diff --git a/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts b/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts
index 4f11e3063..46c5c54ae 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/api/navigation.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
        * Partial contents are not included in the navigation
        * A partial content is a content that has `_` prefix in its path
        */
-      _partial: false
+      _partial: false,
+      /**
+       * Exclude any pages which have opted out of navigation via frontmatter.
+       */
+      navigation: {
+        $ne: false
+      }
     })
     .find()
 
diff --git a/test/features/navigation.ts b/test/features/navigation.ts
index 3a72a9fc6..647130db0 100644
--- a/test/features/navigation.ts
+++ b/test/features/navigation.ts
@@ -53,5 +53,11 @@ export const testNavigation = () => {
         expect(item.title).toEqual(String(fibo[index]))
       })
     })
+
+    test('Should remove `navigation-disabled.md` content', async () => {
+      const list = await $fetch('/api/_content/navigation/')
+      const hidden = list.find(i => i._path === '/navigation-disabled')
+      expect(hidden).toBeUndefined()
+    })
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/content/navigation-disabled.md b/test/fixtures/basic/content/navigation-disabled.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73a14154e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/content/navigation-disabled.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+navigation: false
+---
+
+# Hidden from navigation
+
+Basic description