diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0803af5f..f3cf27bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -717,13 +717,17 @@ module.exports = {
 
 ### ▪️ ignorePaths (optional)
 
-Defines a regular expression that determines whether a path(s) should be ignored. Any path that matches the regular expression will be ignored by the validator.
-
-The following ignores any path that ends in `/pets` e.g. `/v1/pets`
+Defines a regular expression or function that determines whether a path(s) should be ignored. If it's a regular expression, any path that matches the regular expression will be ignored by the validator. If it's a function, it will ignore any paths that returns a truthy value.
 
+The following ignores any path that ends in `/pets` e.g. `/v1/pets`.
+As a regular expression:
 ```
 ignorePaths: /.*\/pets$/
 ```
+or as a function:
+```
+ignorePaths: (path) => path.endsWith('/pets')
+```
 
 ### ▪️ fileUploader (optional)
 
diff --git a/src/framework/openapi.context.ts b/src/framework/openapi.context.ts
index 0bf2d8cc..ef5ff4bb 100644
--- a/src/framework/openapi.context.ts
+++ b/src/framework/openapi.context.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { OpenAPIV3 } from './types';
 import { Spec, RouteMetadata } from './openapi.spec.loader';
+import { Console } from 'console';
 
 
 export interface RoutePair {
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ export class OpenApiContext {
   public readonly openApiRouteMap = {};
   public readonly routes: RouteMetadata[] = [];
   private readonly basePaths: string[];
-  private readonly ignorePaths: RegExp;
+  private readonly ignorePaths: RegExp | Function;
 
-  constructor(spec: Spec, ignorePaths: RegExp) {
+  constructor(spec: Spec, ignorePaths: RegExp | Function) {
     this.apiDoc = spec.apiDoc;
     this.basePaths = spec.basePaths;
     this.routes = spec.routes;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export class OpenApiContext {
   }
 
   public shouldIgnoreRoute(path: string) {
-    return this.ignorePaths?.test(path);
+    return typeof this.ignorePaths === 'function' ? this.ignorePaths(path) : this.ignorePaths?.test(path);
   }
 
   public routePair(route: string): RoutePair {
diff --git a/src/framework/types.ts b/src/framework/types.ts
index b8740f9b..a67612db 100644
--- a/src/framework/types.ts
+++ b/src/framework/types.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export interface OpenApiValidatorOpts {
   validateResponses?: boolean | ValidateResponseOpts;
   validateRequests?: boolean | ValidateRequestOpts;
   validateSecurity?: boolean | ValidateSecurityOpts;
-  ignorePaths?: RegExp;
+  ignorePaths?: RegExp | Function;
   securityHandlers?: SecurityHandlers;
   coerceTypes?: boolean | 'array';
   unknownFormats?: true | string[] | 'ignore';
diff --git a/test/ignore.paths.spec.ts b/test/ignore.paths.spec.ts
index b1a4467b..c0643201 100644
--- a/test/ignore.paths.spec.ts
+++ b/test/ignore.paths.spec.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as request from 'supertest';
 import { createApp } from './common/app';
-import * as packageJson from '../package.json';
 
-describe(packageJson.name, () => {
+describe('ignorePaths as RegExp', () => {
   let app = null;
   let basePath = null;
 
@@ -105,3 +104,103 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
         }));
   });
 });
+
+describe('ignorePaths as Function', () => {
+  let app = null;
+  let basePath = null;
+
+  before(async () => {
+    const apiSpec = path.join('test', 'resources', 'ignore.paths.yaml');
+
+    app = await createApp(
+      { apiSpec, ignorePaths: (path) => path.endsWith('/hippies') },
+      3005,
+      app => {
+        app.all('/v1/hippies', (req, res) => {
+          res.json([
+            { id: 1, name: 'farah' },
+            { id: 2, name: 'fred' },
+          ]);
+        });
+        app.get('/v1/hippies/1', (req, res) => {
+          res.json({ id: 1, name: 'farah' });
+        });
+        app.get('/v1/pets/1', (req, res) => {
+          res.json({ id: 1, name: 'sparky' });
+        });
+      },
+    );
+    basePath = app.basePath;
+  });
+
+  after(() => app.server.close());
+
+  it('should ignore path and return 200, rather than validate', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .get(`${basePath}/hippies`)
+      .query({
+        test: 'one',
+        limit: 2,
+      })
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(200));
+
+  it('should ignore path and return 200, rather than validate', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .post(`${basePath}/hippies?test`)
+      .query({
+        test: 'one',
+        limit: 2,
+      })
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(200));
+
+  it('should not ignore path and return 404', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .get(`${basePath}/hippies/1`)
+      .query({
+        test: 'one',
+        limit: 2,
+      })
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(404));
+
+  describe(`GET ${basePath}/pets/:id`, () => {
+    it('should validate a path within the base path that is not ignored', async () => {
+      const id = 'my_id';
+      return request(app)
+        .get(`${basePath}/pets/${id}`)
+        .expect(400)
+        .then(r => {
+          const e = r.body.errors;
+          expect(e[0].path).contains('id');
+          expect(e[0].message).equals('should be integer');
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should validate a route defined in openapi but not express with invalid params', async () =>
+      request(app)
+        .get(`${basePath}/route_defined_in_openapi_only`)
+        .expect(400)
+        .then(r => {
+          const e = r.body.errors;
+          expect(e[0].message).to.equal("should have required property 'id'");
+        }));
+
+    it('should return 404 if route is defined in openapi but not express and params are valid', async () =>
+      request(app)
+        .get(`${basePath}/route_defined_in_openapi_only`)
+        .query({ id: 123 })
+        .expect(404)
+        .then(r => {
+          const e = r.body;
+          console.log(e)
+          // There is no route defined by express, hence the validator verifies parameters,
+          // then it fails over to the express error handler. In this case returns empty
+          expect(e).to.be.empty;
+        }));
+  });
+});