diff --git a/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php b/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php
index 3c47ebd..fc4ae72 100644
--- a/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php
+++ b/src/ConfigImporterIgnore.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ use Drupal\user\SharedTempStore;
  */
 class ConfigImporterIgnore {
 
+  const FORCE_EXCLUSION_PREFIX = '~';
+
   /**
    * Gather config that we want to keep.
    *
@@ -115,6 +117,10 @@ class ConfigImporterIgnore {
   public static function matchConfigName($config_name) {
     $config_ignore_settings = \Drupal::config('config_ignore.settings')->get('ignored_config_entities');
     \Drupal::moduleHandler()->invokeAll('config_ignore_settings_alter', [&$config_ignore_settings]);
+    // If the string is an excluded config, don't ignore it.
+    if (in_array(static::FORCE_EXCLUSION_PREFIX . $config_name, $config_ignore_settings, TRUE)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
     foreach ($config_ignore_settings as $config_ignore_setting) {
       // Check if the last character in the string is an asterisk.
       // If so, it means that it is a wildcard.
diff --git a/src/Form/Settings.php b/src/Form/Settings.php
index 230c89c..ed77ae7 100644
--- a/src/Form/Settings.php
+++ b/src/Form/Settings.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\config_ignore\Form;
 
+use Drupal\config_ignore\ConfigImporterIgnore;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\ConfigFormBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class Settings extends ConfigFormBase {
       '#type' => 'textarea',
       '#rows' => 25,
       '#title' => $this->t('Configuration entity names to ignore'),
-      '#description' => $this->t('One configuration name per line.<br />Examples: <ul><li>user.settings</li><li>views.settings</li><li>contact.settings</li><li>webform.webform.* (will ignore all config entities that starts with <em>webform.webform</em>)</li><li>* (will ignore everything)</li></ul>'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('One configuration name per line.<br />Examples: <ul><li>user.settings</li><li>views.settings</li><li>contact.settings</li><li>webform.webform.* (will ignore all config entities that starts with <em>webform.webform</em>)</li><li>* (will ignore everything)</li><li>@force_importwebform.webform.contact (will force import for this configuration, even if ignored by a wildcard)</li></ul>', ['@force_import' => ConfigImporterIgnore::FORCE_EXCLUSION_PREFIX]),
       '#default_value' => implode(PHP_EOL, $config_ignore_settings->get('ignored_config_entities')),
       '#size' => 60,
     ];
diff --git a/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php b/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php
index e353250..91232bb 100644
--- a/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php
+++ b/src/Tests/ConfigIgnoreTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\config_ignore\Tests;
 
+use Drupal\config_ignore\ConfigImporterIgnore;
 use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Serialization\Yaml;
 
@@ -101,4 +102,85 @@ class ConfigIgnoreTest extends WebTestBase {
 
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Verify Force Import syntax is working.
+   *
+   * This test makes sure we avoid regression issues.
+   */
+  public function testValidateForceImporting() {
+
+    // Login with a user that has permission to import config.
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(['import configuration']));
+
+    // Set the site name to a known value that we later will try and overwrite.
+    $this->config('system.site')->set('name', 'Test import')->save();
+
+    // Set the system.site:name to be (force-) imported upon config import.
+    $settings = [ConfigImporterIgnore::FORCE_EXCLUSION_PREFIX . 'system.site'];
+    $this->config('config_ignore.settings')->set('ignored_config_entities', $settings)->save();
+
+    // Assemble a change that will try and override the current value.
+    $config = $this->config('system.site')->set('name', 'Import has changed title');
+
+    $edit = [
+      'config_type' => 'system.simple',
+      'config_name' => $config->getName(),
+      'import' => Yaml::encode($config->get()),
+    ];
+
+    // Submit a new single item config, with the changes.
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/development/configuration/single/import', $edit, t('Import'));
+
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, array(), t('Confirm'));
+
+    // Validate if the title from the imported config was imported.
+    $this->assertText('Import has changed title');
+
+    // Validate that the user does NOT get the message about configuration
+    // been ignored.
+    $this->assertNoText('The following config entity was ignored');
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Verify excluded configuration works with wildcards.
+   *
+   * This test cover the scenario where a wildcard matches a specific
+   * configuration, but that's still imported due exclusion.
+   */
+  public function testValidateForceImportingWithWildcard() {
+
+    // Login with a user that has permission to import config.
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(['import configuration']));
+
+    // Set the site name to a known value that we later will try and overwrite.
+    $this->config('system.site')->set('name', 'Test import')->save();
+
+    // Set system.* configs to be ignored and system.site:name to be (force-)
+    // imported upon config import.
+    $settings = [
+      'system.*',
+      ConfigImporterIgnore::FORCE_EXCLUSION_PREFIX . 'system.site',
+    ];
+    $this->config('config_ignore.settings')->set('ignored_config_entities', $settings)->save();
+
+    // Assemble a change that will try and override the current value.
+    $config = $this->config('system.site')->set('name', 'Import has changed title');
+
+    $edit = [
+      'config_type' => 'system.simple',
+      'config_name' => $config->getName(),
+      'import' => Yaml::encode($config->get()),
+    ];
+
+    // Submit a new single item config, with the changes.
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/development/configuration/single/import', $edit, t('Import'));
+
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, array(), t('Confirm'));
+
+    // Validate if the title from the imported config was imported.
+    $this->assertText('Import has changed title');
+
+  }
+
 }