diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 844e9d4..94b7c2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Options
 * `--json` output in json format.
 * `--csv` output in csv format.
 * `--out [filepath]` write the data to a specific file.
+* `--exclude [list]` exclude modules which licenses are in the comma-separated list from the output
 
 Examples
 --------
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ Examples
 license-checker --json > /path/to/licenses.json
 license-checker --csv --out /path/to/licenses.csv
 license-checker --unknown
+license-checker --exclude 'MIT, MIT/X11, BSD, ISC'
 ```
 
 Requiring
diff --git a/lib/args.js b/lib/args.js
index cdb615b..854b150 100644
--- a/lib/args.js
+++ b/lib/args.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var nopt = require('nopt'),
         version: Boolean,
         color: Boolean,
         start: String,
+        exclude: String,
         help: Boolean
     },
     shorts = {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 971480d..b13d399 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ exports.init = function(options, callback) {
                 filter: options.filter
             }),
             colorize = options.color,
-            sorted = {};
+            sorted = {},
+            filtered = {},
+            exclude = options.exclude && options.exclude.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '').split(/\s*,\s*/);
         Object.keys(data).sort().forEach(function(item) {
             if (options.unknown) {
                 if (data[item].licenses && data[item].licenses !== UNKNOWN) {
@@ -155,7 +157,16 @@ exports.init = function(options, callback) {
                 }
             }
         });
-        callback(sorted);
+        if (exclude) {
+            Object.keys(sorted).forEach(function(item) {
+                if (!(sorted[item].licenses && exclude.indexOf(sorted[item].licenses) !== -1)) {
+                    filtered[item] = sorted[item];
+                }
+            });
+        } else {
+            filtered = sorted;
+        }
+        callback(filtered);
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/test.js b/tests/test.js
index 98e078e..bb7cfce 100644
--- a/tests/test.js
+++ b/tests/test.js
@@ -57,6 +57,26 @@ var tests = {
             }
         }
     },
+    'should parse local with unknown': {
+        topic: function () {
+            var self = this;
+
+            checker.init({
+                start: path.join(__dirname, '../'),
+                exclude: "MIT, ISC"
+            }, function (filtered) {
+                self.callback(null, filtered);
+            });
+        },
+        'and exclude MIT and ISC licensed modules from results': function (d) {
+            var excluded = true;
+            Object.keys(d).forEach(function(item) {
+                if (d[item].licenses && (d[item].licenses == "MIT" || d[item].licenses == "ISC"))
+                    excluded = false;
+            })
+            assert.ok(excluded);
+        }
+    },
     'should not error': {
         topic: function () {
             var lic = require('../lib/license.js');