diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index eca18d6692..ed5b750636 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -59,3 +59,13 @@ extra_vars:
 # Uncomment to enforce action validation with tasks, usually is not
 # needed as Ansible syntax check also covers it.
 # skip_action_validation: false
+
+# List of additional kind:pattern to be added at the top of the default
+# match list, first match determines the file kind.
+kinds:
+  # - playbook: "**/examples/*.{yml,yaml}"
+  # - galaxy: "**/folder/galaxy.yml"
+  # - tasks: "**/tasks/*.yml"
+  # - vars: "**/vars/*.yml"
+  # - meta: "**/meta/main.yml"
+  - yaml: "**/*.yaml-too"
diff --git a/examples/other/some.yaml-too b/examples/other/some.yaml-too
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50a2adaeb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/other/some.yaml-too
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Used to test custom kinds defined in .ansible-config
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
index 08238de6dc..00a15550cd 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import yaml
 
+from ansiblelint.config import DEFAULT_KINDS
 from ansiblelint.constants import (
     CUSTOM_RULESDIR_ENVVAR,
     DEFAULT_RULESDIR,
@@ -358,6 +359,11 @@ def merge_config(file_config: Dict[Any, Any], cli_config: Namespace) -> Namespac
     for entry, value in file_config.items():
         setattr(cli_config, entry, value)
 
+    # append default kinds to the custom list
+    kinds = file_config.get('kinds', [])
+    kinds.extend(DEFAULT_KINDS)
+    setattr(cli_config, 'kinds', kinds)
+
     return cli_config
 
 
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
index 575286d1f1..ceaa18b88b 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ def kind_from_path(path: Path, base=False) -> str:
 
     if str(path) == '/dev/stdin':
         return "playbook"
-    raise RuntimeError("Unable to determine file type for %s" % pathex)
+
+    # Unknown file types report a empty string (evaluated as False)
+    return ""
 
 
 class Lintable:
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 def get_yaml_files(options: Namespace) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Find all yaml files."""
     # git is preferred as it also considers .gitignore
-    git_command = ['git', 'ls-files', '-z', '*.yaml', '*.yml']
+    git_command = ['git', 'ls-files', '-z']
     _logger.info("Discovering files to lint: %s", ' '.join(git_command))
 
     out = None
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
index 1a684692fb..6d15396594 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def worker(lintable: Lintable) -> List[MatchError]:
             files = [value for n, value in enumerate(files) if value not in files[:n]]
 
             for file in self.lintables:
-                if file in self.checked_files:
+                if file in self.checked_files or not file.kind:
                     continue
                 _logger.debug(
                     "Examining %s of type %s",
diff --git a/test/TestExamples.py b/test/TestExamples.py
index 57891c7869..4c9812d306 100644
--- a/test/TestExamples.py
+++ b/test/TestExamples.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from ansiblelint.runner import Runner
+from ansiblelint.testing import run_ansible_lint
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -54,3 +55,12 @@ def test_full_vault(default_rules_collection):
         'examples/playbooks/vars/not_decryptable.yml', rules=default_rules_collection
     ).run()
     assert len(result) == 0
+
+
+def test_custom_kinds():
+    """Check if user defined kinds are used."""
+    result = run_ansible_lint('-vv', '--offline', 'examples/other/')
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+    # .yaml-too is not a recognized extension and unless is manually defined
+    # in our .ansible-lint config, the test would not identify it as yaml file.
+    assert "Examining examples/other/some.yaml-too of type yaml" in result.stderr
diff --git a/test/TestUtils.py b/test/TestUtils.py
index 20e5e9ee0f..1ca3339369 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.py
+++ b/test/TestUtils.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_get_yaml_files_git_verbose(reset_env_var, message_prefix, monkeypatch,
     expected_info = (
         "ansiblelint",
         logging.INFO,
-        'Discovering files to lint: git ls-files -z *.yaml *.yml',
+        'Discovering files to lint: git ls-files -z',
     )
 
     assert expected_info in caplog.record_tuples
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def test_cli_auto_detect(capfd):
     out, err = capfd.readouterr()
 
     # Confirmation that it runs in auto-detect mode
-    assert "Discovering files to lint: git ls-files -z *.yaml *.yml" in err
+    assert "Discovering files to lint: git ls-files -z" in err
     # An expected rule match from our examples
     assert (
         "examples/playbooks/empty_playbook.yml:0: "