diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f6418bd..28fbd15 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ Spell-checking Options
  see the tokens "``lpha``", "``eta``", "``amma``", and "``elta``".
 
 
+--disable-nospell\
+ By default, **scspell** will ignore any lines in a file which contain the
+ string ``# nospell``. This inline directive allows users to select lines to
+ ommit from spell checking at their discretion.
+
+ The ``--disable-nospell`` will disable this functionality, and ``# nospell``
+ directives will be ignored by **scspell**.
+
 Creating File IDs
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/scspell/__init__.py b/scspell/__init__.py
index 7aae848..b742e37 100644
--- a/scspell/__init__.py
+++ b/scspell/__init__.py
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 # File-id specifiers take this form
 FILE_ID_REGEX = re.compile(r'scspell-id:[ \t]*([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)')
 
+# No spell-checking directive (ignores line)
+NO_SPELL = "# nospell"
+
 
 class MatchDescriptor(object):
 
@@ -542,7 +545,8 @@ def spell_check_token(
         False)
 
 
-def spell_check_file(filename, dicts, ignores, report_only, c_escapes):
+def spell_check_file(filename, dicts, ignores, report_only, c_escapes,
+                     disable_nospell):
     """Spell check a single file.
 
     :param filename: name of the file to check
@@ -580,6 +584,12 @@ def spell_check_file(filename, dicts, ignores, report_only, c_escapes):
     else:
         token_regex = TOKEN_REGEX
 
+    if not disable_nospell:
+        # Remove lines with the '# nospell' directive
+        source_text = "".join(
+            [l for l in source_text.splitlines(True) if NO_SPELL not in l]
+        )
+
     # Search for tokens to spell-check
     data = source_text
     pos = 0
@@ -711,7 +721,7 @@ def find_dict_file(override_dictionary):
 def spell_check(source_filenames, override_dictionary=None,
                 base_dicts=[],
                 relative_to=None, report_only=False, c_escapes=True,
-                test_input=False,
+                disable_nospell=False, test_input=False,
                 additional_extensions=None):
     """Run the interactive spell checker on the set of source_filenames.
 
@@ -732,7 +742,8 @@ def spell_check(source_filenames, override_dictionary=None,
             dicts.register_extension(*extension)
         ignores = set()
         for f in source_filenames:
-            if not spell_check_file(f, dicts, ignores, report_only, c_escapes):
+            if not spell_check_file(f, dicts, ignores, report_only, c_escapes,
+                                    disable_nospell):
                 okay = False
     return okay
 
@@ -845,6 +856,10 @@ def main():
         '--no-c-escapes', dest='c_escapes',
         action='store_false', default=True,
         help='treat \\label as label, for e.g. LaTeX')
+    spell_group.add_argument(
+        '--disable-nospell', action='store_true',
+        help='Disable the effect of "# nospell". This will spell check lines '
+             'with "# nospell" in.')
 
     dict_group.add_argument(
         '--override-dictionary', dest='override_filename',