diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46f5fd9..bedac5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ module.exports = {
     new FontminPlugin({
       autodetect: true, // automatically pull unicode characters from CSS
       glyphs: ['\uf0c8' /* extra glyphs to include */],
+      // note: these settings are mutually exclusive and allowedFilesRegex has priority over skippedFilesRegex
+      allowedFilesRegex: null, // RegExp to only target specific fonts by their names
+      skippedFilesRegex: null, // RegExp to skip specific fonts by their names
     }),
   ],
 }
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index ca4c54d..7c67449 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class FontminPlugin {
       {
         glyphs: [],
         autodetect: true,
+        allowedFilesRegex: null,
+        skippedFilesRegex: null,
       },
       options,
     )
@@ -185,11 +187,29 @@ class FontminPlugin {
   }
 
   onAdditionalAssets(compilation) {
+    const allowedFiles = this._options.allowedFilesRegex
+    const skippedFiles = this._options.skippedFilesRegex
     const fontFiles = this.findFontFiles(compilation)
     const glyphsInCss = this.findUnicodeGlyphs(compilation)
     log(`found ${glyphsInCss.length} glyphs in CSS`)
     const minifiableFonts = _(fontFiles)
       .groupBy('font')
+      .filter(font => {
+        const fontName = font[0].font
+        if (allowedFiles instanceof RegExp) {
+          if (!fontName.match(allowedFiles)) {
+            log(`Font "${fontName}" not allowed by pattern: ${allowedFiles}.`)
+            return false
+          }
+        } else if (skippedFiles instanceof RegExp) {
+          if (fontName.match(skippedFiles)) {
+            log(`Font "${fontName}" skipped by pattern ${skippedFiles}.`)
+            return false
+          }
+        }
+
+        return true
+      })
       .values()
 
     const glyphs = this.computeFinalGlyphs(glyphsInCss)
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 2d8323b..d2b5cc7 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -205,4 +205,38 @@ describe('FontminPlugin', () => {
 
     after(done => rimraf(DIST_FOLDER, done))
   })
+
+  describe('FontAwesome in allowed fonts list', () => {
+    it('should run successfully', function (done) {
+      this.timeout(60000)
+      const plugin = new Plugin({allowedFilesRegex: /^fontawesome/})
+      const config = _.cloneDeep(baseConfig)
+      testWithConfig(_.assign(config, {plugins: [plugin]}), done)
+    })
+
+    after(done => rimraf(DIST_FOLDER, done))
+
+    it('should minify font', () => {
+      const svg = _.find(fontStats, {extension: '.svg'})
+      const svgOriginal = _.find(originalStats, {extension: '.svg'})
+      expect(svg.stats.size).to.be.lessThan(svgOriginal.stats.size)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('FontAwesome in skipped fonts list', () => {
+    it('should run successfully', function (done) {
+      this.timeout(60000)
+      const plugin = new Plugin({skippedFilesRegex: /^fontawesome/})
+      const config = _.cloneDeep(baseConfig)
+      testWithConfig(_.assign(config, {plugins: [plugin]}), done)
+    })
+
+    after(done => rimraf(DIST_FOLDER, done))
+
+    it('should not minify font', () => {
+      const svg = _.find(fontStats, {extension: '.svg'})
+      const svgOriginal = _.find(originalStats, {extension: '.svg'})
+      expect(svg.stats.size).to.be.equal(svgOriginal.stats.size)
+    })
+  })
 })