diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 996d2c1..205ffba 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ Keyword Arguments
                        for every row in the database by providing a dictionary
                        with the name of the columns as keys and the static
                        inputs as values.
+
+``ignore_headers``     A list of headers from your csv that don't have
+                       equivalent fields in your model. These columns will
+                       be ignored.
 =====================  =====================================================
 
 
diff --git a/postgres_copy/__init__.py b/postgres_copy/__init__.py
index 2dbb025..afff43c 100644
--- a/postgres_copy/__init__.py
+++ b/postgres_copy/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def __init__(
         model,
         csv_path,
         mapping,
+        ignore_headers=None,
         using=None,
         delimiter=',',
         null=None,
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ def __init__(
         if self.conn.vendor != 'postgresql':
             raise TypeError("Only PostgreSQL backends supported")
         self.backend = self.conn.ops
+        if ignore_headers is None:
+            self.ignore_headers = []
+        else:
+            self.ignore_headers = ignore_headers
         self.delimiter = delimiter
         self.null = null
         self.encoding = encoding
@@ -48,13 +53,17 @@ def __init__(
         # Connect the headers from the CSV with the fields on the model
         self.field_header_crosswalk = []
         inverse_mapping = {v: k for k, v in self.mapping.items()}
+        for ignore in self.ignore_headers:
+            inverse_mapping[ignore] = ignore.lower()
         for h in self.get_headers():
             try:
                 f_name = inverse_mapping[h]
             except KeyError:
                 raise ValueError("Map does not include %s field" % h)
             try:
-                f = [f for f in self.model._meta.fields if f.name == f_name][0]
+                if f_name not in [ih.lower() for ih in self.ignore_headers]:
+                    f = [f for f in self.model._meta.fields
+                         if f.name == f_name][0]
             except IndexError:
                 raise ValueError("Model does not include %s field" % f_name)
             self.field_header_crosswalk.append((f, h))
@@ -204,6 +213,8 @@ def prep_insert(self):
         model_fields = []
 
         for field, header in self.field_header_crosswalk:
+            if header in self.ignore_headers:
+                continue
             model_fields.append('"%s"' % field.get_attname_column()[1])
 
         for k in self.static_mapping.keys():
@@ -213,6 +224,8 @@ def prep_insert(self):
 
         temp_fields = []
         for field, header in self.field_header_crosswalk:
+            if header in self.ignore_headers:
+                continue
             string = '"%s"' % header
             if hasattr(field, 'copy_template'):
                 string = field.copy_template % dict(name=header)
diff --git a/tests/models.py b/tests/models.py
index 8cd5065..a7e5d65 100644
--- a/tests/models.py
+++ b/tests/models.py
@@ -29,3 +29,16 @@ class Meta:
     def copy_name_template(self):
         return 'upper("%(name)s")'
     copy_name_template.copy_type = 'text'
+
+
+class LimitedMockObject(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=500)
+    dt = models.DateField(null=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        app_label = 'tests'
+
+    def copy_name_template(self):
+        return 'upper("%(name)s")'
+    copy_name_template.copy_type = 'text'
+
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 2e2a800..6c2afba 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from datetime import date
-from .models import MockObject, ExtendedMockObject
+from .models import MockObject, ExtendedMockObject, LimitedMockObject
 from postgres_copy import CopyMapping
 from django.test import TestCase
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     def tearDown(self):
         MockObject.objects.all().delete()
         ExtendedMockObject.objects.all().delete()
+        LimitedMockObject.objects.all().delete()
 
     def test_bad_call(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
@@ -57,6 +58,17 @@ def test_bad_field(self):
                 dict(name1='NAME', number='NUMBER', dt='DATE'),
             )
 
+    def test_limited_fields(self):
+        try:
+            CopyMapping(
+                LimitedMockObject,
+                self.name_path,
+                dict(name='NAME', dt='DATE'),
+                ignore_headers=['NUMBER']
+            )
+        except ValueError:
+            self.fail("Failed trying to ignore fields")
+
     def test_simple_save(self):
         c = CopyMapping(
             MockObject,
@@ -71,6 +83,20 @@ def test_simple_save(self):
             date(2012, 1, 1)
         )
 
+    def test_limited_save(self):
+        c = CopyMapping(
+            LimitedMockObject,
+            self.name_path,
+            dict(name='NAME', dt='DATE'),
+            ignore_headers=['NUMBER']
+        )
+        c.save()
+        self.assertEqual(LimitedMockObject.objects.count(), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            LimitedMockObject.objects.get(name='BEN').dt,
+            date(2012, 1, 1)
+        )
+
     def test_save_foreign_key(self):
         c = CopyMapping(
             MockObject,