diff --git a/cli/args.js b/cli/args.js
index 224b9bdf99..b0260a45a0 100644
--- a/cli/args.js
+++ b/cli/args.js
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ function args(processargv) {
       command === 'modules' ||
       command === 'scenario' ||
       command === 'monitor' ||
-      command === 'wizard') {
+      command === 'wizard' ||
+      command === 'ignore') {
     // copy all the options across to argv._ as an object
     argv._.push(argv);
   }
diff --git a/cli/commands/ignore.js b/cli/commands/ignore.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d845ef2df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/commands/ignore.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+module.exports = ignore;
+
+var debug = require('debug')('snyk');
+var policy = require('snyk-policy');
+var Promise = require('es6-promise').Promise; // jshint ignore:line
+
+function ignore(options) {
+  debug('snyk ignore called with options: %O', options);
+  if (!options.id) {
+    return Promise.reject(Error('idRequired'));
+  }
+  options.expiry = new Date(options.expiry);
+  if (options.expiry.getTime() !== options.expiry.getTime()) {
+    debug('No/invalid expiry given, using the default 30 days');
+    options.expiry = new Date(Date.now() + 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+  }
+  if (!options.reason) {
+    options.reason = 'None Given';
+  }
+  if (!options.path) {
+    debug('using cwd() as path');
+    options.path = process.cwd();
+  }
+
+  debug('changing policy: ignore "%s", for all paths, reason: "%s", until: %o',
+        options.id, options.reason, options.expiry);
+  return policy.load(options.path)
+  .catch(function (error) {
+    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {    // file does not exist - create it
+      return policy.create();
+    }
+    throw Error('policyFile');
+  })
+  .then(function ignoreIssue(pol) {
+    pol.ignore[options.id] = [
+      {
+        '*':
+        {
+          reason: options.reason,
+          expires: options.expiry,
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    policy.save(pol, options.path);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/cli/commands/index.js b/cli/commands/index.js
index 8212986055..eb34e5a403 100644
--- a/cli/commands/index.js
+++ b/cli/commands/index.js
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ require('../../lib/spinner').isRequired = false;
 // time as low as possible
 
 var commands = {
-  help: hotload('./help'),
   auth: hotload('./auth'),
-  version: hotload('./version'),
   config: hotload('./config'),
+  help: hotload('./help'),
+  ignore: hotload('./ignore'),
+  modules: hotload('./modules'),
   monitor: hotload('./monitor'),
-  test: hotload('./test'),
   policy: hotload('./policy'),
   protect: hotload('./protect'),
-  wizard: hotload('./protect/wizard'),
-  modules: hotload('./modules'),
   scenario: hotload('./scenario'),
+  test: hotload('./test'),
   'test-unpublished': hotload('./unpublished'),
+  version: hotload('./version'),
+  wizard: hotload('./protect/wizard'),
 };
 commands.aliases = abbrev(Object.keys(commands));
 commands.aliases.t = 'test';
diff --git a/help/help.txt b/help/help.txt
index e228bbc475..6b71c63bea 100644
--- a/help/help.txt
+++ b/help/help.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Commands:
   monitor ............ Record the state of dependencies and any
                        vulnerabilities on snyk.io.
   policy ............. Display the Snyk policy for a package.
+  ignore ............. Ignore an issue. For more help run `snyk help ignore`.
 
 Options:
 
diff --git a/help/ignore.txt b/help/ignore.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5c64d1af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/ignore.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+Ignore:
+
+  $ snyk ignore --id=IssueID [--expiry=expiry] [--reason='reason for ignoring']
+
+Ignore a certain issue, according to its snyk ID for all occurrences.
+
+Options:
+
+  id ................. snyk ID for the issue to ignore. Required.
+  expiry ............. expiry date string, according to RFC2822 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#page-14)
+  reason ............. the reason to ignore this issue
+
+Examples:
+
+  $ snyk ignore --id='npm:qs:20170213' --expiry='2017-03-30' --reason='testing'
diff --git a/lib/error.js b/lib/error.js
index 8a15a20793..1beafb7b4e 100644
--- a/lib/error.js
+++ b/lib/error.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ var errors = {
     'and try again.',
   timeout: 'The request has timed out on the server side.\nPlease re-run ' +
     'this command with the `-d` flag and send the output to support@snyk.io.',
+  policyFile: 'Bad policy file, please use --path=PATH to specify a ' +
+    'directory with a .snyk file',
+  idRequired: 'id is a required field for `snyk ignore`',
 };
 
 // a key/value pair of error.code (or error.message) as the key, and our nice
diff --git a/test/cli.test.js b/test/cli.test.js
index cbd78b972c..cf19ac193c 100644
--- a/test/cli.test.js
+++ b/test/cli.test.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var port = process.env.PORT = process.env.SNYK_PORT = 12345;
 var sinon = require('sinon');
 var proxyquire = require('proxyquire');
 var parse = require('url').parse;
+var policy = require('snyk-policy');
 
 process.env.SNYK_API = 'http://localhost:' + port + '/api/v1';
 process.env.SNYK_HOST = 'http://localhost:' + port;
@@ -144,6 +145,58 @@ test('auth via github', function (t) {
   });
 });
 
+test('snyk ignore - all options', function (t) {
+  t.plan(1);
+  var fullPolicy = {ID: [
+    {'*': {
+      reason: 'REASON',
+      expires: new Date('2017-10-07T00:00:00.000Z'), },
+    },
+  ],
+                   };
+  var dir = testUtils.tmpdir();
+  cli.ignore({
+    id: 'ID', reason: 'REASON', expiry: new Date('2017-10-07'), path: dir,
+  }).catch(() => t.fail('ignore should succeed'))
+    .then(() => policy.load(dir))
+    .then(pol => {
+      t.deepEquals(pol.ignore, fullPolicy, 'policy written correctly');
+    });
+});
+
+test('snyk ignore - no ID', function (t) {
+  t.plan(1);
+  var dir = testUtils.tmpdir();
+  cli.ignore({
+    reason: 'REASON', expiry: new Date('2017-10-07'), path: dir,
+  }).then(function (res) {
+    t.fail('should not succeed with missing ID');
+  }).catch(function (e) {
+    var errors = require('../lib/error');
+    var message = chalk.stripColor(errors.message(e));
+    t.equal(message.toLowerCase().indexOf('id is a required field'), 0,
+            'captured failed ignore (no --id given)');
+  });
+});
+
+test('snyk ignore - default options', function (t) {
+  t.plan(3);
+  var dir = testUtils.tmpdir();
+  cli.ignore({id: 'ID3', path: dir,
+  }).catch(() => t.fail('ignore should succeed'))
+    .then(() => policy.load(dir))
+    .then(pol => {
+      t.true(pol.ignore.ID3, 'policy ID written correctly');
+      t.is(pol.ignore.ID3[0]['*'].reason, 'None Given',
+           'policy (default) reason written correctly');
+      var expiryFromNow = pol.ignore.ID3[0]['*'].expires - Date.now();
+      // not more than 30 days ahead, not less than (30 days - 1 minute)
+      t.true(expiryFromNow <= 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 &&
+             expiryFromNow >= 30 * 24 * 59 * 60 * 1000,
+             'policy (default) expiry wirtten correctly');
+    });
+});
+
 after('teardown', function (t) {
   t.plan(4);
 
diff --git a/test/utils.js b/test/utils.js
index fbd5292b70..9f8c4d89d1 100644
--- a/test/utils.js
+++ b/test/utils.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 module.exports = {
   silenceLog: silenceLog,
   extendExpiries: extendExpiries,
+  tmpdir: tmpdir,
 };
 
+var osTmpdir = require('os').tmpdir;
+var join = require('path').join;
+var mkdirSync = require('fs').mkdirSync;
+
 function silenceLog() {
   var old = console.log;
 
@@ -21,4 +26,11 @@ function extendExpiries(policy) {
       rule[path].expires = d;
     });
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+function tmpdir() {
+  var dirname = join(osTmpdir(), 'TMP' + Math.random().toString(36)
+                     .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '').substr(2, 12));
+  mkdirSync(dirname);
+  return dirname;
+}