diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0721ce5..068a2d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 0.17.0
+
+Released on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.
+
+- Added the ability to ignore an elements children or its attributes. By [@grishat](https://github.com/grishat).
+
 # 0.16.0
 
 Released on Wednesday, June 24, 2021.
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngineTest.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngineTest.cs
index 302f713..6068afb 100644
--- a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngineTest.cs
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngineTest.cs
@@ -357,6 +357,44 @@ public void Test2()
             results.ShouldBeEmpty();
         }
 
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When comparer returns SkipChildren flag from an element comparison, child nodes are not compared")]
+        [InlineData(CompareResult.Same | CompareResult.SkipChildren)]
+        [InlineData(CompareResult.Skip | CompareResult.SkipChildren)]
+        public void Test3(CompareResult compareResult)
+        {
+            var sut = CreateHtmlDiffer(
+                nodeMatcher: OneToOneNodeListMatcher,
+                nodeFilter: NoneNodeFilter,
+                nodeComparer: c => c.Control.Node.NodeName == "P" ? compareResult : throw new Exception("NODE COMPARER SHOULD NOT BE CALLED ON CHILD NODES"),
+                attrMatcher: AttributeNameMatcher,
+                attrFilter: NoneAttrFilter,
+                attrComparer: SameResultAttrComparer
+                );
+
+            var results = sut.Compare(ToNodeList(@"<p><em>foo</em></p>"), ToNodeList(@"<p><span>baz</span></p>"));
+
+            results.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        }
+
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When comparer returns SkipAttributes flag from an element comparison, attributes are not compared")]
+        [InlineData(CompareResult.Same | CompareResult.SkipAttributes)]
+        [InlineData(CompareResult.Skip | CompareResult.SkipAttributes)]
+        public void Test4(CompareResult compareResult)
+        {
+            var sut = CreateHtmlDiffer(
+                nodeMatcher: OneToOneNodeListMatcher,
+                nodeFilter: NoneNodeFilter,
+                nodeComparer: c => compareResult,
+                attrMatcher: AttributeNameMatcher,
+                attrFilter: NoneAttrFilter,
+                attrComparer: SameResultAttrComparer
+                );
+
+            var results = sut.Compare(ToNodeList(@"<p id=""foo""></p>"), ToNodeList(@"<p id=""bar"" unexpected></p>"));
+
+            results.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        }
+
         #region NodeFilters
         private static FilterDecision NoneNodeFilter(ComparisonSource source) => FilterDecision.Keep;
         private static FilterDecision RemoveCommentNodeFilter(ComparisonSource source) => source.Node.NodeType == NodeType.Comment ? FilterDecision.Exclude : FilterDecision.Keep;
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/DiffBuilderTest.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/DiffBuilderTest.cs
index 8d973c2..be8914f 100644
--- a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/DiffBuilderTest.cs
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/DiffBuilderTest.cs
@@ -89,5 +89,41 @@ public void Test004()
             nodeComparerCalled.ShouldBeTrue();
             attrComparerCalled.ShouldBeTrue();
         }
+
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When a control element has 'diff:ignoreChildren', calling Build() with DefaultOptions() returns empty diffs")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren>hello <em>world</em></p>",
+                         @"<p>world says <strong>hello</strong></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren>hello</p>",
+                         @"<p>world says <strong>hello</strong></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren>hello <em>world</em></p>",
+                         @"<p>world says</p>")]
+        public void Test005(string control, string test)
+        {
+            var diffs = DiffBuilder
+                .Compare(control)
+                .WithTest(test)
+                .Build()
+                .ToList();
+
+            diffs.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        }
+
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When a control element has 'diff:ignoreAttributes', calling Build() with DefaultOptions() returns empty diffs")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p id=""foo"" diff:ignoreAttributes></p>",
+                         @"<p id=""bar""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes></p>",
+                         @"<p unexpected></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p id=""foo"" diff:ignoreAttributes></p>",
+                         @"<p></p>")]
+        public void Test006(string control, string test)
+        {
+            var diffs = DiffBuilder
+                .Compare(control)
+                .WithTest(test)
+                .Build()
+                .ToList();
+
+            diffs.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreAttributesElementComparerTest.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreAttributesElementComparerTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6959de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreAttributesElementComparerTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System.Linq;
+
+using AngleSharp.Diffing.Core;
+
+using Shouldly;
+
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AngleSharp.Diffing.Strategies.ElementStrategies
+{
+    public class IgnoreAttributesElementComparerTest : DiffingTestBase
+    {
+        public IgnoreAttributesElementComparerTest(DiffingTestFixture fixture) : base(fixture)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When a control element does not contain the 'diff:ignoreAttributes' attribute or it is 'diff:ignoreAttributes=false', the current decision is returned")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes=""false""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes=""FALSE""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes=""faLsE""></p>")]
+        public void Test001(string controlHtml)
+        {
+            var comparison = ToComparison(controlHtml, "<p></p>");
+
+            IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Different).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Different);
+            IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Same).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Same);
+            IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Skip).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Skip);
+        }
+
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When a control element has 'diff:ignoreAttributes' attribute, CompareResult.SkipAttributes flag is returned")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes=""true""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes=""TRUE""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreAttributes=""TrUe""></p>")]
+        public void Test002(string controlHtml)
+        {
+            var comparison = ToComparison(controlHtml, "<p></p>");
+
+            IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Same).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Same | CompareResult.SkipAttributes);
+            IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Different).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Different | CompareResult.SkipAttributes);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreChildrenElementComparerTest.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreChildrenElementComparerTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c02e7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing.Tests/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreChildrenElementComparerTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System.Linq;
+
+using AngleSharp.Diffing.Core;
+
+using Shouldly;
+
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AngleSharp.Diffing.Strategies.ElementStrategies
+{
+    public class IgnoreChildrenElementComparerTest : DiffingTestBase
+    {
+        public IgnoreChildrenElementComparerTest(DiffingTestFixture fixture) : base(fixture)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When a control element does not contain the 'diff:ignoreChildren' attribute or it is 'diff:ignoreChildren=false', the current decision is returned")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren=""false""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren=""FALSE""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren=""faLsE""></p>")]
+        public void Test001(string controlHtml)
+        {
+            var comparison = ToComparison(controlHtml, "<p></p>");
+
+            IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Different).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Different);
+            IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Same).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Same);
+            IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Skip).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Skip);
+        }
+
+        [Theory(DisplayName = "When a control element has 'diff:ignoreChildren' attribute, CompareResult.SkipChildren flag is returned")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren=""true""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren=""TRUE""></p>")]
+        [InlineData(@"<p diff:ignoreChildren=""TrUe""></p>")]
+        public void Test002(string controlHtml)
+        {
+            var comparison = ToComparison(controlHtml, "<p></p>");
+
+            IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Same).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Same | CompareResult.SkipChildren);
+            IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.Compare(comparison, CompareResult.Different).ShouldBe(CompareResult.Different | CompareResult.SkipChildren);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/CompareResult.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/CompareResult.cs
index 4ec46ea..7b5ea20 100644
--- a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/CompareResult.cs
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/CompareResult.cs
@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
-namespace AngleSharp.Diffing.Core
+using System;
+
+namespace AngleSharp.Diffing.Core
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a result of a comparison.
     /// </summary>
+    [Flags]
     public enum CompareResult
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Use when the two compared nodes or attributes are the same.
         /// </summary>
-        Same,
+        Same = 1,
         /// <summary>
         /// Use when the two compared nodes or attributes are the different.
         /// </summary>
-        Different,
+        Different = 2,
         /// <summary>
         /// Use when the comparison should be skipped and any child-nodes or attributes skipped as well.
         /// </summary>
-        Skip
+        Skip = 4,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use when the comparison should skip any child-nodes.
+        /// </summary>
+        SkipChildren = 8,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use when the comparison should skip any attributes.
+        /// </summary>
+        SkipAttributes = 16,
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngine.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngine.cs
index e4b6a2d..16577f2 100644
--- a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngine.cs
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Core/HtmlDifferenceEngine.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private IEnumerable<IDiff> CompareNode(in Comparison comparison)
             }
 
             var compareRes = _diffingStrategy.Compare(comparison);
-            if (compareRes == CompareResult.Different)
+            if (compareRes.HasFlag(CompareResult.Different))
             {
                 IDiff diff = new NodeDiff(comparison);
                 return new[] { diff };
@@ -106,15 +106,17 @@ private IEnumerable<IDiff> CompareElement(in Comparison comparison)
             var result = new List<IDiff>();
 
             var compareRes = _diffingStrategy.Compare(comparison);
-            if (compareRes == CompareResult.Different)
+            if (compareRes.HasFlag(CompareResult.Different))
             {
                 result.Add(new NodeDiff(comparison));
             }
 
-            if (compareRes != CompareResult.Skip)
+            if (!compareRes.HasFlag(CompareResult.Skip))
             {
-                result.AddRange(CompareElementAttributes(comparison));
-                result.AddRange(CompareChildNodes(comparison));
+                if (!compareRes.HasFlag(CompareResult.SkipAttributes))
+                    result.AddRange(CompareElementAttributes(comparison));
+                if (!compareRes.HasFlag(CompareResult.SkipChildren))
+                    result.AddRange(CompareChildNodes(comparison));
             }
 
             return result;
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs
index 3bd094a..9454b08 100644
--- a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ public static IDiffingStrategyCollection AddDefaultOptions(this IDiffingStrategy
                 .AddAttributeComparer()
                 .AddClassAttributeComparer()
                 .AddBooleanAttributeComparer(BooleanAttributeComparision.Strict)
-                .AddStyleAttributeComparer();
-            ;
+                .AddStyleAttributeComparer()
+                .AddIgnoreChildrenElementSupport()
+                .AddIgnoreAttributesElementSupport()
+                ;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs
index a853542..3b0b475 100644
--- a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/DiffingStrategyPipelineBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -33,5 +33,27 @@ public static IDiffingStrategyCollection AddIgnoreElementSupport(this IDiffingSt
             builder.AddComparer(IgnoreElementComparer.Compare, StrategyType.Specialized);
             return builder;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Enables the ignore children element `diff:ignoreChildren` attribute during diffing.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="builder"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static IDiffingStrategyCollection AddIgnoreChildrenElementSupport(this IDiffingStrategyCollection builder)
+        {
+            builder.AddComparer(IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.Compare, StrategyType.Specialized);
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Enables the ignore attributes element `diff:ignoreAttributes` attribute during diffing.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="builder"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static IDiffingStrategyCollection AddIgnoreAttributesElementSupport(this IDiffingStrategyCollection builder)
+        {
+            builder.AddComparer(IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.Compare, StrategyType.Specialized);
+            return builder;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dc682a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreAttributesElementComparer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using AngleSharp.Diffing.Core;
+using AngleSharp.Diffing.Extensions;
+using AngleSharp.Dom;
+
+namespace AngleSharp.Diffing.Strategies.ElementStrategies
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents the ignore attributes element comparer.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class IgnoreAttributesElementComparer
+    {
+        private const string DIFF_IGNORE_ATTRIBUTES_ATTRIBUTE = "diff:ignoreattributes";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The ignore attributes element comparer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static CompareResult Compare(in Comparison comparison, CompareResult currentDecision)
+        {
+            if (currentDecision == CompareResult.Skip)
+                return currentDecision;
+
+            return ControlHasTruthyIgnoreAttributesAttribute(comparison)
+                ? currentDecision | CompareResult.SkipAttributes
+                : currentDecision;
+        }
+
+        private static bool ControlHasTruthyIgnoreAttributesAttribute(in Comparison comparison)
+        {
+            return comparison.Control.Node is IElement element &&
+                    element.TryGetAttrValue(DIFF_IGNORE_ATTRIBUTES_ATTRIBUTE, out bool shouldIgnore) &&
+                    shouldIgnore;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.cs b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce239af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AngleSharp.Diffing/Strategies/ElementStrategies/IgnoreChildrenElementComparer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using AngleSharp.Diffing.Core;
+using AngleSharp.Diffing.Extensions;
+using AngleSharp.Dom;
+
+namespace AngleSharp.Diffing.Strategies.ElementStrategies
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents the ignore children element comparer.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class IgnoreChildrenElementComparer
+    {
+        private const string DIFF_IGNORE_CHILDREN_ATTRIBUTE = "diff:ignorechildren";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The ignore children element comparer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static CompareResult Compare(in Comparison comparison, CompareResult currentDecision)
+        {
+            if (currentDecision == CompareResult.Skip)
+                return currentDecision;
+
+            return ControlHasTruthyIgnoreChildrenAttribute(comparison)
+                ? currentDecision | CompareResult.SkipChildren
+                : currentDecision;
+        }
+
+        private static bool ControlHasTruthyIgnoreChildrenAttribute(in Comparison comparison)
+        {
+            return comparison.Control.Node is IElement element &&
+                    element.TryGetAttrValue(DIFF_IGNORE_CHILDREN_ATTRIBUTE, out bool shouldIgnore) &&
+                    shouldIgnore;
+        }
+    }
+}