diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/fixtures/ignores/commitlint.config.js b/@commitlint/cli/fixtures/ignores/commitlint.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9599060831e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/fixtures/ignores/commitlint.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module.exports = {
+	rules: {
+		'type-enum': [2, 'always', ['type']],
+		'scope-enum': [2, 'always', ['scope']],
+		'subject-empty': [2, 'never']
+	},
+	ignores: [
+		commit => {
+			return commit.includes('WIP');
+		}
+	]
+};
diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
index 27e408d5df9..0e21fd94c63 100755
--- a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ async function main(options) {
 	const parserOpts = selectParserOpts(loaded.parserPreset);
 	const opts = {
 		parserOpts: {},
-		plugins: {}
+		plugins: {},
+		ignores: []
 	};
 	if (parserOpts) {
 		opts.parserOpts = parserOpts;
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ async function main(options) {
 	if (loaded.plugins) {
 		opts.plugins = loaded.plugins;
 	}
+	if (loaded.ignores) {
+		opts.ignores = loaded.ignores;
+	}
 	const format = loadFormatter(loaded, flags);
 
 	// Strip comments if reading from `.git/COMMIT_EDIT_MSG`
diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.test.js b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.test.js
index 170c592e1e0..3cd9c4131c2 100644
--- a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.test.js
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.test.js
@@ -306,6 +306,18 @@ test('should fail for invalid formatters from configuration', async t => {
 	t.is(actual.code, 1);
 });
 
+test('should skip linting if message passes ignores array from configuration', async t => {
+	const cwd = await git.bootstrap('fixtures/ignores');
+	const actual = await cli([], {cwd})('WIP');
+	t.is(actual.code, 0);
+});
+
+test('should not skip linting if message passes ignores array from configuration', async t => {
+	const cwd = await git.bootstrap('fixtures/ignores');
+	const actual = await cli([], {cwd})('foo');
+	t.is(actual.code, 1);
+});
+
 test('should fail for invalid formatters from flags', async t => {
 	const cwd = await git.bootstrap('fixtures/custom-formatter');
 	const actual = await cli(['--format', 'through-flag'], {cwd})('foo: bar');