diff --git a/check_api/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugChecker.java b/check_api/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugChecker.java
index 84fee1a7e64..0c2dd6e3fc9 100644
--- a/check_api/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugChecker.java
+++ b/check_api/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugChecker.java
@@ -641,6 +641,11 @@ public R scan(TreePath treePath, P param) {
     }
 
     private boolean suppressed(Tree tree) {
+      boolean ignoreSuppressions = state.errorProneOptions().isIgnoreSuppressionAnnotations();
+      if (ignoreSuppressions) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
       boolean isSuppressible =
           tree instanceof ClassTree || tree instanceof MethodTree || tree instanceof VariableTree;
       return isSuppressible && isSuppressed(tree, state);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugCheckerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugCheckerTest.java
index fdb184d2572..c8eb5983e02 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugCheckerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/BugCheckerTest.java
@@ -217,6 +217,26 @@ String s(Runnable r) {
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void suppressibleTreePathScanner_respectsIgnoreSuppressionAnnotationsFlag() {
+    CompilationTestHelper.newInstance(SuppressibleTreePathScannerCheck.class, getClass())
+        .setArgs("-XepIgnoreSuppressionAnnotations")
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "A.java",
+            """
+            class A {
+              void m() {
+                // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
+                int unsuppressed;
+                @SuppressWarnings("foo")
+                // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
+                int suppressed;
+              }
+            }
+            """)
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void isSuppressed_disableWarningsInGeneratedCode() {
     CompilationTestHelper.newInstance(CustomSuppressibilityCheck.class, getClass())