diff --git a/pkg/commands/run.go b/pkg/commands/run.go
index b306802a4580..74beaec75223 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/run.go
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ func initFlagSet(fs *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *config.Config, m *lintersdb.Manager, is
 	ic := &cfg.Issues
 	fs.StringSliceVarP(&ic.ExcludePatterns, "exclude", "e", nil, wh("Exclude issue by regexp"))
 	fs.BoolVar(&ic.UseDefaultExcludes, "exclude-use-default", true, getDefaultIssueExcludeHelp())
+	fs.BoolVar(&ic.ExcludeCaseSensitive, "exclude-case-sensitive", false, wh("If set to true exclude rules are case sensitive"))
 
 	fs.IntVar(&ic.MaxIssuesPerLinter, "max-issues-per-linter", 50,
 		wh("Maximum issues count per one linter. Set to 0 to disable"))
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index a4c7e45391a1..c421d1df76f2 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -376,9 +376,10 @@ func (e ExcludeRule) Validate() error {
 }
 
 type Issues struct {
-	ExcludePatterns    []string      `mapstructure:"exclude"`
-	ExcludeRules       []ExcludeRule `mapstructure:"exclude-rules"`
-	UseDefaultExcludes bool          `mapstructure:"exclude-use-default"`
+	ExcludeCaseSensitive bool          `mapstructure:"exclude-case-sensitive"`
+	ExcludePatterns      []string      `mapstructure:"exclude"`
+	ExcludeRules         []ExcludeRule `mapstructure:"exclude-rules"`
+	UseDefaultExcludes   bool          `mapstructure:"exclude-use-default"`
 
 	MaxIssuesPerLinter int `mapstructure:"max-issues-per-linter"`
 	MaxSameIssues      int `mapstructure:"max-same-issues"`
diff --git a/pkg/lint/runner.go b/pkg/lint/runner.go
index 4dc40f3fe04d..d63e85d9f5b2 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/runner.go
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ func NewRunner(cfg *config.Config, log logutils.Log, goenv *goutil.Env,
 		excludeTotalPattern = fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", strings.Join(excludePatterns, "|"))
 	}
 
+	var excludeProcessor processors.Processor
+	if cfg.Issues.ExcludeCaseSensitive {
+		excludeProcessor = processors.NewExcludeCaseSensitive(excludeTotalPattern)
+	} else {
+		excludeProcessor = processors.NewExclude(excludeTotalPattern)
+	}
+
 	skipFilesProcessor, err := processors.NewSkipFiles(cfg.Run.SkipFiles)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ func NewRunner(cfg *config.Config, log logutils.Log, goenv *goutil.Env,
 			// Must be before exclude because users see already marked output and configure excluding by it.
 			processors.NewIdentifierMarker(),
 
-			processors.NewExclude(excludeTotalPattern),
+			excludeProcessor,
 			processors.NewExcludeRules(excludeRules, lineCache, log.Child("exclude_rules")),
 			processors.NewNolint(log.Child("nolint"), dbManager),
 
diff --git a/pkg/result/processors/exclude.go b/pkg/result/processors/exclude.go
index 80c4b8945d68..a5a6f3a6acd0 100644
--- a/pkg/result/processors/exclude.go
+++ b/pkg/result/processors/exclude.go
@@ -37,3 +37,21 @@ func (p Exclude) Process(issues []result.Issue) ([]result.Issue, error) {
 }
 
 func (p Exclude) Finish() {}
+
+type ExcludeCaseSensitive struct {
+	*Exclude
+}
+
+func NewExcludeCaseSensitive(pattern string) *ExcludeCaseSensitive {
+	var patternRe *regexp.Regexp
+	if pattern != "" {
+		patternRe = regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
+	}
+	return &ExcludeCaseSensitive{
+		&Exclude{pattern: patternRe},
+	}
+}
+
+func (p ExcludeCaseSensitive) Name() string {
+	return "exclude-case-sensitive"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/result/processors/exclude_test.go b/pkg/result/processors/exclude_test.go
index 7f68d908103b..7965f2fd26bc 100644
--- a/pkg/result/processors/exclude_test.go
+++ b/pkg/result/processors/exclude_test.go
@@ -51,3 +51,21 @@ func TestExclude(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNoExclude(t *testing.T) {
 	processAssertSame(t, NewExclude(""), newTextIssue("test"))
 }
+
+func TestExcludeCaseSensitive(t *testing.T) {
+	p := NewExcludeCaseSensitive("^exclude$")
+	texts := []string{"excLude", "1", "", "exclud", "exclude"}
+	var issues []result.Issue
+	for _, t := range texts {
+		issues = append(issues, newTextIssue(t))
+	}
+
+	processedIssues := process(t, p, issues...)
+	assert.Len(t, processedIssues, len(issues)-1)
+
+	var processedTexts []string
+	for _, i := range processedIssues {
+		processedTexts = append(processedTexts, i.Text)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, texts[:len(texts)-1], processedTexts)
+}