diff --git a/.impignore b/.impignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1fdea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.impignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Ignore vendor files
+vendor/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ac3625..1ab2749 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,5 +16,11 @@ import (
 imp includes three flags:
 
 * `--write` will write out the formatting rather than printing
-* `--exclude` can be used multiple times to set directories to exclude
-* `--verbose` will print out extended information
\ No newline at end of file
+* `--imp-ignore` reads a `.impignore` file for globs to include/exclude (`.impignore` by default)
+* `--verbose` will print out extended information
+
+
+### `.impignore` format
+
+The `.impignore` file follows a [globber format](https://gitea.com/jolheiser/globber),
+which closely resembles a traditional `.gitignore` file.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c3d043..52071f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ module go.jolheiser.com/imp
 go 1.14
 
 require (
+	gitea.com/jolheiser/globber v0.0.1
 	github.com/gobuffalo/here v0.6.2
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0
 	go.jolheiser.com/beaver v1.0.2
 	go.jolheiser.com/regexp v0.1.1
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200505023115-26f46d2f7ef8
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 636dfc1..5bb2ead 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,48 +1,40 @@
+gitea.com/jolheiser/globber v0.0.1 h1:BVoc4Ml9N3ssix5Xy32gpQOO1jnAuzMsYc5h/LP7/jA=
+gitea.com/jolheiser/globber v0.0.1/go.mod h1:vr1VkO/biaYgeGj8tRD6SMAWhsqINKFYl9en3YbpQvc=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d h1:U+s90UTSYgptZMwQh2aRr3LuazLJIa+Pg3Kc1ylSYVY=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gobuffalo/here v0.6.2 h1:ZtCqC7F9ou3moLbYfHM1Tj+gwHGgWhjyRjVjsir9BE0=
 github.com/gobuffalo/here v0.6.2/go.mod h1:D75Sq0p2BVHdgQu3vCRsXbg85rx943V19urJpqAVWjI=
+github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 h1:A4xDbljILXROh+kObIiy5kIaPYD8e96x1tgBhUI5J+Y=
+github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3/go.mod h1:d3Ez4x06l9bZtSvzIay5+Yzi0fmZzPgnTbPcKjJAkT8=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0 h1:s5hAObm+yFO5uHYt5dYjxi2rXrsnmRpJx4OYvIWUaQs=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
-github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.4 h1:u7tSpNPPswAFymm8IehJhy4uJMlUuU/GmqSkvJ1InXA=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0 h1:JTTnM6wKzdA0Jqodd966MVj4vWbbquZykeX1sKbe2C4=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:SE9GqnLQmjVa0iPEY0f1w3ygNIYcIJ0OKPMoW2caLfQ=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.jolheiser.com/beaver v1.0.2 h1:KA2D6iO8MQhZi1nZYi/Chak/f1Cxfrs6b1XO623+Khk=
 go.jolheiser.com/beaver v1.0.2/go.mod h1:7X4F5+XOGSC3LejTShoBdqtRCnPWcnRgmYGmG3EKW8g=
 go.jolheiser.com/regexp v0.1.1 h1:nMCzilEL/oIcZJwnRT4bb+FNxaeAFBdqSjq7rgoNSGg=
 go.jolheiser.com/regexp v0.1.1/go.mod h1:58uCpYxGy/DbqVRuo6oU93kh3B3GeyK5eJznQvy2N6c=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a h1:aYOabOQFp6Vj6W1F80affTUvO9UxmJRx8K0gsfABByQ=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200505023115-26f46d2f7ef8 h1:BMFHd4OFnFtWX46Xj4DN6vvT1btiBxyq+s0orYBqcQY=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200505023115-26f46d2f7ef8/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/imp.go b/imp.go
index 3a44fb5..e37cbf1 100644
--- a/imp.go
+++ b/imp.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"gitea.com/jolheiser/globber"
 	"github.com/gobuffalo/here"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"go.jolheiser.com/beaver"
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ func runImp(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	module = info.Module.Path
 	beaver.Debugf("Current module: %s", module)
 
+	globs, err := globber.ParseFile(ctx.String("imp-ignore"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+		globs = globber.New()
+	}
+
 	var failed bool
 	diffColor := color.New(color.FgGreen, color.BgHiBlack)
 	if err := filepath.Walk(".", func(walkPath string, walkInfo os.FileInfo, walkErr error) error {
@@ -42,7 +51,7 @@ func runImp(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 		walkPath = filepath.ToSlash(walkPath)
 
-		if s := checkSkip(walkPath, walkInfo, ctx.StringSlice("exclude")); s != CHECK {
+		if s := checkSkip(walkPath, walkInfo, globs); s != CHECK {
 			if s == SKIPDIR {
 				return filepath.SkipDir
 			}
@@ -97,7 +106,7 @@ func runImp(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func checkSkip(walkPath string, walkInfo os.FileInfo, excludePaths []string) walkStatus {
+func checkSkip(walkPath string, walkInfo os.FileInfo, globs *globber.GlobSet) walkStatus {
 
 	// Skip current directory
 	if strings.EqualFold(walkPath, ".") {
@@ -124,13 +133,13 @@ func checkSkip(walkPath string, walkInfo os.FileInfo, excludePaths []string) wal
 		return SKIP
 	}
 
-	// Skip excluded directories
-	for _, e := range excludePaths {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(walkPath, e) {
-			beaver.Debugf("Skipping file %s because of exclude path %s", walkPath, e)
-			return SKIP
-		}
+	// Skip included (ignored) globs
+	i, e := globs.Explain(walkPath)
+	if len(i) > 0 && len(e) == 0 {
+		beaver.Debugf("Skipping file %s because of .impignore rule %s", walkPath, i[0].Pattern)
+		return SKIP
 	}
+
 	return CHECK
 }
 
@@ -156,7 +165,7 @@ func splitImports(imports []string) []importList {
 
 		var name string
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(i, `"`) {
-			parts := strings.Split(i, " ")
+			parts := strings.SplitN(i, " ", 2)
 			name = parts[0]
 			i = parts[1]
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 741ed97..d76d593 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ func main() {
 			Aliases: []string{"w"},
 			Usage:   "Write the re-ordered imports instead of just printing them",
 		},
-		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
-			Name:    "exclude",
-			Aliases: []string{"e"},
-			Usage:   "A list of directories to exclude",
-		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:    "verbose",
 			Aliases: []string{"v"},
 			Usage:   "Print more information",
 		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:    "imp-ignore",
+			Aliases: []string{"i"},
+			Usage:   "Path to a .impignore file for globs",
+			Value:   ".impignore",
+		},
 	}
 	app.Action = runImp