diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 022c456..2f3ad62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ Check recursively in the other directories:
 find <directory> -name \*.adoc -exec asciidoc-link-check -p {} \;
 ```
 
+### Ignore specific links
+
+1. Create a JSON config file containing ignore patterns:
+    ```json
+    {
+        "ignorePatterns": [
+            { "pattern": "^https://192.17" },
+            { "pattern": "^https://www.google" }
+        ]
+
+    }
+    ```
+1. Use the config file option:
+    ```
+    asciidoc-link-check README.adoc -c <configfile.json>
+    ```
+
 Using in your node project
 --------------------------
 
@@ -81,10 +98,16 @@ API
 Use the following function:
 
 ``` javascript
-asciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, callback)
+asciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, [opts], callback)
 ```
 
-Accepts a string containing `asciidoc` formatted text and a `callback`, extracts all links and checks if they are alive or dead. Then calls the `callback` with `(err, results)`.
+Accepts a string containing `asciidoc` formatted text and a `callback` function,
+extracts all links and checks if they are alive or dead. Then calls the
+`callback` function with `(err, results)`.
+
+- `opts` optional objects
+
+  - `ignorePatterns`: An array of objects of regular expressions patterns.
 
 Examples
 ========
diff --git a/asciidoc-link-check b/asciidoc-link-check
index 659dba1..4350bb4 100755
--- a/asciidoc-link-check
+++ b/asciidoc-link-check
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ var path = require('path');
 
 var statusLabels = {
 	alive: chalk.green('✓'),
-	dead: chalk.red('✖')
+	dead: chalk.red('✖'),
+	ignored: chalk.gray('~')
 };
 
 var error = false;
 var opts = {};
 var filenameOutput = "";
 var stream = process.stdin; // read from stdin unless a filename is given
-program.option('-p, --progress', 'show progress bar').arguments('[filenameOrUrl]').action(function (filenameOrUrl) {
+program
+.option('-p, --progress', 'Show progress bar')
+.option('-c, --config [config]', 'Use a JSON config file')
+.option('-q, --quiet', 'Display errors only')
+.arguments('[filenameOrUrl]')
+.action(function (filenameOrUrl) {
 		filenameOutput = filenameOrUrl;
 		if (/https?:/.test(filenameOrUrl)) {
 			stream = request.get(filenameOrUrl);
@@ -37,30 +43,76 @@ program.option('-p, --progress', 'show progress bar').arguments('[filenameOrUrl]
 			stream = fs.createReadStream(filenameOrUrl);
 		}
 	})
-	.parse(process.argv);
+.parse(process.argv);
 
 opts.showProgressBar = (program.progress === true); // force true or undefined to be true or false.
+opts.quiet = (program.quiet === true);
 
 var asciidoc = ''; // collect the asciidoc data, then process it
 stream.on('data', function (chunk) {
 	asciidoc += chunk.toString();
 }).on('end', function () {
 	console.log(chalk.cyan('\nFILE: ' + filenameOutput))
-	asciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, opts, function (err, results) {
 
-		if (results.length === 0) {
-			console.log(chalk.yellow('No hyperlinks found!\n'))
+	if (program.config) {
+        fs.access(program.config, fs.constants.R_OK, function (err) {
+            if (!err) {
+                let configStream = fs.createReadStream(program.config);
+                let configData = '';
+
+                configStream.on('data', function (chunk) {
+                    configData += chunk.toString();
+                }).on('end', function () {
+                    let config = JSON.parse(configData);
+
+                    opts.ignorePatterns = config.ignorePatterns;
+
+                    runasciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, opts);
+                });
+            }
+            else {
+                console.error(chalk.red('\nERROR: Can\'t access configuration file.'));
+                process.exit(1);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    else {
+        runasciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, opts);
+    }
+});
+
+function runasciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, opts) {
+
+asciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, opts, function (err, results) {
+
+	if (results.length === 0) {
+		console.log(chalk.yellow('No hyperlinks found!\n'))
+	}
+	results.forEach(function (result) {
+		if (result.status === 'dead') {
+			error = true;
 		}
-		results.forEach(function (result) {
-			if (result.status === 'dead') {
-				error = true;
+
+		// Skip messages for non-deadlinks in quiet mode.
+		if (opts.quiet && result.status !== 'dead') {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		switch(result.status) {
+			case 'dead':
 				console.log('[%s] %s', statusLabels[result.status], chalk.red(result.link));
-			} else
+			  	break;
+			case 'ignored':
+				console.log('[%s] %s', statusLabels[result.status], chalk.gray(result.link));
+			  	break;
+			default:
 				console.log('[%s] %s', statusLabels[result.status], result.link);
-		});
-		if (error) {
-			console.error(chalk.red('ERROR: dead links found!\n'));
-			process.exit(1);
-		}
+		} 
+
 	});
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+	if (error) {
+		console.error(chalk.red('ERROR: dead links found!\n'));
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+});
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b949c76..ee2834e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ module.exports = function asciidocLinkCheck(asciidoc, opts, callback) {
     }
 
     async.mapLimit(linksCollection, 2, function (link, callback) {
+        if (opts.ignorePatterns) {
+            let shouldIgnore = opts.ignorePatterns.some(function(ignorePattern) {
+                return ignorePattern.pattern instanceof RegExp ? ignorePattern.pattern.test(link) : (new RegExp(ignorePattern.pattern)).test(link) ? true : false;
+            });
+        
+            if (shouldIgnore) {
+                let linkCheckResult = {};
+
+                linkCheckResult.link = link;
+                linkCheckResult.statusCode = 0;
+                linkCheckResult.status = 'ignored';
+                bar.tick();
+                callback(null, linkCheckResult);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        
         linkCheck(link, opts, function (err, result) {
             if (opts.showProgressBar) {
                 bar.tick();