diff --git a/handlers/ignore/ignore.go b/handlers/ignore/ignore.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1536c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/ignore/ignore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package ignore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/tcolgate/hugot"
+)
+
+type HearsIgnore struct {
+	hugot.HearsHandler
+
+	Ignore []*regexp.Regexp
+}
+
+func NewHears(next hugot.HearsHandler, who ...string) hugot.HearsHandler {
+	var ignoreCompiled []*regexp.Regexp
+	for _, str := range who {
+		ignoreCompiled = append(ignoreCompiled, regexp.MustCompile(str))
+	}
+
+	return &HearsIgnore{HearsHandler: next, Ignore: ignoreCompiled}
+}
+
+func (i *HearsIgnore) Heard(ctx context.Context, w hugot.ResponseWriter, m *hugot.Message, matches [][]string) {
+	for _, re := range i.Ignore {
+		if re.MatchString(m.From) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	i.HearsHandler.Heard(ctx, w, m, matches)
+}
diff --git a/lysenko.go b/lysenko.go
index 2a7d7b9..4066610 100644
--- a/lysenko.go
+++ b/lysenko.go
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ import (
 
 	"ur.gs/lysenko/adapters"
 	"ur.gs/lysenko/handlers/deadline"
+	"ur.gs/lysenko/handlers/ignore"
 	"ur.gs/lysenko/handlers/quotedb"
 )
 
 var (
 	channels = flag.String("channels", "##testing,##test", "Channels to join (separated by comma)")
+	ignores  = flag.String("ignore", "", "Nicks to ignore (separated by comma)")
 	cooldown = flag.Int("cooldown", 120, "Command rate-limit, in seconds")
 	host     = flag.String("host", "chat.freenode.net", "Server host[:port]")
 	ident    = flag.String("ident", "lysenko", "Lysenko Bot")
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ func ircAdapter() hugot.Adapter {
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
+	var ignoresList []string
+	if *ignores != "" {
+		ignoresList = strings.Split(*ignores, ",")
+	}
 
 	adapter := adapters.NewPrefixAdapter(ircAdapter(), "!")
 	adapter.PrivateHelpOnly = true
@@ -75,11 +81,11 @@ func main() {
 	deadline.Cooldown = time.Second * time.Duration(*cooldown)
 
 	mux := hugot.DefaultMux
-	mux.HandleHears(&quotedb.AddQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db})
-	mux.HandleHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.LastQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}))
-	mux.HandleHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.FindQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}))
-	mux.HandleHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.RandQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}))
-	mux.HandleHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.QuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}))
+	mux.HandleHears(ignore.NewHears(&quotedb.AddQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}, ignoresList...))
+	mux.HandleHears(ignore.NewHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.LastQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}), ignoresList...))
+	mux.HandleHears(ignore.NewHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.FindQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}), ignoresList...))
+	mux.HandleHears(ignore.NewHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.RandQuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}), ignoresList...))
+	mux.HandleHears(ignore.NewHears(deadline.NewHears(&quotedb.QuoteHandler{QuoteDB: db}), ignoresList...))
 
 	hugot.ListenAndServe(ctx, mux, adapter)
 }