diff --git a/config/install/config_ignore.settings.yml b/config/install/config_ignore.settings.yml
index 629b342..c89e103 100644
--- a/config/install/config_ignore.settings.yml
+++ b/config/install/config_ignore.settings.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ignored_config_entities: { }
+ignored_config_collections: { }
diff --git a/config/schema/config_ignore.schema.yml b/config/schema/config_ignore.schema.yml
index 9930f0d..889c34c 100644
--- a/config/schema/config_ignore.schema.yml
+++ b/config/schema/config_ignore.schema.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ config_ignore.settings:
       label: 'List of ignored configurations'
       sequence:
         type: string
+    ignored_config_collections:
+      type: sequence
+      label: 'List of ignored configuration storage collections'
+      sequence:
+        type: string
diff --git a/config_ignore.api.php b/config_ignore.api.php
index 89e9f91..1054e84 100644
--- a/config_ignore.api.php
+++ b/config_ignore.api.php
@@ -19,5 +19,12 @@ function hook_config_ignore_settings_alter(array &$settings) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Alter the list of config entities that should be ignored.
+ */
+function hook_config_ignore_collections_alter(array &$collections) {
+  $collections[] = 'language.*';
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "addtogroup hooks".
  */
diff --git a/config_ignore.install b/config_ignore.install
index 222809e..621b61c 100644
--- a/config_ignore.install
+++ b/config_ignore.install
@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@
 function config_ignore_update_8201() {
   \Drupal::getContainer()->get('module_installer')->install(['config_filter']);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Update schema with storage collection ignore value.
+ */
+function config_ignore_update_8202() {
+  $config = \Drupal::configFactory()->getEditable('config_ignore.settings');
+  $config->set('ignored_config_collections', [])->save();
+}
diff --git a/src/Form/Settings.php b/src/Form/Settings.php
index 8029db0..f1f0ecc 100644
--- a/src/Form/Settings.php
+++ b/src/Form/Settings.php
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ Examples: <ul>
       '#default_value' => implode(PHP_EOL, $config_ignore_settings->get('ignored_config_entities')),
       '#size' => 60,
     ];
+
+    $form['ignored_config_collections'] = [
+      '#type' => 'textarea',
+      '#rows' => 10,
+      '#title' => $this->t('Configuration storage collections to ignore'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('Use the same format for including/excluding/wildcarding as above (e.g. language.* for ignoring all language collections).'),
+      '#default_value' => implode(PHP_EOL, $config_ignore_settings->get('ignored_config_collections')),
+      '#size' => 60,
+    ];
+
     return parent::buildForm($form, $form_state);
   }
 
@@ -66,6 +76,9 @@ Examples: <ul>
     $config_ignore_settings_array = preg_split("[\n|\r]", $values['ignored_config_entities']);
     $config_ignore_settings_array = array_filter($config_ignore_settings_array);
     $config_ignore_settings->set('ignored_config_entities', $config_ignore_settings_array);
+    $config_collection_storage_array = preg_split("[\n|\r]", $values['ignored_config_collections']);
+    $config_collection_storage_array = array_filter($config_collection_storage_array);
+    $config_ignore_settings->set('ignored_config_collections', $config_collection_storage_array);
     $config_ignore_settings->save();
     parent::submitForm($form, $form_state);
 
diff --git a/src/Plugin/ConfigFilter/CollectionIgnore.php b/src/Plugin/ConfigFilter/CollectionIgnore.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5f1d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Plugin/ConfigFilter/CollectionIgnore.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\config_ignore\Plugin\ConfigFilter;
+
+use Drupal\config_filter\Plugin\ConfigFilterBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a filter that skips language collections.
+ *
+ * @ConfigFilter(
+ *   id = "collection_ignore",
+ *   label = "Config Collection Ignore",
+ *   storages = {"config.storage.sync", "config.storage.active"},
+ *   weight = 101
+ * )
+ */
+class CollectionIgnore extends ConfigFilterBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInterface {
+
+  const FORCE_EXCLUSION_PREFIX = '~';
+  const INCLUDE_SUFFIX = '*';
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition) {
+    // Get the list of ignored config collections.
+    $ignored_collections = $container->get('config.factory')->get('config_ignore.settings')->get('ignored_config_collections') ?: [];
+    // Allow hooks to alter the list.
+    $container->get('module_handler')->invokeAll('config_ignore_collections_alter', [&$ignored_collections]);
+    // Set the list in the plugin configuration.
+    $configuration['ignored_collections'] = $ignored_collections;
+
+    return new static(
+      $configuration,
+      $plugin_id,
+      $plugin_definition
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Match a storage collection name against list of ignored collections.
+   *
+   * @param string $collection_name
+   *   The name of the collection to match against all ignored collections.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   True, if the storage collection is to be ignored, false otherwise.
+   */
+  protected function matchCollectionName($collection_name) {
+    if (Settings::get('config_ignore_deactivate')) {
+      // Allow deactivating config_ignore in settings.php. Do not match any name
+      // in that case and allow a normal configuration import to happen.
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    // If the string is an excluded collection, don't ignore it.
+    if (in_array(static::FORCE_EXCLUSION_PREFIX . $collection_name, $this->configuration['ignored_collections'], TRUE)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    foreach ($this->configuration['ignored_collections'] as $ignored) {
+      if (fnmatch($ignored, $collection_name)) {
+        return TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function filterGetAllCollectionNames(array $collections) {
+    $collections = array_filter($collections, function ($collection) {
+      return !$this->matchCollectionName($collection);
+    });
+    return $collections;
+  }
+}