diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c14c570f0..d271c1b82 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Release 1.1 (in development)
 * Added ``inline`` option to graphviz directives, and fixed the
   default (block-style) in LaTeX output.
 
+* #521: Added :confval:`linkcheck_ignore` config value.
+
 
 Release 1.0.4 (Sep 17, 2010)
 ============================
diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index 4c6735726..979aff5fa 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -1113,6 +1113,19 @@ These options influence Texinfo output.
    .. versionadded:: 1.1
 
 
+Options for the linkcheck builder
+---------------------------------
+
+.. confval:: linkcheck_ignore
+
+   A list of regular expressions that match URIs that should not be checked
+   when doing a ``linkcheck`` build.  Example::
+
+      linkcheck_ignore = [r'http://localhost:\d+/']
+
+   .. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 
 .. [1] A note on available globbing syntax: you can use the standard shell
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py b/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
index 4a0bab633..dd87d70d8 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
 """
 
+import re
 import socket
 from os import path
 from urllib2 import build_opener, HTTPError
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ class CheckExternalLinksBuilder(Builder):
     name = 'linkcheck'
 
     def init(self):
+        self.to_ignore = map(re.compile, self.app.config.linkcheck_ignore)
         self.good = set()
         self.broken = {}
         self.redirected = {}
@@ -76,6 +78,10 @@ class CheckExternalLinksBuilder(Builder):
 
         if lineno:
             self.info('(line %3d) ' % lineno, nonl=1)
+        for rex in self.to_ignore:
+            if rex.match(uri):
+                self.info(uri + ' - ' + darkgray('ignored'))
+                return
         if uri[0:5] == 'http:' or uri[0:6] == 'https:':
             self.info(uri, nonl=1)
 
diff --git a/sphinx/config.py b/sphinx/config.py
index a0ba989a9..6f957314a 100644
--- a/sphinx/config.py
+++ b/sphinx/config.py
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ class Config(object):
         texinfo_appendices = ([], None),
         texinfo_elements = ({}, None),
         texinfo_domain_indices = (True, None),
+
+        # linkcheck options
+        linkcheck_ignore = ([], None),
     )
 
     def __init__(self, dirname, filename, overrides, tags):