diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/mima-filters/10.1.2.backwards.excludes b/akka-http-core/src/main/mima-filters/10.1.2.backwards.excludes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da31efee967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/mima-filters/10.1.2.backwards.excludes
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Don't monitor changes to internal API
+ProblemFilters.exclude[Problem]("akka.http.impl.*")
+
+# #1942 New ignoreIllegalHeaderFor setting
+ProblemFilters.exclude[ReversedMissingMethodProblem]("akka.http.javadsl.settings.ParserSettings.getIgnoreIllegalHeaderFor")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[ReversedMissingMethodProblem]("akka.http.scaladsl.settings.ParserSettings.ignoreIllegalHeaderFor")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-http-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 6d5d80d29e8..5784f91b584 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -424,6 +424,12 @@ akka.http {
     # `error-logging-verbosity`.
     illegal-header-warnings = on
 
+    # Sets the list of headers for which illegal values will *not* cause warning logs to be emitted;
+    #
+    # Adding a header name to this setting list disables the logging of warning messages in case an incoming　message
+    # contains an HTTP header which cannot be　parsed into its high-level model class due to incompatible syntax.
+    ignore-illegal-header-for = []
+
     # Parse headers into typed model classes in the Akka Http core layer.
     #
     # If set to `off`, only essential headers will be parsed into their model classes. All other ones will be provided
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParser.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParser.scala
index 17dc9c361d5..30512090cf8 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParser.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParser.scala
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ private[http] object HttpHeaderParser {
     def headerValueCacheLimit(headerName: String): Int
     def customMediaTypes: MediaTypes.FindCustom
     def illegalHeaderWarnings: Boolean
+    def ignoreIllegalHeaderFor: Set[String]
     def illegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode: IllegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode
     def errorLoggingVerbosity: ErrorLoggingVerbosity
     def modeledHeaderParsing: Boolean
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ private[http] object HttpHeaderParser {
 
   def defaultIllegalHeaderHandler(settings: HttpHeaderParser.Settings, log: LoggingAdapter): ErrorInfo ⇒ Unit =
     if (settings.illegalHeaderWarnings)
-      info ⇒ logParsingError(info withSummaryPrepended "Illegal header", log, settings.errorLoggingVerbosity)
+      info ⇒ logParsingError(info withSummaryPrepended "Illegal header", log, settings.errorLoggingVerbosity, settings.ignoreIllegalHeaderFor)
     else
       (_: ErrorInfo) ⇒ _ // Does exactly what the label says - nothing
 
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ private[http] object HttpHeaderParser {
       val header = parser(trimmedHeaderValue) match {
         case HeaderParser.Success(h) ⇒ h
         case HeaderParser.Failure(error) ⇒
-          onIllegalHeader(error.withSummaryPrepended(s"Illegal '$headerName' header"))
+          onIllegalHeader(error.withSummaryPrepended(s"Illegal '$headerName' header").withErrorHeaderName(headerName))
           RawHeader(headerName, trimmedHeaderValue)
         case HeaderParser.RuleNotFound ⇒
           throw new IllegalStateException(s"Unexpected RuleNotFound exception for modeled header [$headerName]")
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/package.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/package.scala
index ed728bad825..5da113d9de2 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/package.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/package.scala
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@ package object parsing {
   }
 
   private[http] def logParsingError(info: ErrorInfo, log: LoggingAdapter,
-                                    setting: ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity): Unit =
-    setting match {
-      case ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity.Off    ⇒ // nothing to do
-      case ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity.Simple ⇒ log.warning(info.summary)
-      case ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity.Full   ⇒ log.warning(info.formatPretty)
+                                    settings:          ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity,
+                                    ignoreHeaderNames: Set[String]                          = Set.empty): Unit =
+    settings match {
+      case ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity.Off ⇒ // nothing to do
+      case ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity.Simple ⇒
+        if (!ignoreHeaderNames.contains(info.errorHeaderName))
+          log.warning(info.summary)
+      case ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity.Full ⇒
+        if (!ignoreHeaderNames.contains(info.errorHeaderName))
+          log.warning(info.formatPretty)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala
index 7e75648fc7a..421c6852aed 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/settings/ParserSettingsImpl.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ private[akka] final case class ParserSettingsImpl(
   uriParsingMode:                           Uri.ParsingMode,
   cookieParsingMode:                        CookieParsingMode,
   illegalHeaderWarnings:                    Boolean,
+  ignoreIllegalHeaderFor:                   Set[String],
   errorLoggingVerbosity:                    ErrorLoggingVerbosity,
   illegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode: IllegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode,
   headerValueCacheLimits:                   Map[String, Int],
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ object ParserSettingsImpl extends SettingsCompanion[ParserSettingsImpl]("akka.ht
       Uri.ParsingMode(c getString "uri-parsing-mode"),
       CookieParsingMode(c getString "cookie-parsing-mode"),
       c getBoolean "illegal-header-warnings",
+      (c getStringList "ignore-illegal-header-for").asScala.map(_.toLowerCase).toSet,
       ErrorLoggingVerbosity(c getString "error-logging-verbosity"),
       IllegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode(c getString "illegal-response-header-value-processing-mode"),
       cacheConfig.entrySet.asScala.map(kvp ⇒ kvp.getKey → cacheConfig.getInt(kvp.getKey))(collection.breakOut),
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala
index 5d8143bcaaf..2593aac634b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ abstract class ParserSettings private[akka] () extends BodyPartParser.Settings {
   def getUriParsingMode: Uri.ParsingMode
   def getCookieParsingMode: ParserSettings.CookieParsingMode
   def getIllegalHeaderWarnings: Boolean
+  def getIgnoreIllegalHeaderFor: Set[String]
   def getErrorLoggingVerbosity: ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity
   def getIllegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode: ParserSettings.IllegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode
   def getHeaderValueCacheLimits: ju.Map[String, Int]
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ abstract class ParserSettings private[akka] () extends BodyPartParser.Settings {
   def withHeaderValueCacheLimits(newValue: ju.Map[String, Int]): ParserSettings = self.copy(headerValueCacheLimits = newValue.asScala.toMap)
   def withIncludeTlsSessionInfoHeader(newValue: Boolean): ParserSettings = self.copy(includeTlsSessionInfoHeader = newValue)
   def withModeledHeaderParsing(newValue: Boolean): ParserSettings = self.copy(modeledHeaderParsing = newValue)
+  def withIgnoreIllegalHeaderFor(newValue: List[String]): ParserSettings = self.copy(ignoreIllegalHeaderFor = newValue.map(_.toLowerCase).toSet)
 
   // special ---
 
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ErrorInfo.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ErrorInfo.scala
index 0d357246da8..693ada58652 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ErrorInfo.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/ErrorInfo.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package akka.http.scaladsl.model
 
 import StatusCodes.ClientError
+import akka.annotation.InternalApi
 
 /**
  * Two-level model of error information.
@@ -12,15 +13,48 @@ import StatusCodes.ClientError
  * repeating anything present in the message itself (in order to not open holes for XSS attacks),
  * while the detail can contain additional information from any source (even the request itself).
  */
-final case class ErrorInfo(summary: String = "", detail: String = "") {
+final class ErrorInfo(
+  val summary:         String = "",
+  val detail:          String = "",
+  val errorHeaderName: String = ""
+) extends scala.Product with scala.Serializable with scala.Equals with java.io.Serializable {
   def withSummary(newSummary: String) = copy(summary = newSummary)
   def withSummaryPrepended(prefix: String) = withSummary(if (summary.isEmpty) prefix else prefix + ": " + summary)
+  def withErrorHeaderName(headerName: String) = new ErrorInfo(summary, detail, headerName.toLowerCase)
   def withFallbackSummary(fallbackSummary: String) = if (summary.isEmpty) withSummary(fallbackSummary) else this
   def formatPretty = if (summary.isEmpty) detail else if (detail.isEmpty) summary else summary + ": " + detail
   def format(withDetail: Boolean): String = if (withDetail) formatPretty else summary
+
+  /** INTERNAL API */
+  @InternalApi private[akka] def copy(summary: String = summary, detail: String = detail): ErrorInfo = {
+    new ErrorInfo(summary, detail, errorHeaderName)
+  }
+
+  override def canEqual(that: Any): Boolean = that.isInstanceOf[ErrorInfo]
+
+  override def equals(that: Any): Boolean = that match {
+    case that: ErrorInfo ⇒ that.canEqual(this) && that.summary == this.summary && that.detail == this.detail && that.errorHeaderName == this.errorHeaderName
+    case _               ⇒ false
+  }
+
+  override def productElement(n: Int): Any = n match {
+    case 0 ⇒ summary
+    case 1 ⇒ detail
+    case 2 ⇒ errorHeaderName
+  }
+
+  override def productArity: Int = 3
+
+  /** INTERNAL API */
+  @InternalApi private[akka] def this(summary: String, detail: String) = this(summary, detail, "")
 }
 
 object ErrorInfo {
+  /** INTERNAL API */
+  @InternalApi private[akka] def apply(summary: String = "", detail: String = ""): ErrorInfo = new ErrorInfo(summary, detail, "")
+
+  def unapply(arg: ErrorInfo): Option[(String, String)] = Some((arg.summary, arg.detail))
+
   /**
    * Allows constructing an `ErrorInfo` from a single string.
    * Used for example when catching exceptions generated by the header value parser, which doesn't provide
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala
index 7d9c4991ed5..dec9130c363 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/settings/ParserSettings.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ abstract class ParserSettings private[akka] () extends akka.http.javadsl.setting
   def uriParsingMode: Uri.ParsingMode
   def cookieParsingMode: ParserSettings.CookieParsingMode
   def illegalHeaderWarnings: Boolean
+  def ignoreIllegalHeaderFor: Set[String]
   def errorLoggingVerbosity: ParserSettings.ErrorLoggingVerbosity
   def illegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode: ParserSettings.IllegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode
   def headerValueCacheLimits: Map[String, Int]
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ abstract class ParserSettings private[akka] () extends akka.http.javadsl.setting
   override def getMaxHeaderValueLength = maxHeaderValueLength
   override def getIncludeTlsSessionInfoHeader = includeTlsSessionInfoHeader
   override def getIllegalHeaderWarnings = illegalHeaderWarnings
+  override def getIgnoreIllegalHeaderFor = ignoreIllegalHeaderFor
   override def getMaxHeaderNameLength = maxHeaderNameLength
   override def getMaxChunkSize = maxChunkSize
   override def getMaxResponseReasonLength = maxResponseReasonLength
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ abstract class ParserSettings private[akka] () extends akka.http.javadsl.setting
   override def withIllegalHeaderWarnings(newValue: Boolean): ParserSettings = self.copy(illegalHeaderWarnings = newValue)
   override def withIncludeTlsSessionInfoHeader(newValue: Boolean): ParserSettings = self.copy(includeTlsSessionInfoHeader = newValue)
   override def withModeledHeaderParsing(newValue: Boolean): ParserSettings = self.copy(modeledHeaderParsing = newValue)
+  override def withIgnoreIllegalHeaderFor(newValue: List[String]): ParserSettings = self.copy(ignoreIllegalHeaderFor = newValue.map(_.toLowerCase).toSet)
 
   // overloads for idiomatic Scala use
   def withUriParsingMode(newValue: Uri.ParsingMode): ParserSettings = self.copy(uriParsingMode = newValue)
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParserSpec.scala b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParserSpec.scala
index 2a2b0a931b7..1484efbc572 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParserSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/test/scala/akka/http/impl/engine/parsing/HttpHeaderParserSpec.scala
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers._
 import akka.http.impl.model.parser.CharacterClasses
 import akka.http.impl.util._
 import akka.http.scaladsl.settings.ParserSettings.IllegalResponseHeaderValueProcessingMode
-import akka.testkit.TestKit
+import akka.testkit.{ EventFilter, TestKit }
 
 abstract class HttpHeaderParserSpec(mode: String, newLine: String) extends WordSpec with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll {
 
   val testConf: Config = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
     akka.event-handlers = ["akka.testkit.TestEventListener"]
-    akka.loglevel = ERROR
+    akka.loglevel = WARNING
     akka.http.parsing.max-header-name-length = 60
     akka.http.parsing.max-header-value-length = 1000
     akka.http.parsing.header-cache.Host = 300""")
-  val system = ActorSystem(getClass.getSimpleName, testConf)
+  implicit val system = ActorSystem(getClass.getSimpleName, testConf)
 
   s"The HttpHeaderParser (mode: $mode)" should {
     "insert the 1st value" in new TestSetup(testSetupMode = TestSetupMode.Unprimed) {
@@ -254,6 +254,19 @@ abstract class HttpHeaderParserSpec(mode: String, newLine: String) extends WordS
       parseAndCache(s"User-Agent: hmpf${newLine}x")(s"USER-AGENT: hmpf${newLine}x") shouldEqual RawHeader("User-Agent", "hmpf")
       parseAndCache(s"X-Forwarded-Host: localhost:8888${newLine}x")(s"X-FORWARDED-Host: localhost:8888${newLine}x") shouldEqual RawHeader("X-Forwarded-Host", "localhost:8888")
     }
+    "disables the logging of warning message when set the whitelist for illegal headers" in new TestSetup(
+      testSetupMode = TestSetupMode.Default,
+      parserSettings = createParserSettings(system).withIgnoreIllegalHeaderFor(List("Content-Type"))) {
+      //Illegal header is `Retry-After`. So logged warning message
+      EventFilter.warning(occurrences = 1).intercept {
+        parseLine(s"Retry-After: -10${newLine}x")
+      }
+
+      //Illegal header is `Content-Type` and it is in the whitelist. So not logged warning message
+      EventFilter.warning(occurrences = 0).intercept {
+        parseLine(s"Content-Type: abc:123${newLine}x")
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   override def afterAll() = TestKit.shutdownActorSystem(system)
@@ -284,13 +297,13 @@ abstract class HttpHeaderParserSpec(mode: String, newLine: String) extends WordS
       case TestSetupMode.Default  ⇒ HttpHeaderParser(parserSettings, system.log)
     }
 
-    private def defaultIllegalHeaderHandler = (info: ErrorInfo) ⇒ system.log.warning(info.formatPretty)
+    private def defaultIllegalHeaderHandler = (info: ErrorInfo) ⇒ system.log.debug(info.formatPretty)
 
     def insert(line: String, value: AnyRef): Unit =
       if (parser.isEmpty) HttpHeaderParser.insertRemainingCharsAsNewNodes(parser, ByteString(line), value)
       else HttpHeaderParser.insert(parser, ByteString(line), value)
 
-    def parseLine(line: String) = parser.parseHeaderLine(ByteString(line))() → { system.log.warning(parser.resultHeader.getClass.getSimpleName); parser.resultHeader }
+    def parseLine(line: String) = parser.parseHeaderLine(ByteString(line))() → { system.log.debug(parser.resultHeader.getClass.getSimpleName); parser.resultHeader }
 
     def parseAndCache(lineA: String)(lineB: String = lineA): HttpHeader = {
       val (ixA, headerA) = parseLine(lineA)