diff --git a/pkg/cmd/scan.go b/pkg/cmd/scan.go
index 1b006992..1ea443f6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/scan.go
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ func NewScanCmd(opts *pkg.ScanOptions) *cobra.Command {
 		".driftignore",
 		"Path to the driftignore file",
 	)
+	fl.StringSliceVar(&opts.Driftignores,
+		"ignores",
+		[]string{},
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s Patterns to be used for ignoring resources\n", warn("EXPERIMENTAL:"))+
+			"Example: *,!aws_s3* \n"+
+			"When using this parameter the driftignore file is not used")
 	fl.String(
 		"tf-lockfile",
 		".terraform.lock.hcl",
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ func scanRun(opts *pkg.ScanOptions) error {
 	}()
 
 	logrus.Debug("Checking for driftignore")
-	driftIgnore := filter.NewDriftIgnore(opts.DriftignorePath)
+	driftIgnore := filter.NewDriftIgnore(opts.DriftignorePath, opts.Driftignores...)
 
 	scanner := remote.NewScanner(remoteLibrary, alerter, remote.ScannerOptions{Deep: opts.Deep}, driftIgnore)
 
diff --git a/pkg/driftctl.go b/pkg/driftctl.go
index 8032249f..f64097e6 100644
--- a/pkg/driftctl.go
+++ b/pkg/driftctl.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type ScanOptions struct {
 	ProviderVersion  string
 	ConfigDir        string
 	DriftignorePath  string
+	Driftignores     []string
 	Deep             bool
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/filter/driftignore.go b/pkg/filter/driftignore.go
index a09ed560..d7885f40 100644
--- a/pkg/filter/driftignore.go
+++ b/pkg/filter/driftignore.go
@@ -15,15 +15,23 @@ const separator = "_-_"
 
 type DriftIgnore struct {
 	driftignorePath string
+	ignorePatterns  []string
 	matcher         gitignore.Matcher
 }
 
-func NewDriftIgnore(path string) *DriftIgnore {
+func NewDriftIgnore(path string, ignorePatterns ...string) *DriftIgnore {
 	d := DriftIgnore{
 		driftignorePath: path,
+		ignorePatterns:  ignorePatterns,
 		matcher:         gitignore.NewMatcher(nil),
 	}
-	err := d.readIgnoreFile()
+	var err error
+	if len(ignorePatterns) > 0 {
+		err = d.parseIgnorePatterns()
+	} else {
+		err = d.readIgnoreFile()
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Debug(err)
 	}
@@ -41,21 +49,7 @@ func (r *DriftIgnore) readIgnoreFile() error {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
 	for lineNumber := 1; scanner.Scan(); lineNumber++ {
 		line := scanner.Text()
-
-		if len(strings.ReplaceAll(line, " ", "")) <= 0 {
-			continue // empty
-		}
-
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
-			continue // this is a comment
-		}
-		line = strings.ReplaceAll(line, "/", separator)
-
-		lines = append(lines, gitignore.ParsePattern(line, nil))
-		if !strings.HasSuffix(line, "*") {
-			line := fmt.Sprintf("%s.*", line)
-			lines = append(lines, gitignore.ParsePattern(line, nil))
-		}
+		r.parseIgnorePattern(line, &lines)
 	}
 
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
@@ -67,6 +61,32 @@ func (r *DriftIgnore) readIgnoreFile() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *DriftIgnore) parseIgnorePatterns() error {
+	var lines []gitignore.Pattern
+	for _, p := range r.ignorePatterns {
+		r.parseIgnorePattern(p, &lines)
+	}
+	r.matcher = gitignore.NewMatcher(lines)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *DriftIgnore) parseIgnorePattern(line string, patterns *[]gitignore.Pattern) {
+	if len(strings.ReplaceAll(line, " ", "")) <= 0 {
+		return // empty
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+		return // this is a comment
+	}
+	line = strings.ReplaceAll(line, "/", separator)
+
+	*patterns = append(*patterns, gitignore.ParsePattern(line, nil))
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(line, "*") {
+		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s.*", line)
+		*patterns = append(*patterns, gitignore.ParsePattern(line, nil))
+	}
+}
+
 func (r *DriftIgnore) isAnyOfChildrenTypesNotIgnored(ty resource.ResourceType) bool {
 	childrenTypes := resource.GetMeta(ty).GetChildrenTypes()
 	for _, childrenType := range childrenTypes {