diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 734cdd3..ea79fc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys:
 | `ignore-unfixed` | Boolean | false                              | Ignore unpatched/unfixed vulnerabilities      |
 | `vuln-type`      | String  | `os,library`                       | Vulnerability types (os,library)              |
 | `severity`       | String  | `UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL` | Severities of vulnerabilities to be displayed |
-
+| `skip-dirs`       | String  |                                   | Comma separated list of directories where traversal is skipped |
 [release]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-action/releases/latest
 [release-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/release/aquasecurity/trivy-action.svg?logo=github
 [marketplace]: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/aqua-security-trivy
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index e4e626d..56b13cc 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'writes results to a file with the specified file name'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  skip-dirs:
+    description: 'comma separated list of directories where traversal is skipped'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: "Dockerfile"
@@ -55,3 +59,4 @@ runs:
     - '-h ${{ inputs.output }}'
     - '-i ${{ inputs.image-ref }}'
     - '-j ${{ inputs.scan-ref }}'
+    - '-k ${{ inputs.skip-dirs }}'
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 16e3697..d243fc9 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-while getopts "a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h:i:j:" o; do
+while getopts "a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h:i:j:k:" o; do
    case "${o}" in
        a)
          export scanType=${OPTARG}
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ while getopts "a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h:i:j:" o; do
        j)
          export scanRef=${OPTARG}
        ;;
+       k)
+         export skipDirs=${OPTARG}
+       ;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ fi
 if [ $output ];then
   ARGS="$ARGS --output $output"
 fi
+if [ $skipDirs ];then
+  ARGS="$ARGS --skip-dirs $skipDirs"
+fi
 
 echo "Running trivy with options: " --no-progress "${ARGS}" "${artifactRef}"
 trivy ${scanType} --no-progress $ARGS ${artifactRef}