diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe8000b..6703937 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <version>1.8.0-beta2</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
+      <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -224,4 +229,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/Snapshot.java b/src/main/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/Snapshot.java
index 9d73e9a..fc51ab2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/Snapshot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/Snapshot.java
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 package io.github.jsonSnapshot;
 
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JacksonJsonProvider;
+import org.assertj.core.util.diff.DiffUtils;
+import org.assertj.core.util.diff.Patch;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.assertj.core.util.diff.DiffUtils;
-import org.assertj.core.util.diff.Patch;
+import static io.github.jsonSnapshot.SnapshotMatcher.defaultJsonFunction;
 
 public class Snapshot {
 
@@ -19,6 +27,8 @@ public class Snapshot {
 
   private Function<Object, String> jsonFunction;
 
+  private final List<String> pathsToIgnore = new ArrayList<>();
+
   private Object[] current;
 
   Snapshot(
@@ -65,11 +75,11 @@ private SnapshotMatchException generateDiffError(String rawSnapshot, String curr
             + currentObject.trim()
             + "\n\n"
             + patch
-                .getDeltas()
-                .stream()
-                .map(delta -> delta.toString() + "\n")
-                .reduce(String::concat)
-                .get();
+            .getDeltas()
+            .stream()
+            .map(delta -> delta.toString() + "\n")
+            .reduce(String::concat)
+            .get();
     return new SnapshotMatchException(error);
   }
 
@@ -83,11 +93,39 @@ private String getRawSnapshot(Collection<String> rawSnapshots) {
     return null;
   }
 
+  private Object ignorePaths(Object input) {
+    DocumentContext context = JsonPath.using(new JacksonJsonProvider()).parse(defaultJsonFunction().apply(input));
+    this.pathsToIgnore.forEach(path -> context.delete(path));
+    String root = "$";
+    return context.read(root);
+  }
+
+  private Object[] getCurrentWithoutIgnoredPaths() {
+    if (pathsToIgnore.isEmpty() || current == null) {
+      return current;
+    }
+
+    return Arrays.asList(current).stream()
+        .map(this::ignorePaths)
+        .collect(Collectors.toList())
+        .toArray();
+  }
+
   private String takeSnapshot() {
-    return getSnapshotName() + jsonFunction.apply(current);
+    return getSnapshotName() + jsonFunction.apply(getCurrentWithoutIgnoredPaths());
   }
 
   public String getSnapshotName() {
     return clazz.getName() + "." + method.getName() + "=";
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Ignore fields when comparing object and snapshot.
+   *
+   * @param jsonPathsToIgnore A list of paths to ignore in <a href="https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath">JsonPath</a> syntax.
+   */
+  public Snapshot ignoring(String... jsonPathsToIgnore) {
+    this.pathsToIgnore.addAll(Arrays.asList(jsonPathsToIgnore));
+    return this;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.java
index fc519c8..a295c06 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.java
@@ -73,4 +73,28 @@ void shouldThrowStackOverflowError() {
 
     assertThrows(SnapshotMatchException.class, () -> expect(fakeObject1).toMatchSnapshot());
   }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldMatchSnapshotAndIgnoreTopLevelFieldMethod() {
+        expect(FakeObject.builder().id("anyId6").value(6).name("anyName6").build())
+                .ignoring("value")
+                .toMatchSnapshot();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldMatchSnapshotAndIgnoreSeveralNestedFieldsMethod() {
+        FakeObject grandChild = FakeObject.builder().id("grandChild7").value(7).build();
+        FakeObject child = FakeObject.builder().id("child7").value(7).fakeObject(grandChild).build();
+        expect(FakeObject.builder().id("anyId7").value(7).name("anyName7").fakeObject(child).build())
+                .ignoring("value", "fakeObject.id", "fakeObject.fakeObject")
+                .toMatchSnapshot();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldMatchSnapshotAndIgnoreEverythingMethod() {
+        FakeObject child = FakeObject.builder().id("child8").value(8).build();
+        expect(FakeObject.builder().id("anyId8").value(8).name("anyName8").fakeObject(child).build())
+                .ignoring("$..*")
+                .toMatchSnapshot();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.snap b/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.snap
index 1887a15..864782c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.snap
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotIntegrationTest.snap
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+io.github.jsonSnapshot.SnapshotIntegrationTest.shouldMatchSnapshotAndIgnoreEverythingMethod=[
+  { }
+]
+
+
+io.github.jsonSnapshot.SnapshotIntegrationTest.shouldMatchSnapshotAndIgnoreSeveralNestedFieldsMethod=[
+  {
+    "fakeObject": {
+      "value": 7
+    },
+    "id": "anyId7",
+    "name": "anyName7"
+  }
+]
+
+
+io.github.jsonSnapshot.SnapshotIntegrationTest.shouldMatchSnapshotAndIgnoreTopLevelFieldMethod=[
+  {
+    "id": "anyId6",
+    "name": "anyName6"
+  }
+]
+
+
 io.github.jsonSnapshot.SnapshotIntegrationTest.shouldMatchSnapshotFour=[
   {
     "id": "anyId4",
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotTest.java b/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotTest.java
index 4dc3e26..44a2925 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/jsonSnapshot/SnapshotTest.java
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.PathNotFoundException;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -31,13 +36,7 @@ class SnapshotTest {
   @BeforeEach
   void setUp() throws NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
     snapshotFile = new SnapshotFile(DEFAULT_CONFIG.getFilePath(), "anyFilePath");
-    snapshot =
-        new Snapshot(
-            snapshotFile,
-            String.class,
-            String.class.getDeclaredMethod("toString"),
-            SnapshotMatcher.defaultJsonFunction(),
-            "anyObject");
+    snapshot = createSnapshot("anyObject");
   }
 
   @AfterEach
@@ -45,6 +44,15 @@ void tearDown() throws IOException {
     Files.delete(Paths.get(FILE_PATH));
   }
 
+  private Snapshot createSnapshot(Object... current) throws NoSuchMethodException {
+    return new Snapshot(
+        snapshotFile,
+        String.class,
+        String.class.getDeclaredMethod("toString"),
+        SnapshotMatcher.defaultJsonFunction(),
+        current);
+  }
+
   @Test
   void shouldGetSnapshotNameSuccessfully() {
     String snapshotName = snapshot.getSnapshotName();
@@ -64,4 +72,39 @@ void shouldMatchSnapshotWithException() {
 
     assertThrows(SnapshotMatchException.class, snapshot::toMatchSnapshot);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldNotFailOnEmptyIgnoredPathList() {
+    snapshot.ignoring().toMatchSnapshot();
+    assertThat(snapshotFile.getRawSnapshots()).isEqualTo(Stream.of(SNAPSHOT).collect(Collectors.toCollection(TreeSet::new)));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldFailWhenTryingToIgnoreChildOfPrimitiveJsonObject() {
+    assertThrows(PathNotFoundException.class, () -> snapshot.ignoring("anyObject_is_a_json_string_and_can_not_have_children").toMatchSnapshot());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldIgnoreTopLevelAndNestedFields() throws NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+    Object object = new ObjectMapper().readTree("{\n" +
+        "  \"notIgnored\": \"notIgnored\",\n" +
+        "  \"ignoredInParent\": \"ignored\",\n" +
+        "  \"child\": {\n" +
+        "    \"ignoredInParent\": \"notIgnored\",\n" +
+        "    \"ignoredInChild\": \"ignored\"\n" +
+        "  }\n" +
+        "}");
+    Snapshot snapshot = createSnapshot(object);
+
+    snapshot.ignoring("ignoredInParent", "child.ignoredInChild").toMatchSnapshot();
+    String expectedSnapshot = "java.lang.String.toString=[\n" +
+        "  {\n" +
+        "    \"child\": {\n" +
+        "      \"ignoredInParent\": \"notIgnored\"\n" +
+        "    },\n" +
+        "    \"notIgnored\": \"notIgnored\"\n" +
+        "  }\n" +
+        "]";
+    assertThat(snapshotFile.getRawSnapshots()).isEqualTo(Collections.singleton(expectedSnapshot));
+  }
 }