diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 51f1427..b6bcf1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build docker
         run: docker build . -t header-validator:py3.8.13-alpine
       - name: Run action
-        run: docker run --workdir /github/workspace -v "/home/runner/work/validate-python-headers/validate-python-headers":"/github/workspace" header-validator:py3.8.13-alpine Apache-2.0 'François-Guillaume Fernandez' 2022 src/ __init__.py
+        run: docker run --workdir /github/workspace -v "/home/runner/work/validate-python-headers/validate-python-headers":"/github/workspace" header-validator:py3.8.13-alpine Apache-2.0 'François-Guillaume Fernandez' 2022 src/ __init__.py .github/
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3abaf08..b7982f5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Whatever the way you wish to contribute to the project, please respect the [code
 
 ## Codebase structure
 
-- [src](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/src) - The actual script used for header verification
-- [action.yml](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/tests) - The marketplace action configuration file
-- [Dockerfile](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/Dockerfile) - The dockerfile of the action
-- [entrypoint.sh](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/entrypoint.sh) - The bash script executed by the Docker container
+- [`./src`](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/src) - The actual script used for header verification
+- [`action.yml`](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/tests) - The marketplace action configuration file
+- [`Dockerfile`](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/Dockerfile) - The dockerfile of the action
+- [`entrypoint.sh`](https://github.com/frgfm/validate-python-headers/blob/main/entrypoint.sh) - The bash script executed by the Docker container
 
 
 ## Continuous Integration
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 99d3a94..b13ae8a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ build:
 # Run tests for the library
 test:
 	docker build . -t header-validator:py3.8.13-alpine
-	docker run --workdir /github/workspace -v src:/github/workspace/src header-validator:py3.8.13-alpine Apache-2.0 'François-Guillaume Fernandez' 2022 src/ __init__.py
+	docker run --workdir /github/workspace -v src:/github/workspace/src header-validator:py3.8.13-alpine Apache-2.0 'François-Guillaume Fernandez' 2022 src/ __init__.py .github/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a41594..02d47fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ This action checks the copyright and license notices in the headers of your Pyth
 
 The folders to inspect, separated by a comma. Default `"."`.
 
-### `ignores`
+### `ignore-files`
 
 The files to ignore, separated by a comma. Default `"__init__.py"`.
 
+### `ignore-folders`
+
+The folders to ignore, separated by a comma. Default `".github/"`.
+
 ## Outputs
 
 The list of files with header issues.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 8869089..5cef6f5 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Folders to inspect'
     required: false
     default: '.'
-  ignores:
+  ignore-files:
     description: 'Files to ignore'
     required: false
     default: '__init__.py'
+  ignore-folders:
+    description: 'Folders to ignore'
+    required: false
+    default: '.github/'
 
 outputs:
   issues: # id of output
@@ -37,4 +41,5 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.owner }}
     - ${{ inputs.starting-year }}
     - ${{ inputs.folders }}
-    - ${{ inputs.ignores }}
+    - ${{ inputs.ignore-files }}
+    - ${{ inputs.ignore-folders }}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 7decd8d..05e5b41 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh -l
 set -eax
 
-python /validate_headers.py "${1}" "${2}" $3 --folders $4 --ignores $5
+python /validate_headers.py "${1}" "${2}" $3 --folders $4 --ignore-files $5 --ignore-folders $6
diff --git a/src/validate_headers.py b/src/validate_headers.py
index 9208c54..a3d7307 100644
--- a/src/validate_headers.py
+++ b/src/validate_headers.py
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ def main(args):
     # Check args & define all header options
     header_options = get_header_options(args.license, args.owner, args.year)
 
-    ignored_files = args.ignores.split(",")
+    ignored_files = args.ignore_files.split(",")
+    ignored_folders = [Path(folder) for folder in args.ignore_folders.split(",")]
     folders = args.folders.split(",")
 
     invalid_files = []
@@ -72,21 +73,22 @@ def main(args):
         folder_path = Path(folder)
         assert folder_path.is_dir(), f"Invalid folder path: {folder}"
         for source_path in folder_path.rglob("**/*.py"):
-            if source_path.name not in ignored_files:
-                # Parse header
-                header_length = max(len(option) for option in header_options)
-                current_header = []
-                with open(source_path) as f:
-                    for idx, line in enumerate(f):
-                        current_header.append(line)
-                        if idx == header_length - 1:
-                            break
-                # Validate it
-                if not any(
-                    "".join(current_header[: min(len(option), len(current_header))]) == "".join(option)
-                    for option in header_options
-                ):
-                    invalid_files.append(source_path)
+            if source_path.name in ignored_files or any(folder in source_path.parents for folder in ignored_folders):
+                continue
+            # Parse header
+            header_length = max(len(option) for option in header_options)
+            current_header = []
+            with open(source_path) as f:
+                for idx, line in enumerate(f):
+                    current_header.append(line)
+                    if idx == header_length - 1:
+                        break
+            # Validate it
+            if not any(
+                "".join(current_header[: min(len(option), len(current_header))]) == "".join(option)
+                for option in header_options
+            ):
+                invalid_files.append(source_path)
 
     if len(invalid_files) > 0:
         invalid_str = "\n- " + "\n- ".join(map(str, invalid_files))
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument("owner", type=str, help="name of the copyright owner")
     parser.add_argument("year", type=int, help="first copyright year of the project")
     parser.add_argument("--folders", type=str, default=".", help="folders to inspect")
-    parser.add_argument("--ignores", type=str, default="", help="files to ignore")
+    parser.add_argument("--ignore-files", type=str, default="", help="files to ignore")
+    parser.add_argument("--ignore-folders", type=str, default="", help="folders to ignore")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     return args