diff --git a/src/languageserverinstance.jl b/src/languageserverinstance.jl
index a509cb53..63babb1a 100644
--- a/src/languageserverinstance.jl
+++ b/src/languageserverinstance.jl
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ mutable struct LanguageServerInstance
     lint_options::StaticLint.LintOptions
     lint_missingrefs::Symbol
     lint_disableddirs::Vector{String}
+    lint_ignoredglobs::Vector{String}
     completion_mode::Symbol
     inlay_hints::Bool
     inlay_hints_variable_types::Bool
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ mutable struct LanguageServerInstance
             true,
             StaticLint.LintOptions(),
             :all,
-            LINT_DIABLED_DIRS,
+            LINT_DISABLED_DIRS,
+            LINT_IGNORED_GLOBS,
             :qualify, # options: :import or :qualify, anything else turns this off
             false,
             true,
diff --git a/src/requests/init.jl b/src/requests/init.jl
index eb5580b1..696d939d 100644
--- a/src/requests/init.jl
+++ b/src/requests/init.jl
@@ -97,10 +97,17 @@ end
 
 function load_folder(path::String, server)
     if load_rootpath(path)
+        ignoredGlobs = Regex.(joinpath.(Ref(path), server.lint_ignoredglobs))
         try
             for (root, _, files) in walkdir(path, onerror=x -> x)
+                if any(occursin.(ignoredGlobs, Ref(root)))
+                    continue
+                end
                 for file in files
                     filepath = joinpath(root, file)
+                    if any(occursin.(ignoredGlobs, Ref(filepath)))
+                        continue
+                    end
                     if isvalidjlfile(filepath)
                         uri = filepath2uri(filepath)
                         if hasdocument(server, uri)
@@ -196,6 +203,8 @@ function initialized_notification(params::InitializedParams, server::LanguageSer
         )
     end
 
+    request_julia_config(server, conn)
+
     if server.workspaceFolders !== nothing
         server.workspace = JuliaWorkspace(Set(filepath2uri.(server.workspaceFolders)))
 
@@ -212,8 +221,6 @@ function initialized_notification(params::InitializedParams, server::LanguageSer
         end
     end
 
-    request_julia_config(server, conn)
-
     if server.number_of_outstanding_symserver_requests > 0
         create_symserver_progress_ui(server)
     end
diff --git a/src/requests/workspace.jl b/src/requests/workspace.jl
index 2caadcdf..43809422 100644
--- a/src/requests/workspace.jl
+++ b/src/requests/workspace.jl
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ end
     isnothing(::Nothing) = true
 end
 
-const LINT_DIABLED_DIRS = ["test", "docs"]
+const LINT_DISABLED_DIRS = ["test", "docs"]
+const LINT_IGNORED_GLOBS = ["\\..*"]
 
 function request_julia_config(server::LanguageServerInstance, conn)
     (ismissing(server.clientCapabilities.workspace) || server.clientCapabilities.workspace.configuration !== true) && return
@@ -111,29 +112,33 @@ function request_julia_config(server::LanguageServerInstance, conn)
         ConfigurationItem(missing, "julia.inlayHints.static.enabled"),
         ConfigurationItem(missing, "julia.inlayHints.static.variableTypes.enabled"),
         ConfigurationItem(missing, "julia.inlayHints.static.parameterNames.enabled"),
+        ConfigurationItem(missing, "julia.lint.ignoredGlobs"),
     ]))
 
     new_runlinter = something(response[11], true)
     new_SL_opts = StaticLint.LintOptions(response[1:10]...)
 
     new_lint_missingrefs = Symbol(something(response[12], :all))
-    new_lint_disableddirs = something(response[13], LINT_DIABLED_DIRS)
+    new_lint_disableddirs = something(response[13], LINT_DISABLED_DIRS)
     new_completion_mode = Symbol(something(response[14], :import))
     inlayHints = something(response[15], true)
     inlayHintsVariableTypes = something(response[16], true)
     inlayHintsParameterNames = Symbol(something(response[17], :literals))
+    new_lint_ignoredglobs = something(response[18], LINT_IGNORED_GLOBS)
 
     rerun_lint = begin
         any(getproperty(server.lint_options, opt) != getproperty(new_SL_opts, opt) for opt in fieldnames(StaticLint.LintOptions)) ||
         server.runlinter != new_runlinter ||
         server.lint_missingrefs != new_lint_missingrefs ||
-        server.lint_disableddirs != new_lint_disableddirs
+        server.lint_disableddirs != new_lint_disableddirs ||
+        server.lint_ignoredglobs != new_lint_ignoredglobs
     end
 
     server.lint_options = new_SL_opts
     server.runlinter = new_runlinter
     server.lint_missingrefs = new_lint_missingrefs
     server.lint_disableddirs = new_lint_disableddirs
+    server.lint_ignoredglobs = new_lint_ignoredglobs
     server.completion_mode = new_completion_mode
     server.inlay_hints = inlayHints
     server.inlay_hints_variable_types = inlayHintsVariableTypes
diff --git a/test/test_juliaworkspace.jl b/test/test_juliaworkspace.jl
index 404890cc..906ee09e 100644
--- a/test/test_juliaworkspace.jl
+++ b/test/test_juliaworkspace.jl
@@ -113,3 +113,36 @@ end
     jw = delete_file(jw, project_file_uri)
     @test !haskey(jw._packages, project_uri)
 end
+
+@testitem "load_folder" begin
+    using LanguageServer: filepath2uri, load_folder, hasdocument
+
+    include("test_shared_server.jl")
+    pkg_root = abspath(joinpath(@__DIR__, ".."))
+    
+    filepath = "test/test_juliaworkspace.jl"
+
+    empty!(server._documents)
+    load_folder(pkg_root, server)
+    
+    uri = filepath2uri(joinpath(pkg_root, filepath))
+    @test hasdocument(server, uri)
+
+    server.lint_ignoredglobs = [
+        "\\..*",
+        filepath,
+    ]
+    empty!(server._documents)
+    load_folder(pkg_root, server)
+    
+    @test !hasdocument(server, uri)
+
+    server.lint_ignoredglobs = [
+        "\\..*",
+        "test",
+    ]
+    empty!(server._documents)
+    load_folder(pkg_root, server)
+    
+    @test !hasdocument(server, uri)
+end