diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb406c4..dfb1736 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## 5.x.y
 
+Feature:
+- Allow ignoring all initial migrations, with `--ignore-initial-migrations`
+
 Bug:
 - Don't detect an index creation during a transaction with an exclusive lock, when the table is being created (#264)
 
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 930d0ad..711b8e0 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ If you are using a config file, replace any dashes (`-`) with an underscore (`_`
 | `--warnings-as-errors [MIGRATION_TEST_CODE [...]]`    | Handle warnings as errors and therefore return an error status code if we should. Optionally specify migration test codes to handle as errors. When no test code specified, all warnings are handled as errors. |
 | `--sql-analyser`                                      | Specify the SQL analyser that should be used. Allowed values: 'sqlite', 'mysql', 'postgresql'.                                                                                                                  |
 | `--ignore-sqlmigrate-errors`                          | Ignore failures of sqlmigrate commands.                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `--ignore-initial-migrations`                         | Ignore initial migrations.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 
 ## Django settings configuration
 
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 ```
 
 Or you can restrict the migrations that should be selected by a file containing there paths with the `--include-migrations-from` option.
+Or you can ignore all initial migrations with the `--ignore-initial-migrations` option.
 
 ## Ignoring migration tests
 
diff --git a/src/django_migration_linter/management/commands/lintmigrations.py b/src/django_migration_linter/management/commands/lintmigrations.py
index c0d3102..47cf565 100644
--- a/src/django_migration_linter/management/commands/lintmigrations.py
+++ b/src/django_migration_linter/management/commands/lintmigrations.py
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             no_output=options["verbosity"] == 0,
             analyser_string=options["sql_analyser"],
             ignore_sqlmigrate_errors=options["ignore_sqlmigrate_errors"],
+            ignore_initial_migrations=options["ignore_initial_migrations"],
         )
         linter.lint_all_migrations(
             app_label=options["app_label"],
diff --git a/src/django_migration_linter/management/utils.py b/src/django_migration_linter/management/utils.py
index 7e039d4..66d8cd3 100644
--- a/src/django_migration_linter/management/utils.py
+++ b/src/django_migration_linter/management/utils.py
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ def register_linting_configuration_options(parser: CommandParser) -> None:
         help="ignore failures of sqlmigrate command",
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ignore-initial-migrations",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="ignore initial migrations",
+    )
+
 
 def configure_logging(verbosity: int) -> None:
     logger = logging.getLogger("django_migration_linter")
diff --git a/src/django_migration_linter/migration_linter.py b/src/django_migration_linter/migration_linter.py
index e107f71..f516462 100644
--- a/src/django_migration_linter/migration_linter.py
+++ b/src/django_migration_linter/migration_linter.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class MigrationLinter:
         no_output: bool = False,
         analyser_string: str | None = None,
         ignore_sqlmigrate_errors: bool = False,
+        ignore_initial_migrations: bool = False,
     ):
         # Store parameters and options
         self.django_path = path
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class MigrationLinter:
             analyser_string=analyser_string,
         )
         self.ignore_sqlmigrate_errors = ignore_sqlmigrate_errors
+        self.ignore_initial_migrations = ignore_initial_migrations
 
         # Initialise counters
         self.reset_counters()
@@ -161,7 +163,9 @@ class MigrationLinter:
 
         md5hash = self.get_migration_hash(app_label, migration_name)
 
-        if self.should_ignore_migration(app_label, migration_name, operations):
+        if self.should_ignore_migration(
+            app_label, migration_name, operations, is_initial=migration.initial
+        ):
             self.print_linting_msg(
                 app_label, migration_name, "IGNORE", MessageType.IGNORE
             )
@@ -445,7 +449,11 @@ class MigrationLinter:
                     yield migration
 
     def should_ignore_migration(
-        self, app_label: str, migration_name: str, operations: Iterable[Operation] = ()
+        self,
+        app_label: str,
+        migration_name: str,
+        operations: Iterable[Operation] = (),
+        is_initial: bool = False,
     ) -> bool:
         return (
             (self.include_apps and app_label not in self.include_apps)
@@ -471,6 +479,7 @@ class MigrationLinter:
                 and (app_label, migration_name)
                 in self.migration_loader.applied_migrations
             )
+            or (self.ignore_initial_migrations and is_initial)
         )
 
     def analyse_data_migration(
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_linter.py b/tests/unit/test_linter.py
index 6eec2b2..6b962f6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_linter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_linter.py
@@ -170,3 +170,15 @@ class LinterFunctionsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             ]
         )
         self.assertEqual(2, len(list(migrations)))
+
+    def test_ignore_initial_migrations(self):
+        linter = MigrationLinter(ignore_initial_migrations=True)
+
+        self.assertTrue(
+            linter.should_ignore_migration(
+                "app_correct", "0001_initial", is_initial=True
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(
+            linter.should_ignore_migration("app_correct", "0002_foo", is_initial=False)
+        )