diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 701214b..e581353 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const pino = require('pino')
+const nullLogger = require('abstract-logging')
 
 const levels = ['trace', 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error']
 const levelTags = {
@@ -49,6 +50,13 @@ async function register (server, options) {
     throw new Error('invalid tag levels')
   }
 
+  var ignoreTable = {}
+  if (options.ignorePaths) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < options.ignorePaths.length; i++) {
+      ignoreTable[options.ignorePaths[i]] = true
+    }
+  }
+
   const mergeHapiLogData = options.mergeHapiLogData
 
   // expose logger as 'server.logger()'
@@ -56,6 +64,10 @@ async function register (server, options) {
 
   // set a logger for each request
   server.ext('onRequest', (request, h) => {
+    if (options.ignorePaths && ignoreTable[request.url.path]) {
+      request.logger = nullLogger
+      return h.continue
+    }
     request.logger = logger.child({ req: request })
     return h.continue
   })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 032c6b5..4db8bd3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "standard": "^10.0.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "abstract-logging": "^1.0.0",
     "pino": "^4.10.0"
   },
   "repository": {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index d53728c..3103ac7 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ experiment('uses a prior pino instance', () => {
     }
 
     await server.register(plugin)
-    server.logger().info({foo: 'bar'}, 'hello world')
+    server.logger().info({ foo: 'bar' }, 'hello world')
     await finish
   })
 })
@@ -789,3 +789,39 @@ experiment('logging with request payload', () => {
     await done
   })
 })
+
+experiment('ignore request logs for paths in ignorePaths', () => {
+  test('when path matches entry in ignorePaths, nothing should be logged', async () => {
+    const server = getServer()
+    let resolver
+    const done = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      resolver = resolve
+    })
+    const stream = sink((data) => {
+      expect(data.req.url).to.not.equal('/ignored')
+      resolver()
+    })
+    const logger = require('pino')(stream)
+    const plugin = {
+      plugin: Pino,
+      options: {
+        instance: logger,
+        ignorePaths: ['/ignored']
+      }
+    }
+
+    await server.register(plugin)
+
+    await server.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: '/ignored'
+    })
+
+    await server.inject({
+      method: 'PUT',
+      url: '/'
+
+    })
+    await done
+  })
+})