diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d279d60..6f8d82e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ __pycache__/
 html/
 dist/
 .python-version
+*.pyc
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cde478d..b3d0d5ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ optional arguments:
   --ignore-vuln ID      ignore a specific vulnerability by its vulnerability
                         ID; this option can be used multiple times (default:
                         [])
+  --ignore-vuln-ultimatum ID end-date
+                        ignore a specific vulnerability by its vulnerability
+                        ID up to the end-date; this option can be used multiple times (default:
+                        [])
   --disable-pip         don't use `pip` for dependency resolution; this can
                         only be used with hashed requirements files or if the
                         `--no-deps` flag has been provided (default: False)
@@ -367,6 +371,9 @@ for your particular application or use case, you can use the `--ignore-vuln ID`
 option to ignore specific vulnerability reports. `--ignore-vuln` supports
 aliases, so you can use a `GHSA-xxx` or `CVE-xxx` ID instead of a `PYSEC-xxx`
 ID if the report in question does not have a PYSEC ID.
+To prevent vulnerabilities being ignored ad infinitum in an automated context, 
+an ultimatum can be set for the ignore using 
+`--ignore-vuln-ultimatum ID end-date`.
 
 For example, here is how you might ignore GHSA-w596-4wvx-j9j6, which is a
 common source of noisy vulnerability reports and false positives for users of
@@ -384,8 +391,9 @@ requirements-style inputs, alternative vulnerability feeds, and so forth.
 It can also be passed multiple times, to ignore multiple reports:
 
 ```console
-# Run the audit as normal, but exclude any reports that match these IDs
-$ pip-audit --ignore-vuln CVE-XXX-YYYY --ignore-vuln CVE-ZZZ-AAAA
+# Run the audit as normal, but exclude any reports that match these IDs, 
+with an ultimatum for the second
+$ pip-audit --ignore-vuln CVE-XXX-YYYY --ignore-vuln-ultimatum CVE-ZZZ-AAAA 2023-09-26
 ```
 
 ### `pip-audit` takes longer than I expect!
diff --git a/pip_audit/_cli.py b/pip_audit/_cli.py
index 8b6b8e83..859df786 100644
--- a/pip_audit/_cli.py
+++ b/pip_audit/_cli.py
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from contextlib import ExitStack, contextmanager
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import IO, Iterator, NoReturn, cast
+from typing import IO, Iterator, NoReturn, cast, List, Union, Tuple
 
 from pip_audit import __version__
 from pip_audit._audit import AuditOptions, Auditor
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@
 package_logger = logging.getLogger("pip_audit")
 package_logger.setLevel(os.environ.get("PIP_AUDIT_LOGLEVEL", "INFO").upper())
 
+DATE_SEP = "::"
+
 
 @contextmanager
 def _output_io(name: Path) -> Iterator[IO[str]]:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -327,6 +330,20 @@ def _parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:  # pragma: no cover
             "this option can be used multiple times"
         ),
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ignore-vuln-ultimatum",
+        nargs=2,
+        type=str,
+        metavar=("ID", "end date"),
+        action="append",
+        dest="ignore_vulns_ultimatum",
+        default=[],
+        help=(
+            "ignore a specific vulnerability by its vulnerability ID "
+            "with a given end date; "
+            "this option can be used multiple times"
+        ),
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--disable-pip",
         action="store_true",
@@ -458,7 +475,7 @@ def audit() -> None:  # pragma: no cover
         vuln_count = 0
         skip_count = 0
         vuln_ignore_count = 0
-        vulns_to_ignore = set(args.ignore_vulns)
+        vulns_to_ignore = set(args.ignore_vulns) | ultimatum_vulns_to_ignore(args.ignore_vulns_ultimatum)
         try:
             for spec, vulns in auditor.audit(source):
                 if spec.is_skipped():
@@ -557,3 +574,10 @@ def audit() -> None:  # pragma: no cover
         if skip_count > 0 or formatter.is_manifest:
             with _output_io(args.output) as io:
                 print(formatter.format(result, fixes), file=io)
+
+
+def ultimatum_vulns_to_ignore(ignore_vulns: List[Tuple[str, str]]):
+    return set(
+        v for v, enddate_str in ignore_vulns
+        if datetime.now() < datetime.strptime(enddate_str, "%Y-%m-%d")
+    )
diff --git a/test/test_cli.py b/test/test_cli.py
index 5bf577bd..710dab8b 100644
--- a/test/test_cli.py
+++ b/test/test_cli.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ def test_str(self):
         (["--fix"], 2, 2, "fixed 2 vulnerabilities in 2 packages"),
         ([], 0, 0, "No known vulnerabilities found"),
         (["--ignore-vuln", "bar"], 0, 1, "No known vulnerabilities found, 1 ignored"),
+        (["--ignore-vuln-ultimatum", "baz", "1970-01-01"], 1, 1, "Found 2 known vulnerabilities in 1 package"),
+        (["--ignore-vuln-ultimatum", "baz", "9999-01-01"], 0, 1, "No known vulnerabilities found, 1 ignored"),
     ],
 )
 def test_plurals(capsys, monkeypatch, args, vuln_count, pkg_count, expected):
@@ -90,7 +92,10 @@ def test_plurals(capsys, monkeypatch, args, vuln_count, pkg_count, expected):
     ]
 
     if "--ignore-vuln" in args:
-        result[0][1].append(pretend.stub(id="bar", aliases=set(), has_any_id=lambda x: True))
+        result[0][1].append(pretend.stub(id="bar", aliases=set(), has_any_id=lambda x: "bar" in x, fix_versions="baz"))
+
+    if "--ignore-vuln-ultimatum" in args:
+        result[0][1].append(pretend.stub(id="baz", aliases=set(), has_any_id=lambda x: "baz" in x, fix_versions="baz"))
 
     auditor = pretend.stub(audit=lambda a: result)
     monkeypatch.setattr(pip_audit._cli, "Auditor", lambda *a, **kw: auditor)