diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9420f09ed4e5..e6dfdc684dd2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0
 	github.com/moricho/tparallel v0.2.1
 	github.com/nakabonne/nestif v0.3.0
-	github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.1.0
+	github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.2.3
 	github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint v0.0.0-20210510181950-ab96adb96fea
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fbf2124e9e4b..2ed9cd5583e6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -502,8 +502,8 @@ github.com/nbutton23/zxcvbn-go v0.0.0-20210217022336-fa2cb2858354 h1:4kuARK6Y6Fx
 github.com/nbutton23/zxcvbn-go v0.0.0-20210217022336-fa2cb2858354/go.mod h1:KSVJerMDfblTH7p5MZaTt+8zaT2iEk3AkVb9PQdZuE8=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e h1:fD57ERR4JtEqsWbfPhv4DMiApHyliiK5xCTNVSPiaAs=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
-github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.1.0 h1:kVlMw8h2LHPMGUVqUj6230oQjjTMFjwcZrnkhXzFfl8=
-github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.1.0/go.mod h1:S1j9110vxV1ECdCudXRkeMnFQ/DQk9ajLT0Uf2MYZQQ=
+github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.2.3 h1:+ANTMqRNrqwInnP9aszg/0jDo+zbXa4x66U19Bx/oTk=
+github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.2.3/go.mod h1:bhIX678Nx8inLM9PbpvK1yv6oGtoP8BfaIeMzgBNKvc=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.0.0-20190419143655-18a43bb90ffc/go.mod h1:62PewwiQTlm/7Rj+cxVYqZvDIUc+JjZq6GHAC1fsObQ=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.1 h1:1TXtjmy4f3YCFjTxRd8zcFHOmoUir+gp0ESzjFzG2sw=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.1/go.mod h1:HvkGJcA3naj4lOwnFXFDkFxVtSqQMB9sbB1usJ+xjQE=
@@ -915,8 +915,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210403161142-5e06dd20ab57/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007 h1:gG67DSER+11cZvqIMb8S8bt0vZtiN6xWYARwirrOSfE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -1010,7 +1011,6 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200831203904-5a2aa26beb65/go.mod h1:Cj7w3i3Rnn0Xh82u
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200904185747-39188db58858/go.mod h1:Cj7w3i3Rnn0Xh82ur9kSqwfTHTeVxaDqrfMjpcNT6bE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201001104356-43ebab892c4c/go.mod h1:z6u4i615ZeAfBE4XtMziQW1fSVJXACjjbWkB/mvPzlU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201002184944-ecd9fd270d5d/go.mod h1:z6u4i615ZeAfBE4XtMziQW1fSVJXACjjbWkB/mvPzlU=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201011145850-ed2f50202694/go.mod h1:z6u4i615ZeAfBE4XtMziQW1fSVJXACjjbWkB/mvPzlU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201023174141-c8cfbd0f21e6/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201028025901-8cd080b735b3/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201110124207-079ba7bd75cd/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 0a4d0a5b9821..d0b9c0defe40 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ type ErrorLintSettings struct {
 }
 
 type ExhaustiveSettings struct {
-	CheckGenerated             bool `mapstructure:"check-generated"`
-	DefaultSignifiesExhaustive bool `mapstructure:"default-signifies-exhaustive"`
+	CheckGenerated             bool   `mapstructure:"check-generated"`
+	DefaultSignifiesExhaustive bool   `mapstructure:"default-signifies-exhaustive"`
+	IgnorePattern              string `mapstructure:"ignore-pattern"`
 }
 
 type ExhaustiveStructSettings struct {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go b/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go
index 85534d42cda8..9acee6a80641 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func NewExhaustive(settings *config.ExhaustiveSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 			a.Name: {
 				exhaustive.CheckGeneratedFlag:             settings.CheckGenerated,
 				exhaustive.DefaultSignifiesExhaustiveFlag: settings.DefaultSignifiesExhaustive,
+				exhaustive.IgnorePatternFlag:              settings.IgnorePattern,
 			},
 		}
 	}