diff --git a/docs/persistence.rst b/docs/persistence.rst
index ab3ffbe4..da7f488c 100644
--- a/docs/persistence.rst
+++ b/docs/persistence.rst
@@ -271,6 +271,18 @@ field needs to be referenced, such as when specifying sort options in a
 When specifying sorting order, the ``+`` and ``-`` unary operators can be used
 on the class field attributes to indicate ascending and descending order.
 
+Finally, the ``ClassVar`` annotation can be used to define a regular class
+attribute that should not be mapped to the Elasticsearch index::
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    from typing import ClassVar
+
+    class MyDoc(Document):
+        title: M[str]
+        created_at: M[datetime] = mapped_field(default_factory=datetime.now)
+        my_var: ClassVar[str]  # regular class variable, ignored by Elasticsearch
+
 Note on dates
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch_dsl/document_base.py b/elasticsearch_dsl/document_base.py
index 83445aec..67eae0ab 100644
--- a/elasticsearch_dsl/document_base.py
+++ b/elasticsearch_dsl/document_base.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Callable,
+    ClassVar,
     Dict,
     Generic,
     List,
@@ -159,7 +160,10 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, bases: Tuple[type, ...], attrs: Dict[str, Any]):
         #     field8: M[str] = mapped_field(MyCustomText(), default="foo")
         #
         #     # legacy format without Python typing
-        #     field8 = Text()
+        #     field9 = Text()
+        #
+        #     # ignore attributes
+        #     field10: ClassVar[string] = "a regular class variable"
         annotations = attrs.get("__annotations__", {})
         fields = set([n for n in attrs if isinstance(attrs[n], Field)])
         fields.update(annotations.keys())
@@ -172,10 +176,14 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, bases: Tuple[type, ...], attrs: Dict[str, Any]):
                 # the field has a type annotation, so next we try to figure out
                 # what field type we can use
                 type_ = annotations[name]
+                skip = False
                 required = True
                 multi = False
                 while hasattr(type_, "__origin__"):
-                    if type_.__origin__ == Mapped:
+                    if type_.__origin__ == ClassVar:
+                        skip = True
+                        break
+                    elif type_.__origin__ == Mapped:
                         # M[type] -> extract the wrapped type
                         type_ = type_.__args__[0]
                     elif type_.__origin__ == Union:
@@ -192,6 +200,9 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, bases: Tuple[type, ...], attrs: Dict[str, Any]):
                         type_ = type_.__args__[0]
                     else:
                         break
+                if skip or type_ == ClassVar:
+                    # skip ClassVar attributes
+                    continue
                 field = None
                 field_args: List[Any] = []
                 field_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {}
diff --git a/tests/_async/test_document.py b/tests/_async/test_document.py
index 0233ddcc..00a570b2 100644
--- a/tests/_async/test_document.py
+++ b/tests/_async/test_document.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import pickle
 from datetime import datetime
 from hashlib import md5
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional
 
 import pytest
 from pytest import raises
@@ -675,6 +675,8 @@ class TypedDoc(AsyncDocument):
         s4: M[Optional[Secret]] = mapped_field(
             SecretField(), default_factory=lambda: "foo"
         )
+        i1: ClassVar
+        i2: ClassVar[int]
 
     props = TypedDoc._doc_type.mapping.to_dict()["properties"]
     assert props == {
@@ -708,6 +710,9 @@ class TypedDoc(AsyncDocument):
         "s4": {"type": "text"},
     }
 
+    TypedDoc.i1 = "foo"
+    TypedDoc.i2 = 123
+
     doc = TypedDoc()
     assert doc.k3 == "foo"
     assert doc.s4 == "foo"
@@ -723,6 +728,9 @@ class TypedDoc(AsyncDocument):
         "s3",
     }
 
+    assert TypedDoc.i1 == "foo"
+    assert TypedDoc.i2 == 123
+
     doc.st = "s"
     doc.li = [1, 2, 3]
     doc.k1 = "k1"
diff --git a/tests/_sync/test_document.py b/tests/_sync/test_document.py
index 4ba6992f..dddfc688 100644
--- a/tests/_sync/test_document.py
+++ b/tests/_sync/test_document.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import pickle
 from datetime import datetime
 from hashlib import md5
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional
 
 import pytest
 from pytest import raises
@@ -675,6 +675,8 @@ class TypedDoc(Document):
         s4: M[Optional[Secret]] = mapped_field(
             SecretField(), default_factory=lambda: "foo"
         )
+        i1: ClassVar
+        i2: ClassVar[int]
 
     props = TypedDoc._doc_type.mapping.to_dict()["properties"]
     assert props == {
@@ -708,6 +710,9 @@ class TypedDoc(Document):
         "s4": {"type": "text"},
     }
 
+    TypedDoc.i1 = "foo"
+    TypedDoc.i2 = 123
+
     doc = TypedDoc()
     assert doc.k3 == "foo"
     assert doc.s4 == "foo"
@@ -723,6 +728,9 @@ class TypedDoc(Document):
         "s3",
     }
 
+    assert TypedDoc.i1 == "foo"
+    assert TypedDoc.i2 == 123
+
     doc.st = "s"
     doc.li = [1, 2, 3]
     doc.k1 = "k1"