diff --git a/src/Test/Tasty/Config.hs b/src/Test/Tasty/Config.hs
--- a/src/Test/Tasty/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Tasty/Config.hs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 -- | The empty configuration.
 defaultConfig :: Config
-defaultConfig = Config Nothing False
+defaultConfig = Config Nothing False []
 
 -- | All configuration options.
 options :: [OptDescr (Config -> Config)]
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@
       (ReqArg (\s c -> c {configModuleSuffix = Just s}) "SUFFIX") ""
   , Option [] ["no-module-suffix"]
       (NoArg $ \c -> c {noModuleSuffix = True}) ""
+  , Option [] ["ignore-module"]
+      (ReqArg (\s c -> c {ignoredModules = s : ignoredModules c}) "FILE") ""
   ]
diff --git a/src/Test/Tasty/Type.hs b/src/Test/Tasty/Type.hs
--- a/src/Test/Tasty/Type.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Tasty/Type.hs
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 data Config = Config {
   configModuleSuffix :: Maybe String
 , noModuleSuffix     :: Bool
+, ignoredModules     :: [FilePath]
 } deriving (Eq, Show)
 
diff --git a/src/Test/Tasty/Util.hs b/src/Test/Tasty/Util.hs
--- a/src/Test/Tasty/Util.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Tasty/Util.hs
@@ -91,18 +91,30 @@
           x:xs ->  case
             stripSuffix (suffix ++ ".hs") x <|> stripSuffix (suffix ++ ".lhs") x of
               Just name | isValidModuleName name && all isValidModuleName xs ->
-                Just . Test (dir </> file) $
-                  (intercalate "." . reverse) (name : xs)
+                let pathComponents = reverse (name : xs)
+                    moduleName = intercalate "." pathComponents
+                in if isIgnoredModule pathComponents
+                     then Nothing
+                     else Just . Test (dir </> file) $ moduleName
               _ -> Nothing
           _    -> Nothing
 
+      isIgnoredModule :: [FilePath] -> Bool
+      isIgnoredModule pathComponents =
+        let moduleName = intercalate "." pathComponents
+        in moduleName `elem` ignoredModules conf
+
       stripSuffix :: Eq a => [a] -> [a] -> Maybe [a]
       stripSuffix suff str = reverse <$> stripPrefix (reverse suff) (reverse str)
 
       catchAll :: [FilePath] -> Maybe Test
       catchAll (x:xs) =
-        let name = fst $ splitExtension x in
-          if isValidModuleName name && all isValidModuleName xs then
+        let name = fst $ splitExtension x
+            pathComponents = reverse (name : xs)
+        in
+          if isValidModuleName name
+             && all isValidModuleName xs
+             && not (isIgnoredModule pathComponents) then
             Just . Test (dir </> file) $ (intercalate "." . reverse) (name : xs)
           else Nothing
       catchAll _ = Nothing
diff --git a/tasty-discover.cabal b/tasty-discover.cabal
--- a/tasty-discover.cabal
+++ b/tasty-discover.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:             tasty-discover
-version:          1.0.1
+version:          1.1.0
 license:          GPL-3
 license-file:     LICENSE.md
 copyright:        (c) 2016 Luke Murphy
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 homepage:         https://github.com/lwm/tasty-discover/
 synopsis:         Test discovery for the tasty framework.
 description:      Test discovery for the tasty framework.
-                  http://tasty-discover.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 extra-source-files:
     integration-test/test-configurable-module/*.hs
     integration-test/test-configurable-module/Nested/*.hs
diff --git a/test/ParseTest.hs b/test/ParseTest.hs
--- a/test/ParseTest.hs
+++ b/test/ParseTest.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 case_parseConfig =
     parseConfig "foo" ["--module-suffix=MySuffix"]
     @?=
-    Right Config {configModuleSuffix=Just "MySuffix" , noModuleSuffix=False}
+    Right Config { configModuleSuffix=Just "MySuffix"
+                 , noModuleSuffix=False
+                 , ignoredModules=[]
+                 }
 
 case_parseConfigMissingArg :: Assertion
 case_parseConfigMissingArg =
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@
 case_parseConfigEmptyArg =
     parseConfig "foo" []
     @?=
-    Right (Config Nothing False)
+    Right (Config Nothing False [])
 
 case_parseConfigInvalidArg :: Assertion
 case_parseConfigInvalidArg =
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@
 case_parseConfigBooleanArg  =
     parseConfig "foo" ["--no-module-suffix"]
     @?=
-    Right Config {configModuleSuffix=Nothing, noModuleSuffix=True}
+    Right Config {configModuleSuffix=Nothing, noModuleSuffix=True, ignoredModules= []}
 
 case_parseConfigInvalidArgCombination :: Assertion
 case_parseConfigInvalidArgCombination =
diff --git a/test/UtilTest.hs b/test/UtilTest.hs
--- a/test/UtilTest.hs
+++ b/test/UtilTest.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 case_getListOfTestsWithSuffix :: Assertion
 case_getListOfTestsWithSuffix = do
-  let config = Config (Just "DoesntExist") False
+  let config = Config (Just "DoesntExist") False []
   result <- getListOfTests "test/tmpdir/" config
   result @?= []