diff --git a/bin/fail2ban-testcases b/bin/fail2ban-testcases
index 22a44a8b7..606b0b06b 100755
--- a/bin/fail2ban-testcases
+++ b/bin/fail2ban-testcases
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ def get_opt_parser():
 		Option('-f', "--fast", action="store_true",
 			   dest="fast",
 			   help="Try to increase speed of the tests, decreasing of wait intervals, memory database"),
+		Option('-i', "--ignore", action="store_true",
+			   dest="negate_re",
+			   help="negate [regexps] filter to ignore tests matched specified regexps"),
 		Option("-t", "--log-traceback", action='store_true',
 			   help="Enrich log-messages with compressed tracebacks"),
 		Option("--full-traceback", action='store_true',
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/utils.py b/fail2ban/tests/utils.py
index 0cac9df5e..ce6d638ad 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/utils.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/utils.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class F2B(optparse.Values):
 	def __init__(self, opts={}):
 		self.__dict__ = opts.__dict__ if opts else {
 			'fast': False, 'memory_db':False, 'no_gamin': False, 'no_network': False, 
+			"negate_re": False,
 		}
 		if self.fast:
 			self.memory_db = True
@@ -157,7 +158,8 @@ def gatherTests(regexps=None, opts=None):
 				for test in suite:
 					s = str(test)
 					for r in self._regexps:
-						if r.search(s):
+						m = r.search(s)
+						if (m if not opts.negate_re else not m):
 							matched.append(test)
 							break
 				for test in matched: