diff --git a/.changeset/shy-ghosts-report.md b/.changeset/shy-ghosts-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1963fc1487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shy-ghosts-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"stylelint": minor
+---
+
+Added: `ignoreRules` to `max-nesting-depth`
diff --git a/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/README.md b/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/README.md
index 1ddb413b80..4f06ea2b4b 100644
--- a/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/README.md
+++ b/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/README.md
@@ -413,3 +413,61 @@ a {
   }
 }
 ```
+
+### `ignoreRules: ["/regex/", /regex/, "string"]`
+
+Ignore rules matching with the specified selectors.
+
+For example, with `1` and given:
+
+```json
+[".my-selector", "/^.ignored-sel/"]
+```
+
+The following patterns are _not_ considered problems:
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+```css
+a {
+  .my-selector {   /* ignored */
+    b {      /* 1 */
+      top: 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+```css
+a {
+  .my-selector, .ignored-selector { /* ignored */
+    b {              /* 1 */
+      top: 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The following patterns are considered problems:
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+```css
+a {
+  .not-ignored-selector { /* 1 */
+    b {      /* 2 */
+      top: 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+```css
+a {
+  .my-selector, .not-ignored-selector { /* 1 */
+    b {               /* 2 */
+      top: 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/__tests__/index.mjs b/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/__tests__/index.mjs
index 44c042c2b9..df0ac6eb8a 100644
--- a/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/__tests__/index.mjs
+++ b/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/__tests__/index.mjs
@@ -270,6 +270,113 @@ testRule({
 	],
 });
 
+testRule({
+	ruleName,
+	config: [1, { ignoreRules: [/^.some-sel/, '.my-selector'] }],
+
+	accept: [
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { top: 0; }}',
+			description: 'No ignored selector',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .my-selector { top: 0; }}}',
+			description: 'One ignored selector, ignored selector deepest',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .my-selector { .some-selector { top: 0; }}}}',
+			description: 'Many ignored selectors',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { .some-selector { b { top: 0; }}}',
+			description: 'One ignored selector, ignored selector in the middle of tree',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .some-selector { .some-sel { .my-selector { top: 0; }}}}}',
+			description: 'Many ignored selectors, ignored selectors in the middle of tree',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { .some-sel { .my-selector { top: 0; b { bottom: 0; }}}}',
+			description:
+				'Many ignored selectors, ignored selectors in the middle of tree, one block has property and block',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .my-selector, .some-sel { top: 0; }}}',
+			description: 'One selector has only ignored rules',
+		},
+	],
+
+	reject: [
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .my-selector c { top: 0; }}}',
+			message: messages.expected(1),
+			description: 'One selector has an ignored rule alongside not ignored rule',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { c { top: 0; }}}',
+			message: messages.expected(1),
+			description: 'No ignored selectors',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { .my-selector { b { c { top: 0; }}}}',
+			message: messages.expected(1),
+			description: 'One ignored selector',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .some-sel { .my-selector { .some-selector { c { top: 0; }}}}}}',
+			message: messages.expected(1),
+			description: 'Many ignored selectors, but even with ignoring depth is too much',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .not-ignore-selector { color: #64FFDA; }}}',
+			message: messages.expected(1),
+			description: 'Not ignored selector',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'a { b { .my-selector, c { top: 0; }}}',
+			message: messages.expected(1),
+			description:
+				'One selector has an ignored rule alongside not ignored rule, shorthand and same property',
+		},
+		{
+			code: stripIndent`
+				.foo {
+					.baz {
+						.my-selector {
+							opacity: 0.4;
+						}
+						.bar {
+							color: red;
+						}
+					}
+				}`,
+			message: messages.expected(1),
+			description:
+				'One selector has an ignored rule alongside not ignored rule, different properties',
+			line: 6,
+			column: 3,
+		},
+	],
+});
+
+testRule({
+	ruleName,
+	config: [
+		1,
+		{
+			ignoreRules: [/^.some-sel/, '.my-selector'],
+			ignorePseudoClasses: ['hover', '/^--custom-.*$/'],
+		},
+	],
+
+	accept: [
+		{
+			code: 'a { &:--custom-pseudo, .my-selector { b { top: 0; } } }',
+			description: 'ignored pseudo-class alongside ignored selector',
+		},
+	],
+});
+
 testRule({
 	ruleName,
 	config: [1],
diff --git a/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/index.js b/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/index.js
index a1211c94f9..e20dbf5fe4 100644
--- a/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/max-nesting-depth/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 	const isIgnoreAtRule = (node) =>
 		isAtRule(node) && optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignoreAtRules', node.name);
 
+	/**
+	 * @param {import('postcss').Node} node
+	 */
+	const isIgnoreRule = (node) => {
+		return isRule(node) && optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignoreRules', node.selector);
+	};
+
 	return (root, result) => {
 		const validOptions = validateOptions(
 			result,
@@ -42,6 +49,7 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 				possible: {
 					ignore: ['blockless-at-rules', 'pseudo-classes'],
 					ignoreAtRules: [isString, isRegExp],
+					ignoreRules: [isString, isRegExp],
 					ignorePseudoClasses: [isString, isRegExp],
 				},
 			},
@@ -60,6 +68,10 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 				return;
 			}
 
+			if (isIgnoreRule(statement)) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			if (!hasBlock(statement)) {
 				return;
 			}
@@ -120,10 +132,24 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 		 * @param {string[]} selectors
 		 * @returns {boolean}
 		 */
-		function containsIgnoredPseudoClassesOnly(selectors) {
-			if (!(secondaryOptions && secondaryOptions.ignorePseudoClasses)) return false;
+		function containsIgnoredPseudoClassesOrRulesOnly(selectors) {
+			if (
+				!(
+					secondaryOptions &&
+					(secondaryOptions.ignorePseudoClasses || secondaryOptions.ignoreRules)
+				)
+			)
+				return false;
 
 			return selectors.every((selector) => {
+				if (
+					secondaryOptions.ignoreRules &&
+					optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignoreRules', selector)
+				)
+					return true;
+
+				if (!secondaryOptions.ignorePseudoClasses) return false;
+
 				const pseudoRule = extractPseudoRule(selector);
 
 				if (!pseudoRule) return false;
@@ -139,7 +165,7 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 			(optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignore', 'pseudo-classes') &&
 				isRule(node) &&
 				containsPseudoClassesOnly(node.selector)) ||
-			(isRule(node) && containsIgnoredPseudoClassesOnly(node.selectors))
+			(isRule(node) && containsIgnoredPseudoClassesOrRulesOnly(node.selectors))
 		) {
 			return nestingDepth(parent, level);
 		}