diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22d0f65fdda2..c3f6c99015d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ NAME       INSTALLED  FIXED-IN   VULNERABILITY   SEVERITY
 apk-tools  2.10.6-r0  2.10.7-r0  CVE-2021-36159  Critical
 ```
 
-If you want Grype to only report vulnerabilities **that do not have a confirmed fix**, you can use the `--only-notfixed` flag. (This automatically adds [ignore rules](#specifying-matches-to-ignore) into Grype's configuration, such that vulnerabilities that are fixed will be ignored.)
+If you want Grype to only report vulnerabilities **that do not have a confirmed fix**, you can use the `--only-notfixed` flag. Alternatively, you can use the `--ignore-states` flag to filter results for vulnerabilities with specific states such as `wont-fix` (see `--help` for a list of valid fix states). These flags automatically add [ignore rules](#specifying-matches-to-ignore) into Grype's configuration, such that vulnerabilities which are fixed, or will not be fixed, will be ignored.
 
 ## VEX Support
 
diff --git a/cmd/grype/cli/commands/root.go b/cmd/grype/cli/commands/root.go
index 10514d6b797f..6a5f5ffdab03 100644
--- a/cmd/grype/cli/commands/root.go
+++ b/cmd/grype/cli/commands/root.go
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ func runGrype(app clio.Application, opts *options.Grype, userInput string) (errs
 		opts.Ignore = append(opts.Ignore, ignoreFixedMatches...)
 	}
 
+	for _, ignoreState := range opts.IgnoreStates {
+		switch grypeDb.FixState(ignoreState) {
+		case grypeDb.UnknownFixState, grypeDb.FixedState, grypeDb.NotFixedState, grypeDb.WontFixState:
+			opts.Ignore = append(opts.Ignore, match.IgnoreRule{FixState: ignoreState})
+		default:
+			log.Warnf("ignoring unknown fix state %s for --ignore-states", ignoreState)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err = applyVexRules(opts); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("applying vex rules: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/grype/cli/options/grype.go b/cmd/grype/cli/options/grype.go
index d58d6be55ece..d75c0935c79f 100644
--- a/cmd/grype/cli/options/grype.go
+++ b/cmd/grype/cli/options/grype.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Grype struct {
 	CheckForAppUpdate      bool               `yaml:"check-for-app-update" json:"check-for-app-update" mapstructure:"check-for-app-update"` // whether to check for an application update on start up or not
 	OnlyFixed              bool               `yaml:"only-fixed" json:"only-fixed" mapstructure:"only-fixed"`                               // only fail if detected vulns have a fix
 	OnlyNotFixed           bool               `yaml:"only-notfixed" json:"only-notfixed" mapstructure:"only-notfixed"`                      // only fail if detected vulns don't have a fix
+	IgnoreStates           []string           `yaml:"ignore-states" json:"ignore-wontfix" mapstructure:"ignore-wontfix"`                    // ignore detections for vulnerabilities matching these fix states
 	Platform               string             `yaml:"platform" json:"platform" mapstructure:"platform"`                                     // --platform, override the target platform for a container image
 	Search                 search             `yaml:"search" json:"search" mapstructure:"search"`
 	Ignore                 []match.IgnoreRule `yaml:"ignore" json:"ignore" mapstructure:"ignore"`
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ func (o *Grype) AddFlags(flags clio.FlagSet) {
 		"ignore matches for vulnerabilities that are fixed",
 	)
 
+	flags.StringArrayVarP(&o.IgnoreStates,
+		"ignore-states", "",
+		fmt.Sprintf("ignore matches for vulnerabilities with specified fix states, options=%v", vulnerability.AllFixStates()),
+	)
+
 	flags.BoolVarP(&o.ByCVE,
 		"by-cve", "",
 		"orient results by CVE instead of the original vulnerability ID when possible",
diff --git a/grype/vulnerability/fix.go b/grype/vulnerability/fix.go
index a8d88a52cf45..3cb81469aae6 100644
--- a/grype/vulnerability/fix.go
+++ b/grype/vulnerability/fix.go
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ import (
 	grypeDb "github.com/anchore/grype/grype/db/v5"
 )
 
+func AllFixStates() []grypeDb.FixState {
+	return []grypeDb.FixState{
+		grypeDb.FixedState,
+		grypeDb.NotFixedState,
+		grypeDb.UnknownFixState,
+		grypeDb.WontFixState,
+	}
+}
+
 type Fix struct {
 	Versions []string
 	State    grypeDb.FixState