diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a06185f..554719d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Do not commit project install files.
 /vendor
-/composer.lock
\ No newline at end of file
+/composer.lock
+.idea
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e41556..c0a8865 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## 2.17
+## 2.17.1
+### Added
+- Added `ignore_patterns` support to allow project configurations to make use of this field through
+configuration overrides
+
+## 2.17.0
 ### Added
 - BitExpert PHP stan module for Magento 2 projects.
 
diff --git a/config/default/grumphp.yml b/config/default/grumphp.yml
index 0072dd4..e387d07 100644
--- a/config/default/grumphp.yml
+++ b/config/default/grumphp.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ parameters:
   git_blacklist.whitelist_patterns: []
   git_blacklist.regexp_type: G
   git_blacklist.match_word: true
+  git_blacklist.ignore_patterns: []
 
 grumphp:
   ascii:
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ grumphp:
       triggered_by: '%git_blacklist.triggered_by%'
       regexp_type: '%git_blacklist.regexp_type%'
       match_word: '%git_blacklist.match_word%'
+      ignore_patterns: '%git_blacklist.ignore_patterns%'
 
     xmllint:
       load_from_net: '%xmllint.load_from_net%'