diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99db07b..ab6ccc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys:
 | `ignore-unfixed` | Boolean | false                              | Ignore unpatched/unfixed vulnerabilities      |
 | `vuln-type`      | String  | `os,library`                       | Vulnerability types (os,library)              |
 | `severity`       | String  | `UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL` | Severities of vulnerabilities to scanned for and displayed |
-| `skip-dirs`       | String  |                                   | Comma separated list of directories where traversal is skipped |
+| `skip-dirs`      | String  |                                    | Comma separated list of directories where traversal is skipped |
+| `skip-files`     | String  |                                    | Comma separated list of files where traversal is skipped |
 | `cache-dir`      | String  |                                    | Cache directory                               |
 | `timeout`        | String  | `2m0s`                             | Scan timeout duration                         |
 | `ignore-policy`  | String  |                                    | Filter vulnerabilities with OPA rego language |
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 34c7d00..2e28e9e 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'comma separated list of directories where traversal is skipped'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  skip-files:
+    description: 'comma separated list of files to be skipped'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
   cache-dir:
     description: 'specify where the cache is stored'
     required: false
@@ -85,3 +89,4 @@ runs:
     - '-n ${{ inputs.timeout }}'
     - '-o ${{ inputs.ignore-policy }}'
     - '-p ${{ inputs.hide-progress }}'
+    - '-q ${{ inputs.skip-files }}'
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index a85c7d2..fc5eb47 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-while getopts "a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h:i:j:k:l:m:n:o:p:" o; do
+while getopts "a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h:i:j:k:l:m:n:o:p:q:" o; do
    case "${o}" in
        a)
          export scanType=${OPTARG}
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ while getopts "a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h:i:j:k:l:m:n:o:p:" o; do
        p)
          export hideProgress=${OPTARG}
        ;;
+       q)
+         export skipFiles=${OPTARG}
+       ;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -112,6 +115,12 @@ fi
 if [ "$hideProgress" == "true" ];then
   ARGS="$ARGS --no-progress"
 fi
+if [ "$skipFiles" ];then
+  for i in $(echo $skipFiles | tr "," "\n")
+  do
+    ARGS="$ARGS --skip-files $i"
+  done
+fi
 
 echo "Running trivy with options: ${ARGS}" "${artifactRef}"
 echo "Global options: " "${GLOBAL_ARGS}"