diff --git a/src/documents/parsers.py b/src/documents/parsers.py
index e14607bd0..cf413a449 100644
--- a/src/documents/parsers.py
+++ b/src/documents/parsers.py
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@ def parse_date(filename, text):
             }
         )
 
+    def __filter(date):
+        if date and date.year > 1900 and \
+                date <= timezone.now() and \
+                date.date() not in settings.IGNORE_DATES:
+            return date
+        return None
+
     date = None
 
     # if filename date parsing is enabled, search there first:
@@ -222,7 +229,8 @@ def parse_date(filename, text):
                 # Skip all matches that do not parse to a proper date
                 continue
 
-            if date and date.year > 1900 and date <= timezone.now():
+            date = __filter(date)
+            if date is not None:
                 return date
 
     # Iterate through all regex matches in text and try to parse the date
@@ -235,10 +243,9 @@ def parse_date(filename, text):
             # Skip all matches that do not parse to a proper date
             continue
 
-        if date and date.year > 1900 and date <= timezone.now():
+        date = __filter(date)
+        if date is not None:
             break
-        else:
-            date = None
 
     return date
 
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_date_parsing.py b/src/documents/tests/test_date_parsing.py
index 357b0937e..9cbb19c2b 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_date_parsing.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_date_parsing.py
@@ -138,3 +138,18 @@ class TestDate(TestCase):
     @override_settings(FILENAME_DATE_ORDER="YMD")
     def test_filename_date_parse_invalid(self, *args):
         self.assertIsNone(parse_date("/tmp/20 408000l 2475 - test.pdf", "No date in here"))
+
+    @override_settings(IGNORE_DATES=(datetime.date(2019, 11, 3), datetime.date(2020, 1, 17)))
+    def test_ignored_dates(self, *args):
+        text = (
+            "lorem ipsum 110319, 20200117 and lorem 13.02.2018 lorem "
+            "ipsum"
+        )
+        date = parse_date("", text)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            date,
+            datetime.datetime(
+                2018, 2, 13, 0, 0,
+                tzinfo=tz.gettz(settings.TIME_ZONE)
+            )
+        )
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diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index e8b44e8cd..5191803d0 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import multiprocessing
 import os
 import re
 
+import dateparser
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -444,3 +445,10 @@ PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost
 PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT = os.getenv(
     "PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost:3000"
 )
+
+# List dates that should be ignored when trying to parse date from document text
+IGNORE_DATES = set()
+for s in os.getenv("PAPERLESS_IGNORE_DATES", "").split(","):
+    d = dateparser.parse(s)
+    if d:
+        IGNORE_DATES.add(d.date())