diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 691caf7..636a3d8 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ program.version(version)
 .option('-e, --exclude <list>', 'CSS selector of included elements, comma separated', utils.splitList)
 .option('-r, --rules <list>', 'IDs of rules to run, comma separated', utils.splitList)
 .option('-t, --tags <list>', 'Tags of rules to run, comma separated', utils.splitList)
+.option('-l, --disable <list>', 'IDs of rules to disable, comma separated', utils.splitList)
 .option('-b, --browser [browser-name]', 'Which browser to run (Webdriver required)')
 .option('-s, --save [filename]', 'Save the output as a JSON file. Filename is optional')
 .option('-d, --dir <path>', 'Output directory')
diff --git a/lib/axe-test-urls.js b/lib/axe-test-urls.js
index b0501cf..ae92f5e 100644
--- a/lib/axe-test-urls.js
+++ b/lib/axe-test-urls.js
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ function testPages(urls, config, events) {
 			} else if (config.rules) {
 				axe.withRules(config.rules)
 			}
+			if (config.disable) {
+				axe.disableRules(config.disable)
+			}
 			if (config.timer) {
 				console.time('axe-core execution time');
 			}
diff --git a/readme.MD b/readme.MD
index c6d8120..fa6de6d 100644
--- a/readme.MD
+++ b/readme.MD
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ You can run multiple pages at once, simply add more URLs to the command. If you
 
 ## Running specific rules
 
-You can use the `--rules` flag to set which rules you wish to run, or you can use the `--tags` to tell axe to run all rules that have that specific tag. For example:
+You can use the `--rules` flag to set which rules you wish to run, or you can use `--tags` to tell axe to run all rules that have that specific tag. For example:
 
 	axe www.deque.com --rules color-contrast,html-has-lang
 
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ Or, to run all wcag2a rules:
 	axe www.deque.com --tags wcag2a
 
 
+In case you want to disable some rules, you can use `--disable` followed by a list of rules. These will be skipped when analyzing the site:
+
+    axe www.deque.com --disable color-contrast
+
+This option can be combined with either `--tags` or `--rules`.
+
 A list of rules and what tags they have is available at: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/worldspace/2.0/.
 
 ## Saving the results