diff --git a/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/README.md b/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/README.md
index 4c8a7ea5f7..ab1b676c2e 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/README.md
+++ b/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/README.md
@@ -105,3 +105,24 @@ a {}
   #baz a {}
 }
 ```
+
+### `ignore: ["selectors-within-list"]`
+
+Ignores selectors within list of selectors.
+
+The following patterns are considered violations:
+
+```css
+b a {}
+h1 {}
+h2 {}
+h3 {}
+a {}
+```
+
+The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
+
+```css
+b a {}
+h1, h2, h3, a {}
+```
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/__tests__/index.js b/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/__tests__/index.js
index 7321d902c6..8e109c2bbe 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/__tests__/index.js
@@ -239,3 +239,27 @@ testRule(rule, {
     }
   ]
 });
+
+testRule(rule, {
+  ruleName,
+  config: [true, { ignore: ["selectors-within-list"] }],
+  skipBasicChecks: true,
+
+  accept: [
+    {
+      code: "b a {} h1, h2, h3, a {}"
+    },
+    {
+      code: "b a {} a, h1, h2, h3 {}"
+    }
+  ],
+
+  reject: [
+    {
+      code: "b a {} h1 {} h2 {} h3 {} a {}",
+      message: messages.rejected("a", "b a"),
+      line: 1,
+      column: 26
+    }
+  ]
+});
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/index.js b/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/index.js
index 945e9b8583..54aa62420a 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-descending-specificity/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const isStandardSyntaxRule = require("../../utils/isStandardSyntaxRule");
 const isStandardSyntaxSelector = require("../../utils/isStandardSyntaxSelector");
 const keywordSets = require("../../reference/keywordSets");
 const nodeContextLookup = require("../../utils/nodeContextLookup");
+const optionsMatches = require("../../utils/optionsMatches");
 const parseSelector = require("../../utils/parseSelector");
 const report = require("../../utils/report");
 const resolvedNestedSelector = require("postcss-resolve-nested-selector");
@@ -20,9 +21,22 @@ const messages = ruleMessages(ruleName, {
   rejected: (b, a) => `Expected selector "${b}" to come before selector "${a}"`
 });
 
-const rule = function(actual) {
+const rule = function(on, options) {
   return (root, result) => {
-    const validOptions = validateOptions(result, ruleName, { actual });
+    const validOptions = validateOptions(
+      result,
+      ruleName,
+      {
+        actual: on
+      },
+      {
+        optional: true,
+        actual: options,
+        possible: {
+          ignore: ["selectors-within-list"]
+        }
+      }
+    );
 
     if (!validOptions) {
       return;
@@ -41,6 +55,14 @@ const rule = function(actual) {
         return;
       }
 
+      // Ignores selectors within list of selectors
+      if (
+        optionsMatches(options, "ignore", "selectors-within-list") &&
+        rule.selectors.length > 1
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       const comparisonContext = selectorContextLookup.getContext(
         rule,
         findAtRuleContext(rule)