diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 197c6ff..72119e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 - Add new `-q, --quiet` flag, see #303 (@Asha20)
 
+- Add new `--no-ignore-parent` flag, see #787 (@will459)
+
 ## Bugfixes
 
 - Set default path separator to `/` in MSYS, see #537 and #730 (@aswild)
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 7139e9d..d2e8167 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ pub fn build_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                          ignored by '.gitignore' files.",
                 ),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("no-ignore-parent")
+                .long("no-ignore-parent")
+                .overrides_with("no-ignore-parent")
+                .hidden_short_help(true)
+                .long_help(
+                    "Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be \
+                        ignored by '.gitignore', '.ignore', or '.fdignore' files in parent directories.",
+                ),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("no-global-ignore-file")
                 .long("no-global-ignore-file")
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f0ce9a6..76408a9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ fn run() -> Result<ExitCode> {
         read_vcsignore: !(matches.is_present("no-ignore")
             || matches.is_present("rg-alias-hidden-ignore")
             || matches.is_present("no-ignore-vcs")),
+        read_parent_ignore: !(matches.is_present("no-ignore")
+            || matches.is_present("rg-alias-hidden-ignore")
+            || matches.is_present("no-ignore-vcs")
+            || matches.is_present("no-ignore-parent")),
         read_global_ignore: !(matches.is_present("no-ignore")
             || matches.is_present("rg-alias-hidden-ignore")
             || matches.is_present("no-global-ignore-file")),
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index c17dd4d..71900df 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ pub struct Options {
     /// Whether to respect `.fdignore` files or not.
     pub read_fdignore: bool,
 
+    /// Whether to respect ignore files in parent directories or not.
+    pub read_parent_ignore: bool,
+
     /// Whether to respect VCS ignore files (`.gitignore`, ..) or not.
     pub read_vcsignore: bool,
 
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index a053278..0d91b91 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn scan(path_vec: &[PathBuf], pattern: Arc<Regex>, config: Arc<Options>) ->
     walker
         .hidden(config.ignore_hidden)
         .ignore(config.read_fdignore)
-        .parents(config.read_fdignore || config.read_vcsignore)
+        .parents(config.read_parent_ignore)
         .git_ignore(config.read_vcsignore)
         .git_global(config.read_vcsignore)
         .git_exclude(config.read_vcsignore)
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 724abe1..6278afb 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -498,6 +498,78 @@ fn test_gitignore_and_fdignore() {
     );
 }
 
+/// Ignore parent ignore files (--no-ignore-parent)
+#[test]
+fn test_no_ignore_parent() {
+    let dirs = &["inner"];
+    let files = &[
+        "inner/parent-ignored",
+        "inner/child-ignored",
+        "inner/not-ignored",
+    ];
+    let te = TestEnv::new(dirs, files);
+
+    // Ignore 'parent-ignored' in root
+    fs::File::create(te.test_root().join(".gitignore"))
+        .unwrap()
+        .write_all(b"parent-ignored")
+        .unwrap();
+    // Ignore 'child-ignored' in inner
+    fs::File::create(te.test_root().join("inner/.gitignore"))
+        .unwrap()
+        .write_all(b"child-ignored")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    te.assert_output_subdirectory("inner", &[], "not-ignored");
+
+    te.assert_output_subdirectory(
+        "inner",
+        &["--no-ignore-parent"],
+        "parent-ignored
+        not-ignored",
+    );
+}
+
+/// Ignore parent ignore files (--no-ignore-parent) with an inner git repo
+#[test]
+fn test_no_ignore_parent_inner_git() {
+    let dirs = &["inner"];
+    let files = &[
+        "inner/parent-ignored",
+        "inner/child-ignored",
+        "inner/not-ignored",
+    ];
+    let te = TestEnv::new(dirs, files);
+
+    // Make the inner folder also appear as a git repo
+    fs::create_dir_all(te.test_root().join("inner/.git")).unwrap();
+
+    // Ignore 'parent-ignored' in root
+    fs::File::create(te.test_root().join(".gitignore"))
+        .unwrap()
+        .write_all(b"parent-ignored")
+        .unwrap();
+    // Ignore 'child-ignored' in inner
+    fs::File::create(te.test_root().join("inner/.gitignore"))
+        .unwrap()
+        .write_all(b"child-ignored")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    te.assert_output_subdirectory(
+        "inner",
+        &[],
+        "not-ignored
+        parent-ignored",
+    );
+
+    te.assert_output_subdirectory(
+        "inner",
+        &["--no-ignore-parent"],
+        "not-ignored
+        parent-ignored",
+    );
+}
+
 /// Precedence of .fdignore files
 #[test]
 fn test_custom_ignore_precedence() {