diff --git a/config/ide-helper.php b/config/ide-helper.php
index 374eacb..7748139 100644
--- a/config/ide-helper.php
+++ b/config/ide-helper.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ return array(
 
     'filename'  => '_ide_helper',
     'format'    => 'php',
-    
+
     'meta_filename' => '.phpstorm.meta.php',
 
     /*
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ return array(
         'app',
     ),
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Models to ignore
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | Define which models should be ignored.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'ignored_models' => array(
+
+    ),
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 704d10c..5fec144 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ Models can be ignored using the `--ignore (-I)` option
 php artisan ide-helper:models --ignore="Post,User"
 ```
 
+Or can be ignored by setting the `ignored_models` config
+```php
+'ignored_models' => array(
+    Post::class,
+    Api\User::class
+),
+```
+
 Note: With namespaces, wrap your model name in double-quotes (`"`): `php artisan ide-helper:models "API\User"`, or escape the slashes (`Api\\User`)
 
 For properly recognition of `Model` methods (i.e. `paginate`, `findOrFail`) you should extend `\Eloquent` or add
diff --git a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
index dd7a06c..7e3b9ba 100644
--- a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ class ModelsCommand extends Command
             }
         }
 
-        $ignore = explode(',', $ignore);
+        $ignore = array_merge(
+            explode(',', $ignore),
+            $this->laravel['config']->get('ide-helper.ignored_models', array())
+        );
 
         foreach ($models as $name) {
             if (in_array($name, $ignore)) {
diff --git a/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Models/Ignored.php b/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Models/Ignored.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df4c7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Models/Ignored.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models;
+
+use DateTime;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Ignored extends Model
+{
+}
diff --git a/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Models/NotIgnored.php b/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Models/NotIgnored.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..445fa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Models/NotIgnored.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class NotIgnored extends Model
+{
+}
diff --git a/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Test.php b/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95d916d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored;
+
+use Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Console\ModelsCommand;
+use Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\AbstractModelsCommand;
+use Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models\Ignored;
+use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Mockery;
+
+class Test extends AbstractModelsCommand
+{
+    protected function getEnvironmentSetUp($app)
+    {
+        parent::getEnvironmentSetUp($app);
+
+        $app['config']->set('ide-helper', [
+            'model_locations' => [
+                // This is calculated from the base_path() which points to
+                // vendor/orchestra/testbench-core/laravel
+                '/../../../../tests/Console/ModelsCommand/Ignored/Models',
+            ],
+            'ignored_models' => [
+                Ignored::class
+            ]
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function test(): void
+    {
+        $actualContent = null;
+        $mockFilesystem = Mockery::mock(Filesystem::class);
+        $mockFilesystem
+            ->shouldReceive('get')
+            ->andReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/Models/Ignored.php'))
+            ->andReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/Models/NotIgnored.php'))
+            ->once();
+        $mockFilesystem
+            ->shouldReceive('put')
+            ->with(
+                Mockery::any(),
+                Mockery::capture($actualContent)
+            )
+            ->andReturn(1) // Simulate we wrote _something_ to the file
+            ->once();
+
+        $this->instance(Filesystem::class, $mockFilesystem);
+
+        $command = $this->app->make(ModelsCommand::class);
+
+        $tester = $this->runCommand($command, [
+            '--write' => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, $tester->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertEmpty($tester->getDisplay());
+
+        $expectedContent = <<<'PHP'
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+/**
+ * Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models\NotIgnored
+ *
+ * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|\Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models\NotIgnored newModelQuery()
+ * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|\Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models\NotIgnored newQuery()
+ * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|\Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\Ignored\Models\NotIgnored query()
+ * @mixin \Eloquent
+ */
+class NotIgnored extends Model
+{
+}
+
+PHP;
+
+        $this->assertSame($expectedContent, $actualContent);
+    }
+}