diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a23bc39..d11cdef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@ erl_crash.dump
 *.ez
 /tmp
 /_build
-/doc
\ No newline at end of file
+/doc
+.dockerignore
+.devcontainer
+Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_on.json b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_on.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0637a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_on.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_unset.json b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_unset.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0e6fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_unset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+[
+  {
+    "request": {
+      "body": "",
+      "headers": [],
+      "method": "get",
+      "options": [],
+      "request_body": "",
+      "url": "http://localhost:34006/server"
+    },
+    "response": {
+      "binary": false,
+      "body": "test_response_before",
+      "headers": {
+        "server": "Cowboy",
+        "date": "Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:50:46 GMT",
+        "content-length": "20"
+      },
+      "status_code": 200,
+      "type": "ok"
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "request": {
+      "body": "",
+      "headers": [],
+      "method": "get",
+      "options": [],
+      "request_body": "",
+      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:34006/server"
+    },
+    "response": {
+      "binary": false,
+      "body": "test_response_before",
+      "headers": {
+        "server": "Cowboy",
+        "date": "Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:50:46 GMT",
+        "content-length": "20"
+      },
+      "status_code": 200,
+      "type": "ok"
+    }
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_with_headers.json b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_with_headers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b1ea71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixture/vcr_cassettes/ignore_urls_with_headers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  {
+    "request": {
+      "body": "",
+      "headers": {
+        "User-Agent": "ExVCR"
+      },
+      "method": "get",
+      "options": [],
+      "request_body": "",
+      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:34006/server"
+    },
+    "response": {
+      "binary": false,
+      "body": "test_response_before",
+      "headers": {
+        "server": "Cowboy",
+        "date": "Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:54:51 GMT",
+        "content-length": "20"
+      },
+      "status_code": 200,
+      "type": "ok"
+    }
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/exvcr/config.ex b/lib/exvcr/config.ex
index 2be5246..c960aee 100644
--- a/lib/exvcr/config.ex
+++ b/lib/exvcr/config.ex
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ defmodule ExVCR.Config do
     Setting.set(:ignore_localhost, value)
   end
 
+  @doc """
+  Skip recording cassettes for urls requests when set
+  """
+  def ignore_urls(value) do
+    Setting.set(:ignore_urls, value)
+  end
+
   @doc """
   Throw error if there is no matching cassette for an HTTP request
   """
diff --git a/lib/exvcr/config_loader.ex b/lib/exvcr/config_loader.ex
index d3b55f6..13ef033 100644
--- a/lib/exvcr/config_loader.ex
+++ b/lib/exvcr/config_loader.ex
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ defmodule ExVCR.ConfigLoader do
       Config.ignore_localhost(env[:ignore_localhost])
     end
 
+    if env[:ignore_urls] != nil do
+      Config.ignore_urls(env[:ignore_urls])
+    end
+
     if env[:strict_mode] != nil do
       Config.strict_mode(env[:strict_mode])
     end
diff --git a/lib/exvcr/handler.ex b/lib/exvcr/handler.ex
index 7681a7a..d53245e 100644
--- a/lib/exvcr/handler.ex
+++ b/lib/exvcr/handler.ex
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ defmodule ExVCR.Handler do
   Provide operations for request/response.
   """
 
-  alias ExVCR.Recorder
+  alias ExVCR.{Recorder, Setting, Util}
   alias ExVCR.Actor.Options
-  alias ExVCR.Util
 
   @doc """
   Get response from either server or cache.
@@ -175,7 +174,14 @@ defmodule ExVCR.Handler do
   end
 
   defp ignore_request?(request, recorder) do
-    ignore_localhost = ExVCR.Recorder.options(recorder)[:ignore_localhost] || ExVCR.Setting.get(:ignore_localhost)
+    ignore_localhost?(request, recorder) ||
+    ignore_urls?(request, recorder)
+  end
+
+  defp ignore_localhost?(request, recorder) do
+    ignore_localhost =
+      Keyword.get(Recorder.options(recorder), :ignore_localhost, Setting.get(:ignore_localhost))
+
     if ignore_localhost do
       adapter = ExVCR.Recorder.options(recorder)[:adapter]
       params = adapter.generate_keys_for_request(request)
@@ -187,8 +193,27 @@ defmodule ExVCR.Handler do
     end
   end
 
+  defp ignore_urls?(request, recorder) do
+    ignore_urls = ExVCR.Recorder.options(recorder)[:ignore_urls] || ExVCR.Setting.get(:ignore_urls)
+
+    if ignore_urls do
+      adapter = ExVCR.Recorder.options(recorder)[:adapter]
+      params = adapter.generate_keys_for_request(request)
+
+      url = to_string(params[:url])
+
+      Enum.any?(ignore_urls, fn r_url ->
+        Regex.match?(r_url, url)
+      end)
+    else
+      false
+    end
+  end
+
   defp ignore_server_fetch!(request, recorder) do
-    strict_mode = ExVCR.Recorder.options(recorder)[:strict_mode] || ExVCR.Setting.get(:strict_mode)
+    strict_mode =
+      Keyword.get(Recorder.options(recorder), :strict_mode, Setting.get(:strict_mode))
+
     if strict_mode do
       message = """
       A matching cassette was not found for this request.
diff --git a/test/ignore_localhost_test.exs b/test/ignore_localhost_test.exs
index 27b5130..6934fac 100644
--- a/test/ignore_localhost_test.exs
+++ b/test/ignore_localhost_test.exs
@@ -46,4 +46,20 @@ defmodule ExVCR.IgnoreLocalhostTest do
       HttpServer.stop(@port)
     end
   end
+
+  test "it records localhost requests when overrides the config setting" do
+    ExVCR.Setting.set(:ignore_localhost, true)
+
+    use_cassette "ignore_localhost_unset", ignore_localhost: false do
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_before")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_before/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+      # this method call should be mocked
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_after")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_before/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+    end
+
+    ExVCR.Setting.set(:strict_mode, false)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/ignore_urls_test.exs b/test/ignore_urls_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b914e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ignore_urls_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+defmodule ExVCR.IgnoreUrlsTest do
+  use ExVCR.Mock
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: false
+
+  @port 34006
+  @url "http://localhost:#{@port}/server"
+  @ignore_urls [
+    ~r/http:\/\/localhost.*/,
+    ~r/http:\/\/127\.0\.0\.1.*/
+  ]
+
+  setup_all do
+    HTTPotion.start
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  test "it does not record url requests when the config has been set" do
+    use_cassette "ignore_urls_on", ignore_urls: @ignore_urls do
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_before")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_before/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+      # this method call should NOT be mocked
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_after")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_after/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+      # this method call should NOT be mocked
+      non_localhost_url = "http://127.0.0.1:#{@port}/server"
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_after")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(non_localhost_url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_after/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "it records urls requests when the config has not been set" do
+    use_cassette "ignore_urls_unset" do
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_before")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_before/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+      # this method call should be mocked
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_after")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_before/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+      # this method call should NOT be mocked
+      non_localhost_url = "http://127.0.0.1:#{@port}/server"
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_after")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(non_localhost_url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response_before/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "ignore_urls option works with request headers" do
+    use_cassette "ignore_urls_with_headers", ignore_urls: @ignore_urls do
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_after")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, headers: ["User-Agent": "ExVCR"]).body =~ ~r/test_response_after/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+      # this method call should be mocked
+      non_localhost_url = "http://127.0.0.1:#{@port}/server"
+      HttpServer.start(path: "/server", port: @port, response: "test_response_before")
+      assert HTTPotion.get(non_localhost_url, headers: ["User-Agent": "ExVCR"]).body =~ ~r/test_response_before/
+      HttpServer.stop(@port)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/strict_mode_test.exs b/test/strict_mode_test.exs
index 1510efd..a07e4b4 100644
--- a/test/strict_mode_test.exs
+++ b/test/strict_mode_test.exs
@@ -52,4 +52,22 @@ defmodule ExVCR.StrictModeTest do
       assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response/
     end
   end
+
+  test "it does not uses a cassette when override the defaut config" do
+    ExVCR.Setting.set(:strict_mode, true)
+
+    use_cassette "strict_mode_cassette", strict_mode: false do
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response/
+    end
+
+    use_cassette "strict_mode_cassette" do
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response/
+    end
+
+    use_cassette "strict_mode_cassette", strict_mode: true do
+      assert HTTPotion.get(@url, []).body =~ ~r/test_response/
+    end
+
+    ExVCR.Setting.set(:strict_mode, false)
+  end
 end