diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b86b7e..d387d31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -365,6 +365,21 @@ simple
 ### i18n-json/ignore-keys
 
 - list of key paths (case sensitive) to ignore when checking syntax and doing key structure comparisons. [Example](examples/ignore-keys/)
+- you can also use glob patterns (this package uses [micromatch](https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch))
+  - e.g. if the pattern `*.inProgress` was added to the `ignore-keys` list, then all of the `inProgress`keys below will be ignored.
+  ```json
+  {
+    "a": {
+      "inProgress": "translation"
+    },
+    "b": {
+      "inProgress": "translation"
+    },
+    "c": {
+      "inProgress": "translation"
+    }
+  }
+  ```
 - this setting is used by the following rules: `i18n-json/identical-keys` and `i18n-json/valid-syntax`
 - if the key path points to an object, the nested paths are also ignored.
   - e.g. if the key `a` was added to the `ignore-keys` list, then `a.b` will also be ignored.
diff --git a/examples/ignore-keys/.eslintrc.js b/examples/ignore-keys/.eslintrc.js
index cb6f29b..02997ac 100644
--- a/examples/ignore-keys/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/examples/ignore-keys/.eslintrc.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = {
     */
     'i18n-json/ignore-keys': [
       'translationMetadata', 
-      'login.form.inProgressTranslationKey'
+      '*.inProgressTranslationKey' // No key path ending in `inProgressTranslationKey` will be checked.
     ]
   },
   rules: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa90f4d..f488d0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "lodash.isplainobject": "^4.0.6",
     "lodash.set": "^4.3.2",
     "log-symbols": "^2.2.0",
+    "micromatch": "^3.0.0",
     "plur": "^2.1.2",
     "pretty-format": "^22.0.3"
   }
diff --git a/src/util/deep-for-own.js b/src/util/deep-for-own.js
index 3fa16a0..359a388 100644
--- a/src/util/deep-for-own.js
+++ b/src/util/deep-for-own.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const isPlainObject = require('lodash.isplainobject');
+const micromatch = require('micromatch');
 
 /*
   deep level order traversal.
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ const isPlainObject = require('lodash.isplainobject');
   // calls iteratee with the path to the object.
 */
 
-const shouldIgnorePath = (ignoreList, keyPath) => ignoreList.includes(keyPath.join('.'));
+const shouldIgnorePath = (ignoreList, keyPath) => micromatch.isMatch(keyPath.join('.'), ignoreList);
 const defaultTraversal = obj => Object.keys(obj);
 
 const deepForOwn = (obj, iteratee, {
diff --git a/src/util/deep-for-own.test.js b/src/util/deep-for-own.test.js
index 6609c29..4e4f4f6 100644
--- a/src/util/deep-for-own.test.js
+++ b/src/util/deep-for-own.test.js
@@ -47,4 +47,32 @@ describe('deepForOwn', () => {
     });
     expect(visited).toEqual(['a', 'd', 'j', 'e']);
   });
+  it('will not traverse ignored paths using glob', () => {
+    const obj = {
+      a: {
+        b: {
+          c: 'value'
+        }
+      },
+      d: {
+        e: {
+          f: 'value'
+        }
+      },
+      g: {
+        h: {
+          i: 'value'
+        }
+      },
+      j: 'value'
+    };
+    const visited = [];
+    deepForOwn(obj, (value, key) => {
+      visited.push(key);
+      return true;
+    }, {
+      ignorePaths: ['*.b', 'd.*.f', 'g.*']
+    });
+    expect(visited).toEqual(['a', 'd', 'g', 'j', 'e']);
+  });
 });