diff --git a/github/data_source_github_organization.go b/github/data_source_github_organization.go
index 0c95852f2..ec42b5f28 100644
--- a/github/data_source_github_organization.go
+++ b/github/data_source_github_organization.go
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ func dataSourceGithubOrganization() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Required: true,
 			},
+			"ignore_archived_repos": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Default:  false,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
 			"orgname": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
@@ -176,8 +181,15 @@ func dataSourceGithubOrganizationRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 			break
 		}
 	}
+
+	ignoreArchiveRepos := d.Get("ignore_archived_repos").(bool)
 	for index := range allRepos {
-		repoList = append(repoList, allRepos[index].GetFullName())
+		repo := allRepos[index]
+		if ignoreArchiveRepos && repo.GetArchived() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		repoList = append(repoList, repo.GetFullName())
 	}
 
 	var query struct {
diff --git a/github/data_source_github_organization_test.go b/github/data_source_github_organization_test.go
index d4ff5578f..4b66a6e3b 100644
--- a/github/data_source_github_organization_test.go
+++ b/github/data_source_github_organization_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/acctest"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 )
 
@@ -72,4 +73,69 @@ func TestAccGithubOrganizationDataSource(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 
 	})
+
+	t.Run("queries for an organization with archived repos", func(t *testing.T) {
+		randomID := acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(5, acctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
+
+		config := fmt.Sprintf(`
+			resource "github_repository" "archived" {
+				name         = "tf-acc-archived-%s"
+				archived     = true
+		  	}
+
+			data "github_organization" "skip_archived" {
+				name = "%s"
+				ignore_archived_repos = true
+				depends_on = [
+					github_repository.archived,
+				]
+			}
+			data "github_organization" "all_repos" {
+				name = "%s"
+				ignore_archived_repos = false
+				depends_on = [
+					github_repository.archived,
+				]
+			}
+			
+			output "should_be_false" {
+				value = contains(data.github_organization.skip_archived.repositories, github_repository.archived.full_name)
+			}
+			output "should_be_true" {
+				value = contains(data.github_organization.all_repos.repositories, github_repository.archived.full_name)
+			}
+		`, randomID, testOrganization, testOrganization)
+
+		check := resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+			resource.TestCheckOutput("should_be_false", "false"),
+			resource.TestCheckOutput("should_be_true", "true"),
+		)
+
+		testCase := func(t *testing.T, mode string) {
+			resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+				PreCheck:  func() { skipUnlessMode(t, mode) },
+				Providers: testAccProviders,
+				Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+					{
+						Config: config,
+						Check:  check,
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+
+		t.Run("with an anonymous account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Skip("anonymous account not supported for this operation")
+		})
+
+		t.Run("with an individual account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			testCase(t, individual)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("with an organization account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			testCase(t, organization)
+		})
+
+	})
+
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/d/organization.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/organization.html.markdown
index f7b13acfd..b230ad283 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/organization.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/organization.html.markdown
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ data "github_organization" "example" {
 }
 ```
 
+## Argument Reference
+
+* `ignore_archived_repos` - Whether or not to include archived repos in the `repositories` list
+
 ## Attributes Reference
 
  * `id` - The ID of the organization