diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 871ae757..ef25d830 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ notify = "4"
 ws = "0.8"
 ctrlc = "3"
 open = "1.2"
+globset = "0.4"
 
 site = { path = "components/site" }
 errors = { path = "components/errors" }
diff --git a/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs b/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs
index 41b4fc44..f14ac5d6 100644
--- a/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/rebuild/src/lib.rs
@@ -306,7 +306,17 @@ pub fn after_content_rename(site: &mut Site, old: &Path, new: &Path) -> Result<(
         old.to_path_buf()
     };
     site.library.write().unwrap().remove_page(&old_path);
-    handle_page_editing(site, &new_path)
+
+    let ignored_content_globset = site.config.ignored_content_globset.clone();
+    let is_ignored_file = match ignored_content_globset {
+        Some(gs) => gs.is_match(new),
+        None => false
+    };
+
+    if !is_ignored_file {
+        return handle_page_editing(site, &new_path)
+    }
+    return Ok(())
 }
 
 /// What happens when a section or a page is created/edited
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index cd393e91..910f892b 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ impl Site {
 
             page_entries
                 .into_par_iter()
+                .filter(|entry| {
+                    match &config.ignored_content_globset {
+                        Some(gs) => !gs.is_match(entry.as_path()),
+                        None => true
+                    }
+                })
                 .map(|entry| {
                     let path = entry.as_path();
                     Page::from_file(path, config, &self.base_path)
diff --git a/components/site/tests/site.rs b/components/site/tests/site.rs
index bb5f8d4a..c5288be6 100644
--- a/components/site/tests/site.rs
+++ b/components/site/tests/site.rs
@@ -653,3 +653,9 @@ fn can_build_site_custom_builtins_from_theme() {
     assert!(file_exists!(public, "404.html"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "404.html", "Oops"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn can_ignore_markdown_content() {
+    let (_, _tmp_dir, public) = build_site("test_site");
+    assert!(!file_exists!(public, "posts/ignored/index.html"));
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/serve.rs b/src/cmd/serve.rs
index 97685479..01d07676 100644
--- a/src/cmd/serve.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/serve.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 // OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 // WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+extern crate globset;
+
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::{read_dir, remove_dir_all, File};
 use std::io::Read;
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ use ws::{Message, Sender, WebSocket};
 use errors::{Error as ZolaError, Result};
 use site::Site;
 use utils::fs::copy_file;
+use cmd::serve::globset::GlobSet;
 
 use console;
 use open;
@@ -345,6 +348,7 @@ pub fn serve(
                         );
 
                         let start = Instant::now();
+
                         match change_kind {
                             ChangeKind::Content => {
                                 console::info(&format!("-> Content renamed {}", path.display()));
@@ -376,6 +380,9 @@ pub fn serve(
                     // Intellij does weird things on edit, chmod is there to count those changes
                     // https://github.com/passcod/notify/issues/150#issuecomment-494912080
                     Create(path) | Write(path) | Remove(path) | Chmod(path) => {
+                        if is_ignored_file(&site.config.ignored_content_globset, &path) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
                         if is_temp_file(&path) || path.is_dir() {
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -422,6 +429,13 @@ pub fn serve(
     }
 }
 
+fn is_ignored_file(ignored_content_globset: &Option<GlobSet>, path: &Path) -> bool {
+    match ignored_content_globset {
+        Some(gs) => gs.is_match(path),
+        None => false
+    }
+}
+
 /// Returns whether the path we received corresponds to a temp file created
 /// by an editor or the OS
 fn is_temp_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
diff --git a/test_site/config.toml b/test_site/config.toml
index 31cd7b1c..08f32ab1 100644
--- a/test_site/config.toml
+++ b/test_site/config.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ taxonomies = [
 
 extra_syntaxes = ["syntaxes"]
 
+ignored_content = ["*/ignored.md"]
+
 [extra.author]
 name = "Vincent Prouillet"
diff --git a/test_site/content/posts/ignored.md b/test_site/content/posts/ignored.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54e0556a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_site/content/posts/ignored.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "This should not be picked up"
+date = 2019-07-23
++++
+
+Don't pick me up.