diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index deb221d..34c4e6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 > A simple (CLI) tool to lint YAML files
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint)
-[![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint/status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint)
-[![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/rasshofer/yaml-lint.svg?style=flat-square)](https://travis-ci.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint)
+[![Dependency Status](https://img.shields.io/david/rasshofer/yaml-lint.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint)
+[![Dev Dependency Status](https://img.shields.io/david/dev/rasshofer/yaml-lint.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/rasshofer/yaml-lint)
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/yaml-lint.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml-lint)
+[![Month Download](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/yaml-lint.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml-lint)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/yaml-lint.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml-lint)
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -44,6 +47,16 @@ $ yamllint test.yaml
 - `CORE_SCHEMA` Same as `JSON_SCHEMA` ([http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2804923](http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2804923))
 - `DEFAULT_SAFE_SCHEMA` All supported YAML types, without unsafe ones (`!!js/undefined`, `!!js/regexp`, and `!!js/function`) ([http://yaml.org/type/](http://yaml.org/type/))
 
+### `ignore-path` (string)
+
+> Specifies a glob or globs to ignore
+
+Sample:
+
+```shell
+$ yamllint **/*.(yaml|yml) --ignore-path=foobar.yml --ignore-path=dir/*.yaml
+```
+
 ## Changelog
 
 * 1.1.0
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 348ec6b..7a86d87
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
-const yamlLint = require('./yaml-lint');
 const leprechaun = require('leprechaun');
 const snakeCase = require('lodash.snakecase');
 const glob = require('glob');
+const yamlLint = require('./yaml-lint');
 
 const options = {};
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ nconf.argv().env({
 });
 
 [
-  'schema'
+  'schema',
+  'ignorePath'
 ].forEach((key) => {
   const env = snakeCase(key);
   options[key] = nconf.get(key) || nconf.get('yamllint_' + env.toLowerCase()) || nconf.get('YAMLLINT' + env.toUpperCase());
@@ -26,8 +27,12 @@ const config = nconf.get();
 
 let files = [];
 
-(config._ || []).forEach((file) => {
-  files = files.concat(glob.sync(file));
+(config._ || []).forEach((pattern) => {
+  files = files.concat(glob.sync(pattern, {
+    nocase: true,
+    dot: true,
+    ignore: config.ignorePath
+  }));
 });
 
 if (files.length === 0) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cfb3f9c..e626b20 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-G2HAViGQqN/2rjuyzwIAyhMLhtQ="
     },
     "eslint": {
-      "version": "4.17.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint/-/eslint-4.17.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-AyxBUCANU/o/xC0ijGMKavo5Ls3oK6xykiOITlMdjFjrKOsqLrA7Nf5cnrDgcKrHzBirclAZt63XO7YZlVUPwA==",
+      "version": "4.18.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint/-/eslint-4.18.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-gPSfpSRCHre1GLxGmO68tZNxOlL2y7xBd95VcLD+Eo4S2js31YoMum3CAQIOaxY24hqYOMksMvW38xuuWKQTgw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "ajv": "5.5.2",
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
       "requires": {
         "asynckit": "0.4.0",
         "combined-stream": "1.0.6",
-        "mime-types": "2.1.17"
+        "mime-types": "2.1.18"
       }
     },
     "fs-exists-cached": {
@@ -1259,18 +1259,18 @@
       }
     },
     "mime-db": {
-      "version": "1.30.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.30.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-dMZD2i3Z1qRTmZY0ZbJtXKfXHwE=",
+      "version": "1.33.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.33.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BHJ/EKruNIqJf/QahvxwQZXKygOQ256myeN/Ew+THcAa5q+PjyTTMMeNQC4DZw5AwfvelsUrA6B67NKMqXDbzQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "mime-types": {
-      "version": "2.1.17",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.17.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-Cdejk/A+mVp5+K+Fe3Cp4KsWVXo=",
+      "version": "2.1.18",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.18.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lc/aahn+t4/SWV/qcmumYjymLsWfN3ELhpmVuUFjgsORruuZPVSwAQryq+HHGvO/SI2KVX26bx+En+zhM8g8hQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "mime-db": "1.30.0"
+        "mime-db": "1.33.0"
       }
     },
     "mimic-fn": {
@@ -3139,7 +3139,7 @@
         "is-typedarray": "1.0.0",
         "isstream": "0.1.2",
         "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
-        "mime-types": "2.1.17",
+        "mime-types": "2.1.18",
         "oauth-sign": "0.8.2",
         "qs": "6.3.2",
         "stringstream": "0.0.5",
@@ -3442,9 +3442,9 @@
       }
     },
     "tap": {
-      "version": "11.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tap/-/tap-11.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ya7vl9gx+XFQn5K+Va/4AFz5U8ISAG22k6o+UoZAnX3Bx6uCwNtrsEzVvXjhOK2J+VybFHaReOF0TITDoCKSTQ==",
+      "version": "11.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tap/-/tap-11.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XpXmLJlDpPrGsaEJlpSV7u16kR/jaPUf5XyzdL59l8KsLNFSmQKH4qCEBKy9y+OCku9ee77NvobCsZLpK8ruZg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "bind-obj-methods": "1.0.0",