diff --git a/docs/commands/audit.md b/docs/commands/audit.md
index e8796346ba..118642aae3 100644
--- a/docs/commands/audit.md
+++ b/docs/commands/audit.md
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ The `audit` command will decrypt all secrets and scan for weak passwords or othe
 $ gopass audit
 ```
 
+## Excludes
+
+You can exclude certain secrets from the audit by adding a `.gopass-audit-exclude` file to the secret. The file should contain a list of RE2 patters to exclude, one per line. For example:
+
+```
+# Lines starting with # are ignored. Trailing comments are not supported.
+# Exclude all secrets in the pin folder.
+# Note: These are RE2, not Glob patterns!
+pin/.*
+# Literal matches are also valid RE2 patterns
+test_folder/ignore_this
+# Gopass internally uses forward slashes as path separators, even on Windows. So no need to escape backslashes.
+```
+
 ## Password strength backends
 
 | Backend                                         | Description                                                            |
@@ -15,5 +29,3 @@ $ gopass audit
 | [`zxcvbn`](https://github.com/nbutton23/zxcvbn) | [zxcvbn](https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn) password strength checker. |
 | [`crunchy`](https://github.com/muesli/crunchy)  | Crunchy password strength checker                                      |
 | `name`                                          | Checks if password equals the name of the secret                       |
-
-
diff --git a/internal/action/audit.go b/internal/action/audit.go
index cc393d6c01..d02da8ffa6 100644
--- a/internal/action/audit.go
+++ b/internal/action/audit.go
@@ -45,8 +45,18 @@ func (s *Action) Audit(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	var excludes string
+	st := s.Store.Storage(ctx, c.Args().First())
+	if buf, err := st.Get(ctx, ".gopass-audit-ignore"); err == nil && buf != nil {
+		excludes = string(buf)
+	}
+	nList := audit.FilterExcludes(excludes, list)
+	if len(nList) < len(list) {
+		out.Warningf(ctx, "Excluding %d secrets based on .gopass-audit-ignore", len(list)-len(nList))
+	}
+
 	a := audit.New(c.Context, s.Store)
-	r, err := a.Batch(ctx, list)
+	r, err := a.Batch(ctx, nList)
 	if err != nil {
 		return exit.Error(exit.Unknown, err, "failed to audit password store: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/audit/excludes.go b/internal/audit/excludes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..156899e3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/audit/excludes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package audit
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gopasspw/gopass/pkg/debug"
+)
+
+type res []*regexp.Regexp
+
+func (r res) Matches(s string) bool {
+	for _, re := range r {
+		if re.MatchString(s) {
+			debug.Log("Matched %s against %s", s, re.String())
+
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// FilterExcludes filters the given list of secrets against the given exclude patterns (RE2 syntax).
+func FilterExcludes(excludes string, in []string) []string {
+	debug.Log("Filtering %d secrets against %d exclude patterns", len(in), strings.Count(excludes, "\n"))
+
+	res := make(res, 0, 10)
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(excludes, "\n") {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+		re, err := regexp.Compile(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			debug.Log("failed to compile exclude pattern %q: %s", line, err)
+
+			continue
+		}
+		debug.Log("Adding exclude pattern %q", re.String())
+		res = append(res, re)
+	}
+
+	// shortcut if we have no excludes
+	if len(res) < 1 {
+		return in
+	}
+
+	// check all secrets against all excludes
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(in))
+	for _, s := range in {
+		if res.Matches(s) {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, s)
+	}
+
+	return out
+}