diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ffcaacc..bb8b476 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ xx/xx/2018 autofs-5.1.5
 - remove a couple of old debug messages.
 - fix amd entry memory leak.
 - fix unlink_mount_tree() not umounting mounts.
+- add ignore mount option.
 
 19/12/2017 autofs-5.1.4
 - fix spec file url.
diff --git a/daemon/direct.c b/daemon/direct.c
index 28db167..5b532a5 100644
--- a/daemon/direct.c
+++ b/daemon/direct.c
@@ -424,6 +424,16 @@ int do_mount_autofs_direct(struct autofs_point *ap,
 				mp->options = tmp;
 			}
 		}
+
+		if ((ap->flags & MOUNT_FLAG_IGNORE) &&
+		    ((get_kver_major() == 5 && get_kver_minor() > 4) ||
+		     (get_kver_major() > 5))) {
+			char *tmp = realloc(mp->options, strlen(mp->options) + 7);
+			if (tmp) {
+				strcat(tmp, ",ignore");
+				mp->options = tmp;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* In case the directory doesn't exist, try to mkdir it */
diff --git a/daemon/indirect.c b/daemon/indirect.c
index 1311f4c..6f36805 100644
--- a/daemon/indirect.c
+++ b/daemon/indirect.c
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ static int do_mount_autofs_indirect(struct autofs_point *ap, const char *root)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ((ap->flags & MOUNT_FLAG_IGNORE) &&
+	    ((get_kver_major() == 5 && get_kver_minor() > 4) ||
+	     (get_kver_major() > 5))) {
+		char *tmp = realloc(options, strlen(options) + 7);
+		if (tmp) {
+			strcat(tmp, ",ignore");
+			options = tmp;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* In case the directory doesn't exist, try to mkdir it */
 	if (mkdir_path(root, mp_mode) < 0) {
 		if (errno != EEXIST && errno != EROFS) {
diff --git a/include/automount.h b/include/automount.h
index 57cb93f..aa2ffe0 100644
--- a/include/automount.h
+++ b/include/automount.h
@@ -556,6 +556,9 @@ struct kernel_mod_version {
 /* Use strict expire semantics if requested and kernel supports it */
 #define MOUNT_FLAG_STRICTEXPIRE		0x0400
 
+/* Indicator for applications to ignore the mount entry */
+#define MOUNT_FLAG_IGNORE		0x0800
+
 struct autofs_point {
 	pthread_t thid;
 	char *path;			/* Mount point name */
diff --git a/lib/master.c b/lib/master.c
index 81c3264..f9a65f7 100644
--- a/lib/master.c
+++ b/lib/master.c
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ int master_add_autofs_point(struct master_mapent *entry, unsigned logopt,
 		ap->negative_timeout = global_negative_timeout;
 	ap->exp_timeout = defaults_get_timeout();
 	ap->exp_runfreq = 0;
-	ap->flags = 0;
+	ap->flags = MOUNT_FLAG_IGNORE;
 	if (ghost)
-		ap->flags = MOUNT_FLAG_GHOST;
+		ap->flags |= MOUNT_FLAG_GHOST;
 
 	if (nobind)
 		ap->flags |= MOUNT_FLAG_NOBIND;