diff --git a/lib/__tests__/.stylelintignore b/lib/__tests__/.stylelintignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1d30e5a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/__tests__/.stylelintignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+postcssstylelintignore.css
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js b/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js
index 6207e4dfc1..a1355f009d 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js
+++ b/lib/__tests__/postcssPlugin.test.js
@@ -107,3 +107,54 @@ it("`ignoreFiles` options is not empty and file not ignored", () => {
       expect(postcssResult.stylelint.ignored).toBeFalsy();
     });
 });
+
+describe("stylelintignore", () => {
+  let actualCwd;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    actualCwd = process.cwd();
+    process.chdir(__dirname);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.chdir(actualCwd);
+  });
+
+  it("postcssPlugin with .stylelintignore and file is ignored", () => {
+    const options = {
+      config: {
+        rules: {
+          "block-no-empty": true
+        }
+      },
+      from: "postcssstylelintignore.css"
+    };
+
+    return postcssPlugin
+      .process("a {}", { from: undefined }, options)
+      .then(postcssResult => {
+        expect(postcssResult.stylelint.ignored).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+  });
+
+  it("postcssPlugin with ignorePath and file is ignored", () => {
+    const options = {
+      config: {
+        rules: {
+          "block-no-empty": true
+        }
+      },
+      from: "foo.css",
+      ignorePath: path.join(
+        __dirname,
+        "./stylelintignore-test/.postcssPluginignore"
+      )
+    };
+
+    return postcssPlugin
+      .process("a {}", { from: undefined }, options)
+      .then(postcssResult => {
+        expect(postcssResult.stylelint.ignored).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/stylelintignore-test/.postcssPluginignore b/lib/__tests__/stylelintignore-test/.postcssPluginignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4799acf495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/__tests__/stylelintignore-test/.postcssPluginignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foo.css
diff --git a/lib/isPathIgnored.js b/lib/isPathIgnored.js
index 7aa35ac393..44b04498d5 100644
--- a/lib/isPathIgnored.js
+++ b/lib/isPathIgnored.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* @flow */
 "use strict";
 
+const filterFilePaths = require("./utils/filterFilePaths");
+const getFileIgnorer = require("./utils/getFileIgnorer");
 const micromatch = require("micromatch");
 const path = require("path");
 const slash = require("slash");
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ module.exports = function(
     return Promise.resolve(false);
   }
 
+  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const ignorer = getFileIgnorer(stylelint._options);
+
   return stylelint.getConfigForFile(filePath).then(result => {
     // Glob patterns for micromatch should be in POSIX-style
     const ignoreFiles = (result.config.ignoreFiles || []).map(slash);
@@ -30,6 +35,14 @@ module.exports = function(
       return true;
     }
 
+    // Check filePath with .stylelintignore file
+    if (
+      filterFilePaths(ignorer, [path.relative(cwd, absoluteFilePath)])
+        .length === 0
+    ) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     return false;
   });
 };
diff --git a/lib/postcssPlugin.js b/lib/postcssPlugin.js
index dee9764ca9..0ad48bf6aa 100644
--- a/lib/postcssPlugin.js
+++ b/lib/postcssPlugin.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const postcss /*: postcssType*/ = require("postcss");
   from?: string;
   ignoreDisables?: boolean;
   ignoreFiles?: string;
+  ignorePath?: string;
   pluginFunctions?: Object;
   plugins?: Array<string>;
   rules?: Object;
diff --git a/lib/standalone.js b/lib/standalone.js
index 13b1605981..97483980a9 100644
--- a/lib/standalone.js
+++ b/lib/standalone.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ module.exports = function(
     configBasedir,
     configOverrides,
     ignoreDisables,
+    ignorePath: ignoreFilePath,
     reportNeedlessDisables,
     syntax,
     customSyntax,
diff --git a/lib/utils/getFileIgnorer.js b/lib/utils/getFileIgnorer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..003fc8bc01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/getFileIgnorer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"use strict";
+// Try to get file ignorer from '.stylelintignore'
+
+const fs = require("fs");
+const ignore = require("ignore");
+const path = require("path");
+
+const DEFAULT_IGNORE_FILENAME = ".stylelintignore";
+const FILE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR_CODE = "ENOENT";
+
+module.exports = function(options /*: stylelint$standaloneOptions */) {
+  const ignoreFilePath = options.ignorePath || DEFAULT_IGNORE_FILENAME;
+  const absoluteIgnoreFilePath = path.isAbsolute(ignoreFilePath)
+    ? ignoreFilePath
+    : path.resolve(process.cwd(), ignoreFilePath);
+  let ignoreText = "";
+
+  try {
+    ignoreText = fs.readFileSync(absoluteIgnoreFilePath, "utf8");
+  } catch (readError) {
+    if (readError.code !== FILE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR_CODE) throw readError;
+  }
+
+  const ignorePattern = options.ignorePattern || [];
+  const ignorer = ignore()
+    .add(ignoreText)
+    .add(ignorePattern);
+
+  return ignorer;
+};