diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index bab78c4..d2e8917 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ Example: 100 requests per hour
     except TooManyRequests:
       return '429 Too Many Requests'
 
+Example: you can also pass an optional list of ignored_clients to bypass Rate Limit
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from redis_rate_limit import RateLimit, TooManyRequests
+    try:
+      with RateLimit(resource='users_list', client='192.168.0.10', max_requests=100, ignored_clients=['192.168.0.10'], expire=3600):
+        return '200 OK'
+    except TooManyRequests:
+      return '429 Too Many Requests'
+
 Example: you can also setup a factory to use it later
 
 .. code-block:: python
diff --git a/redis_rate_limit/__init__.py b/redis_rate_limit/__init__.py
index 147db8f..4becb75 100644
--- a/redis_rate_limit/__init__.py
+++ b/redis_rate_limit/__init__.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class RateLimit(object):
     This class offers an abstraction of a Rate Limit algorithm implemented on
     top of Redis >= 2.6.0.
     """
-    def __init__(self, resource, client, max_requests, expire=None, redis_pool=REDIS_POOL):
+    def __init__(self, resource, client, max_requests, ignored_clients=None, expire=None, redis_pool=REDIS_POOL):
         """
         Class initialization method checks if the Rate Limit algorithm is
         actually supported by the installed Redis version and sets some
@@ -54,10 +54,14 @@ def __init__(self, resource, client, max_requests, expire=None, redis_pool=REDIS
         :param resource: resource identifier string (i.e. ‘user_pictures’)
         :param client: client identifier string (i.e. ‘192.168.0.10’)
         :param max_requests: integer (i.e. ‘10’)
+        :param ignored_clients: list of ip addresses (i.e. ['127.0.0.1'])
         :param expire: seconds to wait before resetting counters (i.e. ‘60’)
         :param redis_pool: instance of redis.ConnectionPool.
                Default: ConnectionPool(host='127.0.0.1', port=6379, db=0)
         """
+        self.client = client
+        self.ignored_clients = ignored_clients
+
         self._redis = Redis(connection_pool=redis_pool)
         if not self._is_rate_limit_supported():
             raise RedisVersionNotSupported()
@@ -129,6 +133,9 @@ def increment_usage(self, increment_by=1):
 
         :return: integer: current usage
         """
+        if self.ignored_clients and self.client in self.ignored_clients:
+            return 0
+
         if increment_by > self._max_requests:
             raise ValueError('increment_by {increment_by} overflows '
                              'max_requests of {max_requests}'
@@ -172,17 +179,19 @@ def _reset(self):
 
 
 class RateLimiter(object):
-    def __init__(self, resource, max_requests, expire=None, redis_pool=REDIS_POOL):
+    def __init__(self, resource, max_requests, ignored_clients=None, expire=None, redis_pool=REDIS_POOL):
         """
         Rate limit factory. Checks if RateLimit is supported when limit is called.
         :param resource: resource identifier string (i.e. ‘user_pictures’)
         :param max_requests: integer (i.e. ‘10’)
+        :param ignored_clients: list of ip addresses (i.e. ['127.0.0.1'])
         :param expire: seconds to wait before resetting counters (i.e. ‘60’)
         :param redis_pool: instance of redis.ConnectionPool.
                Default: ConnectionPool(host='127.0.0.1', port=6379, db=0)
        """
         self.resource = resource
         self.max_requests = max_requests
+        self.ignored_clients = ignored_clients
         self.expire = expire
         self.redis_pool = redis_pool
 
@@ -194,6 +203,7 @@ def limit(self, client):
             resource=self.resource,
             client=client,
             max_requests=self.max_requests,
+            ignored_clients=self.ignored_clients,
             expire=self.expire,
             redis_pool=self.redis_pool,
         )
diff --git a/tests/rate_limit_test.py b/tests/rate_limit_test.py
index 58c5fe6..f4cde87 100644
--- a/tests/rate_limit_test.py
+++ b/tests/rate_limit_test.py
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ def test_limit_10_max_request(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.rate_limit.get_usage(), 11)
         self.assertEqual(self.rate_limit.has_been_reached(), True)
 
+    def test_ignored_clients(self):
+        """
+        Should not increment counter if client is part of ignored_clients list.
+        """
+        self.rate_limit = RateLimit(resource='test', client='localhost', ignored_clients=['localhost'],
+                                    max_requests=10, expire=2)
+        self.assertEqual(self.rate_limit.get_usage(), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(self.rate_limit.has_been_reached(), False)
+
+        self._make_10_requests()
+        self.assertEqual(self.rate_limit.get_usage(), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(self.rate_limit.has_been_reached(), False)
+
     def test_expire(self):
         """
         Should not raise TooManyRequests Exception when trying to increment for