diff --git a/bin/eslint.js b/bin/eslint.js
index 97dd35dad..4cbda78b1 100755
--- a/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/bin/eslint.js
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ runWithTiming("engineConfig", function () {
       options.extensions = userConfig.extensions;
     }
 
+    if (userConfig.ignore_path) {
+      options.ignorePath = userConfig.ignore_path;
+    }
+
     if (userConfig.debug) {
       debug = true;
     }