diff --git a/docs/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.md b/docs/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.md
index 70c08809c..5813d5de2 100644
--- a/docs/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.md
+++ b/docs/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.md
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ folder layouts:
 "import/no-extraneous-dependencies": ["error", {"packageDir": ['./some-dir/', './root-pkg']}]
 ```
 
+There is `ignoreImports` options, it can be used to ignore some files or directories.
+
+```js
+"import/no-extraneous-dependencies": ["error", {"ignoreImports": ['./some-root-dir/', '__mocks__']}]
+```
+
 ## Rule Details
 
 Given the following `package.json`:
diff --git a/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js b/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
index 65c396e67..58b51b31d 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-extraneous-dependencies.js
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ function reportIfMissing(context, deps, depsOptions, node, name) {
 
   if (
     declarationStatus.isInDeps ||
+    depsOptions.allowIgnoreImports ||
     (depsOptions.allowDevDeps && declarationStatus.isInDevDeps) ||
     (depsOptions.allowPeerDeps && declarationStatus.isInPeerDeps) ||
     (depsOptions.allowOptDeps && declarationStatus.isInOptDeps) ||
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ function reportIfMissing(context, deps, depsOptions, node, name) {
 
     if (
       declarationStatus.isInDeps ||
+      depsOptions.allowIgnoreImports ||
       (depsOptions.allowDevDeps && declarationStatus.isInDevDeps) ||
       (depsOptions.allowPeerDeps && declarationStatus.isInPeerDeps) ||
       (depsOptions.allowOptDeps && declarationStatus.isInOptDeps) ||
@@ -250,6 +252,16 @@ function testConfig(config, filename) {
   ));
 }
 
+function testIgnoreImports(config, filename) {
+  if (!config) {
+    return false
+  }
+  return config.some(c => (
+    filename.includes(value.substr(0, 2) === './' ? value.replace('.', process.cwd()) : value)
+  ))
+}
+
+
 module.exports = {
   meta: {
     type: 'problem',
@@ -268,6 +280,7 @@ module.exports = {
           'packageDir': { 'type': ['string', 'array'] },
           'includeInternal': { 'type': ['boolean'] },
           'includeTypes': { 'type': ['boolean'] },
+          'ignoreImports': { 'type': ['array'] },
         },
         'additionalProperties': false,
       },
@@ -280,6 +293,7 @@ module.exports = {
     const deps = getDependencies(context, options.packageDir) || extractDepFields({});
 
     const depsOptions = {
+      allowIgnoreImports: testIgnoreImports(options.ignoreImports, filename) !== false,
       allowDevDeps: testConfig(options.devDependencies, filename) !== false,
       allowOptDeps: testConfig(options.optionalDependencies, filename) !== false,
       allowPeerDeps: testConfig(options.peerDependencies, filename) !== false,