diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py
index 4f59d9c..07988f0 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import argparse
 import configparser
 import os
+import re
 from typing import NamedTuple
 from typing import Sequence
 
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ def check_file_for_aws_keys(
     return bad_files
 
 
+def filter_keys(keys: set[str], exclude: str) -> set[str]:
+    pattern = re.compile(exclude)
+    return {key for key in keys if not pattern.match(key)}
+
+
 def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('filenames', nargs='+', help='Filenames to run')
@@ -110,6 +116,12 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
         action='store_true',
         help='Allow hook to pass when no credentials are detected.',
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--exclude-values',
+        dest='exclude_values',
+        default='^$',
+        help='Regular expression for secret values that should be excluded.',
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
     credential_files = set(args.credentials_file)
@@ -137,7 +149,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
         )
         return 2
 
-    keys_b = {key.encode() for key in keys}
+    keys_b = {key.encode() for key in filter_keys(keys, args.exclude_values)}
     bad_filenames = check_file_for_aws_keys(args.filenames, keys_b)
     if bad_filenames:
         for bad_file in bad_filenames:
diff --git a/tests/detect_aws_credentials_test.py b/tests/detect_aws_credentials_test.py
index afda47a..da39e06 100644
--- a/tests/detect_aws_credentials_test.py
+++ b/tests/detect_aws_credentials_test.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
+from pre_commit_hooks.detect_aws_credentials import filter_keys
 from pre_commit_hooks.detect_aws_credentials import get_aws_cred_files_from_env
 from pre_commit_hooks.detect_aws_credentials import get_aws_secrets_from_env
 from pre_commit_hooks.detect_aws_credentials import get_aws_secrets_from_file
@@ -101,6 +102,18 @@ def test_get_aws_secrets_from_file(filename, expected_keys):
     assert keys == expected_keys
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('keys', 'exclude', 'expected_ret'),
+    (
+        ({'foo', 'bar'}, '^$', {'foo', 'bar'}),
+        ({'foo', 'bar', 'baz'}, '^bar$', {'foo', 'baz'}),
+        ({'foo', 'bar', 'baz'}, '^ba', {'foo'}),
+    ),
+)
+def test_filter_keys(keys, exclude, expected_ret):
+    assert filter_keys(keys, exclude) == expected_ret
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ('filename', 'expected_retval'),
     (
@@ -123,6 +136,26 @@ def test_detect_aws_credentials(filename, expected_retval):
     assert ret == expected_retval
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('filename', 'exclude', 'expected_retval'),
+    (
+        ('aws_config_with_secret.ini', '.*rpg.*', 0),
+        ('aws_config_with_multiple_sections.ini', '.*rpg.*', 1),
+    ),
+)
+def test_detect_aws_credentials_with_exclude(
+        filename, exclude, expected_retval,
+):
+    ret = main((
+        get_resource_path(filename),
+        '--exclude-values',
+        exclude,
+        '--credentials-file',
+        'testing/resources/aws_config_with_multiple_sections.ini',
+    ))
+    assert ret == expected_retval
+
+
 def test_allows_arbitrarily_encoded_files(tmpdir):
     src_ini = tmpdir.join('src.ini')
     src_ini.write(