diff --git a/cmd/swag/main.go b/cmd/swag/main.go
index 9c043d0f9..61f2ce04c 100644
--- a/cmd/swag/main.go
+++ b/cmd/swag/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func main() {
 				mainAPIFile := c.String("generalInfo")
 				strategy := c.String("propertyStrategy")
 				outputDir := c.String("output")
+				parseVendor := c.Bool("parseVendor")
 
 				switch strategy {
 				case swag.CamelCase, swag.SnakeCase, swag.PascalCase:
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 					MainAPIFile:        mainAPIFile,
 					PropNamingStrategy: strategy,
 					OutputDir:          outputDir,
+					ParseVendor:        parseVendor,
 				})
 			},
 			Flags: []cli.Flag{
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ func main() {
 					Value: "./docs",
 					Usage: "Output directory for al the generated files(swagger.json, swagger.yaml and doc.go)",
 				},
+				cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "parseVendor",
+					Usage: "Parse go files in 'vendor' folder, disabled by default",
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/gen/gen.go b/gen/gen.go
index aadd5eb26..c2fc54b1e 100644
--- a/gen/gen.go
+++ b/gen/gen.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	//PropNamingStrategy represents property naming strategy like snakecase,camelcase,pascalcase
 	PropNamingStrategy string
+
+	//ParseVendor whether swag should be parse vendor folder
+	ParseVendor bool
 }
 
 // Build builds swagger json file  for gived searchDir and mainAPIFile. Returns json
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ func (g *Gen) Build(config *Config) error {
 	log.Println("Generate swagger docs....")
 	p := swag.New()
 	p.PropNamingStrategy = config.PropNamingStrategy
+	p.ParseVendor = config.ParseVendor
 
 	if err := p.ParseAPI(config.SearchDir, config.MainAPIFile); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/operation.go b/operation.go
index feb4ae1cf..9228eb075 100644
--- a/operation.go
+++ b/operation.go
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ func (operation *Operation) ParseComment(comment string, astFile *ast.File) erro
 }
 
 // ParseParamComment parses params return []string of param properties
-// @Param	queryText		form	      string	  true		        "The email for login"
-// 			[param name]    [paramType] [data type]  [is mandatory?]   [Comment]
-// @Param   some_id     path    int     true        "Some ID"
+// E.g. @Param	queryText		form	      string	  true		        "The email for login"
+//              [param name]    [paramType] [data type]  [is mandatory?]   [Comment]
+// E.g. @Param   some_id     path    int     true        "Some ID"
 func (operation *Operation) ParseParamComment(commentLine string, astFile *ast.File) error {
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(\S+)[\s]+([\w]+)[\s]+([\S.]+)[\s]+([\w]+)[\s]+"([^"]+)"`)
 	matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(commentLine)
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index adda0fc3f..6d2db5cd2 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ type Parser struct {
 
 	PropNamingStrategy string
 
+	ParseVendor bool
+
 	// structStack stores full names of the structures that were already parsed or are being parsed now
 	structStack []string
 }
@@ -1044,7 +1046,7 @@ func (parser *Parser) getAllGoFileInfo(searchDir string) error {
 }
 
 func (parser *Parser) visit(path string, f os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-	if err := Skip(f); err != nil {
+	if err := parser.Skip(path, f); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -1061,10 +1063,12 @@ func (parser *Parser) visit(path string, f os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 }
 
 // Skip returns filepath.SkipDir error if match vendor and hidden folder
-func Skip(f os.FileInfo) error {
-	// exclude vendor folder
-	if f.IsDir() && f.Name() == "vendor" {
-		return filepath.SkipDir
+func (parser *Parser) Skip(path string, f os.FileInfo) error {
+
+	if !parser.ParseVendor { // ignore vendor
+		if f.IsDir() && f.Name() == "vendor" {
+			return filepath.SkipDir
+		}
 	}
 
 	// exclude all hidden folder
diff --git a/parser_test.go b/parser_test.go
index f3f507117..82bf61c78 100644
--- a/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser_test.go
@@ -2328,22 +2328,54 @@ func Test3(){
 
 func TestSkip(t *testing.T) {
 	folder1 := "/tmp/vendor"
-	os.Mkdir(folder1, 777)
+	os.Mkdir(folder1, os.ModePerm)
 	f1, _ := os.Stat(folder1)
 
-	assert.True(t, Skip(f1) == filepath.SkipDir)
+	parser := New()
+
+	assert.True(t, parser.Skip(folder1, f1) == filepath.SkipDir)
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Remove(folder1))
+
+	folder2 := "/tmp/.git"
+	os.Mkdir(folder2, os.ModePerm)
+	f2, _ := os.Stat(folder2)
+
+	assert.True(t, parser.Skip(folder2, f2) == filepath.SkipDir)
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Remove(folder2))
+
+	currentPath := "./"
+	currentPathInfo, _ := os.Stat(currentPath)
+	assert.True(t, parser.Skip(currentPath, currentPathInfo) == nil)
+}
+
+func TestSkipMustParseVendor(t *testing.T) {
+	folder1 := "/tmp/vendor"
+	os.Mkdir(folder1, os.ModePerm)
+	f1, _ := os.Stat(folder1)
+
+	parser := New()
+	parser.ParseVendor = true
+
+	assert.True(t, parser.Skip(folder1, f1) == nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, os.Remove(folder1))
 
 	folder2 := "/tmp/.git"
-	os.Mkdir(folder2, 777)
+	os.Mkdir(folder2, os.ModePerm)
 	f2, _ := os.Stat(folder2)
 
-	assert.True(t, Skip(f2) == filepath.SkipDir)
+	assert.True(t, parser.Skip(folder2, f2) == filepath.SkipDir)
 	assert.NoError(t, os.Remove(folder2))
 
 	currentPath := "./"
 	currentPathInfo, _ := os.Stat(currentPath)
-	assert.True(t, Skip(currentPathInfo) == nil)
+	assert.True(t, parser.Skip(currentPath, currentPathInfo) == nil)
+
+	folder3 := "/tmp/test/vendor/github.com/swaggo/swag"
+	assert.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(folder3, os.ModePerm))
+	f3, _ := os.Stat(folder3)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, parser.Skip(folder3, f3))
+	assert.NoError(t, os.RemoveAll("/tmp/test"))
 }
 
 // func TestParseDeterministic(t *testing.T) {