diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 705232a..e6c53bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ A string indicating the root of your files.
 ### `exclude`
 
 - Type: `String|Array[String]`
-- Default: `['node_modules', compiler.options.output.path]`
+- Default: `['node_modules', compiler.options.output.path, '<.stylelintignore content>']`
 
 Specify the files and/or directories to exclude. Must be relative to `options.context`.
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 8a51230..241e5b1 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import { isMatch } from 'micromatch';
 
 import { getOptions } from './options';
 import linter from './linter';
-import { arrify, parseFiles, parseFoldersToGlobs } from './utils';
+import {
+  arrify,
+  parseFiles,
+  parseFoldersToGlobs,
+  parseStyleLintIgnoreFile,
+} from './utils';
 
 /** @typedef {import('webpack').Compiler} Compiler */
 /** @typedef {import('webpack').Module} Module */
@@ -70,10 +75,13 @@ class StylelintWebpackPlugin {
     }
 
     const context = this.getContext(compiler);
-    const excludeDefault = [
-      '**/node_modules/**',
-      String(compiler.options.output.path),
-    ];
+    const excludeDefault = Array.from(
+      new Set([
+        '**/node_modules/**',
+        String(compiler.options.output.path),
+        ...parseStyleLintIgnoreFile(context),
+      ])
+    );
 
     const options = {
       ...this.options,
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index c8de890..43ebafd 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { statSync } from 'fs';
+import { statSync, existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 // @ts-ignore
 import normalizePath from 'normalize-path';
@@ -110,3 +110,24 @@ export const jsonStringifyReplacerSortKeys = (_, value) => {
     ? Object.keys(value).sort().reduce(insert, {})
     : value;
 };
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} context
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+export const parseStyleLintIgnoreFile = (context) => {
+  const ignoreFilePath = resolve(context, '.stylelintignore');
+
+  if (!existsSync(ignoreFilePath)) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const ignoreContent = readFileSync(ignoreFilePath, 'utf8').split('\n');
+
+  return ignoreContent.filter((lineRaw) => {
+    const line = lineRaw.trim();
+
+    // remove empty and comment line
+    return line !== '' && !line.startsWith('#');
+  });
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/.stylelintignore b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/.stylelintignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dab8497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/.stylelintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ignore.scss
+
+# comment
+
+noop.scss
+
+ignore.scss
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/ignore.scss b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/ignore.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77cec50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/ignore.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#stuff {
+  display: 'block'; // error
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/index.js b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8792764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require('file-loader!./test.scss');
+require('file-loader!./ignore.scss');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/test.scss b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/test.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b66215f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylelintignore/test.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+body {
+  display: block;
+}
diff --git a/test/stylelint-ignore.test.js b/test/stylelint-ignore.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6c2465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stylelint-ignore.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+import webpack from 'webpack';
+
+import StylelintWebpackPlugin from '../src';
+
+describe('stylelintignore', () => {
+  it('discern stylelintignore', (done) => {
+    const compiler = webpack({
+      context: join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'stylelintignore'),
+      mode: 'development',
+      entry: './index',
+      plugins: [new StylelintWebpackPlugin()],
+    });
+
+    compiler.run((err, stats) => {
+      expect(stats.hasWarnings()).toBe(false);
+      expect(stats.hasErrors()).toBe(false);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('not use .stylelintignore file', (done) => {
+    const compiler = webpack({
+      context: join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'stylelintignore'),
+      mode: 'development',
+      entry: './index',
+      plugins: [
+        new StylelintWebpackPlugin({
+          exclude: [],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    compiler.run((err, stats) => {
+      expect(stats.hasWarnings()).toBe(false);
+      expect(stats.hasErrors()).toBe(true);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});