos.each { instanceName, containerInfo ->
-                containerInfo.tcpPorts.forEach { exposedPort, forwardedPort ->
+                containerInfo.tcpPorts
+                .findAll { ep, fp -> !settings.tcpPortsToIgnoreWhenWaiting.any { it == ep } }
+                .forEach { exposedPort, forwardedPort ->
                     logger.lifecycle("Probing TCP socket on ${containerInfo.host}:${forwardedPort} of service '${instanceName}'")
                     while (true) {
                         try {