diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidator.kt
index 9f4d287..f263132 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidator.kt
@@ -6,16 +6,27 @@ class PlaceholdersValidator {
 
     fun validatePlaceholders(
         mainFilePlaceholders: PlaceholdersForFile,
-        translatedFilesPlaceholders: List<PlaceholdersForFile>
+        translatedFilesPlaceholders: List<PlaceholdersForFile>,
+        ignoredOrderLanguages: Set<String> = emptySet()
     ): List<ValidationError> {
         val errors = mutableListOf<ValidationError>()
 
         translatedFilesPlaceholders.forEach { placeholdersForFile ->
+            val ignoreOrder = ignoredOrderLanguages.any {
+                placeholdersForFile.filePath.endsWith(it)
+            }
+
             mainFilePlaceholders.placeholders.forEach { (stringKey, referencePlaceholders) ->
                 if (placeholdersForFile.placeholders.containsKey(stringKey)) { // We don't want to validate not translated strings
-                    val filePlaceholders: List<String> = placeholdersForFile.placeholders[stringKey].orEmpty()
+                    val filePlaceholders: List<String> = placeholdersForFile
+                        .placeholders[stringKey]
+                        .orEmpty()
+
+                    val placeholdersMatches = translatedPlaceholderMatchWithReference(
+                        filePlaceholders, referencePlaceholders, ignoreOrder
+                    )
 
-                    if (referencePlaceholders != filePlaceholders) {
+                    if (!placeholdersMatches) {
                         errors.add(
                             ValidationError(
                                 placeholders = filePlaceholders,
@@ -55,6 +66,18 @@ class PlaceholdersValidator {
         return stringKeyToPlaceholders
     }
 
+    private fun translatedPlaceholderMatchWithReference(
+        translatedPlaceholders: List<String>,
+        referencePlaceholders: List<String>,
+        ignoreOrder: Boolean
+    ): Boolean {
+        return translatedPlaceholders.sortIfNeeded(ignoreOrder) ==
+                referencePlaceholders.sortIfNeeded(ignoreOrder)
+    }
+
+    private fun List<String>.sortIfNeeded(sort: Boolean): List<String> =
+        if (sort) toMutableList().sorted() else this
+
     /**
      * For plurals we only take the first string from each language as each language
      * can have various amount of plurals.
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorPlugin.kt
index ee680a9..f123a7f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorPlugin.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileTree
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory
-import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.provider.SetProperty
 
 const val EXTENSION_NAME = "placeholdersValidator"
 const val TASK_NAME = "placeholdersValidatorTask"
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ abstract class PlaceholdersValidatorPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
         project.tasks.register(TASK_NAME, PlaceholdersValidatorTask::class.java) { task ->
             task.resourcesDir.set(extension.resourcesDir)
             task.ignorePlurals.set(extension.ignorePlurals)
+            task.ignoredOrderLanguages.set(extension.ignoredOrderLanguages)
         }
     }
 
 }
 
 abstract class PlaceholdersValidatorExtension(objects: ObjectFactory) {
-    val resourcesDir: Property<FileTree> = objects.property(FileTree::class.java)
-    val ignorePlurals: Property<Boolean> = objects.property(Boolean::class.java)
+    lateinit var resourcesDir: FileTree
+    var ignorePlurals: Boolean = false
+    var ignoredOrderLanguages: SetProperty<String> = objects.setProperty(String::class.java).apply {
+        set(emptySet<String>())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorTask.kt
index 0cf519e..b6c9e7e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorTask.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholdersValidatorTask.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.ConfigurableFileTree
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileTree
 import org.gradle.api.internal.file.CompositeFileTree
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.provider.SetProperty
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import java.io.File
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ abstract class PlaceholdersValidatorTask : DefaultTask() {
     abstract val resourcesDir: Property<FileTree>
     @get:Input
     abstract val ignorePlurals: Property<Boolean>
+    @get:Input
+    abstract val ignoredOrderLanguages: SetProperty<String>
 
     init {
         description = "Validates placeholders from translated strings.xml files"
@@ -49,7 +52,12 @@ abstract class PlaceholdersValidatorTask : DefaultTask() {
             createStringPlaceholdersMap(it, ignorePlurals)
         }
 
-        val errors = validator.validatePlaceholders(mainFilePlaceholders, translatedFilesPlaceholders)
+        val errors = validator.validatePlaceholders(
+            mainFilePlaceholders,
+            translatedFilesPlaceholders,
+            ignoredOrderLanguages.get()
+        )
+
         if (errors.isNotEmpty()) {
             val errorMessage = errors.fold("", { acc, error -> acc + error.message })
             throw GradleScriptException(errorMessage, Throwable(errorMessage))
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidatorTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidatorTest.kt
index 7f1e1ff..9bf4877 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidatorTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/appunite/placeholdersvalidator/PlaceholderValidatorTest.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ class PlaceholdersValidatorTest {
         create()
         val parsedXml: Node = XmlParser().parse(StringReader(xmlWithPlaceholders))
 
-        val result: Map<String, List<String>> = validator.extractPlaceholdersFromXml(parsedXml, ignorePluralsNode = false)
+        val result: Map<String, List<String>> = validator.extractPlaceholdersFromXml(
+            parsedXml, ignorePluralsNode = false
+        )
 
         val expected = mutableMapOf<String, List<String>>()
         expected["1"] = listOf("%1${d}s")
@@ -74,6 +76,44 @@ class PlaceholdersValidatorTest {
         )
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `given ignoring order for german, when wrong order for portuguese and german, then ignore order only for german`() {
+        create()
+
+        val mainXml = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    <resources>
+        <string name="1">"Two placeholders %1${d}s %2${d}s"</string>
+        <string name="2">"String: %s"</string>
+    </resources>
+    """
+
+        val wrongOrderFileXml = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    <resources>
+        <string name="1">"Two placeholders %2${d}s %1${d}s"</string>
+        <string name="2">"String: %s"</string>
+    </resources>
+    """
+        val mainFilePlaceholders = extractPlaceholdersFrom(mainXml)
+        val wrongOrderFilePlaceholders = extractPlaceholdersFrom(wrongOrderFileXml)
+
+        val errors = validator.validatePlaceholders(
+            PlaceholdersForFile(mainFilePlaceholders, "/values/strings.xml"),
+            listOf(
+                PlaceholdersForFile(mainFilePlaceholders, "/values-es/strings.xml"),
+                PlaceholdersForFile(wrongOrderFilePlaceholders, "/values-de/strings.xml"),
+                PlaceholdersForFile(wrongOrderFilePlaceholders, "/values-pt/strings.xml")
+            ),
+            ignoredOrderLanguages = setOf("values-de/strings.xml")
+        )
+
+        errors.first().assertPlaceholderError(
+            key = "1",
+            placeholders = listOf("%2${d}s", "%1${d}s"),
+            shouldBePlaceholders = listOf("%1${d}s", "%2${d}s"),
+            file = "/values-pt/strings.xml"
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `when plurals ignored, then do not parse plurals`() {
         create()