diff --git a/graphql.go b/graphql.go
index 1c923230..0bd77632 100644
--- a/graphql.go
+++ b/graphql.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ type GraphQLConfig struct {
 	// `GraphQLDefaultPaginator` is used.
 	Paginator GraphQLPaginator
 
+	// IgnorePrefixes defines path prefixes which should be ignored by the
+	// GraphQL model generator.
+	IgnorePrefixes []string
+
 	// known keeps track of known structs since they can only be defined once
 	// per GraphQL endpoint. If used by multiple HTTP operations, they must
 	// reference the same struct converted to GraphQL schema.
@@ -374,7 +378,13 @@ func (r *Router) EnableGraphQL(config *GraphQLConfig) {
 	config.costMap = gqlcost.CostMap{}
 	config.paginatorType = reflect.TypeOf(config.Paginator).Elem()
 
+outer:
 	for _, resource := range resources {
+		for _, prefix := range config.IgnorePrefixes {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(resource.path, prefix) {
+				continue outer
+			}
+		}
 		r.handleResource(config, "Query", fields, resource, map[string]bool{})
 	}
 
diff --git a/graphql_test.go b/graphql_test.go
index 7ecd71ac..fb5fc59a 100644
--- a/graphql_test.go
+++ b/graphql_test.go
@@ -194,8 +194,15 @@ func TestGraphQL(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx.WriteModel(http.StatusOK, categories[input.CategoryID].products[input.ProductID].stores[input.StoreID])
 	})
 
+	app.Resource("/ignored").Get("get-ignored", "doc",
+		NewResponse(http.StatusOK, "").Model(struct{ ID string }{}),
+	).Run(func(ctx Context) {
+		ctx.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+
 	app.EnableGraphQL(&GraphQLConfig{
 		ComplexityLimit: 250,
+		IgnorePrefixes:  []string{"/ignored"},
 	})
 
 	query := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(`{
@@ -304,4 +311,22 @@ data:
 													id: target
 													url: https://www.target.com/
 `, "\t", "  ", -1), w.Body.String())
+
+	// Confirm expected top-level fields in the query API.
+	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/graphql?query={__schema{queryType{fields{name}}}}", nil)
+	app.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.YAMLEq(t, strings.Replace(`data:
+	__schema:
+		queryType:
+			fields:
+			- name: categories
+			- name: categoriesItem
+			- name: products
+			- name: productsItem
+			- name: stores
+			- name: storesItem
+`, "\t", "  ", -1), w.Body.String())
 }