diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 62bad7f..ff8836c 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ export default {
   deactivate () {
     if (this.whitespace) this.whitespace.destroy()
     this.whitespace = null
+  },
+
+  consumeSuppressor (suppressor) {
+    return this.whitespace.addSuppressor(suppressor)
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/whitespace.js b/lib/whitespace.js
index 7034ad8..f92513b 100644
--- a/lib/whitespace.js
+++ b/lib/whitespace.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /** @babel */
 
-import {CompositeDisposable, Point, Range} from 'atom'
+import {Disposable, CompositeDisposable, Point, Range} from 'atom'
 
 const TRAILING_WHITESPACE_REGEX = /[ \t]+(?=\r?$)/g
 
 export default class Whitespace {
   constructor () {
+    this.suppressors = []
     this.subscriptions = new CompositeDisposable()
 
     this.subscriptions.add(atom.workspace.observeTextEditors(editor => {
@@ -70,6 +71,35 @@ export default class Whitespace {
     return this.subscriptions.dispose()
   }
 
+  addSuppressor (suppressor) {
+    this.suppressors.push(suppressor)
+    return new Disposable(() => {
+      this.suppressors.splice(this.suppressors.findIndex(
+        x => x === suppressor
+      ), 1)
+    })
+  }
+
+  shouldSuppressRemoveTrailingWhitespace (editor) {
+    for (let i = 0, n = this.suppressors.length; i < n; i++) {
+      if (this.suppressors[i].shouldSuppressRemoveTrailingWhitespace(editor)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  shouldSuppressEnsureSingleTrailingNewline (editor) {
+    for (let i = 0, n = this.suppressors.length; i < n; i++) {
+      if (this.suppressors[i].shouldSuppressEnsureSingleTrailingNewline(editor)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
   handleEvents (editor) {
     let buffer = editor.getBuffer()
 
@@ -79,11 +109,12 @@ export default class Whitespace {
 
         if (atom.config.get('whitespace.removeTrailingWhitespace', {
           scope: scopeDescriptor
-        }) && !this.ignore) {
+        }) && !this.ignore && !this.shouldSuppressRemoveTrailingWhitespace(editor)) {
           this.removeTrailingWhitespace(editor, editor.getGrammar().scopeName)
         }
 
-        if (atom.config.get('whitespace.ensureSingleTrailingNewline', {scope: scopeDescriptor})) {
+        if (atom.config.get('whitespace.ensureSingleTrailingNewline', {scope: scopeDescriptor}) &&
+            !this.shouldSuppressEnsureSingleTrailingNewline(editor)) {
           return this.ensureSingleTrailingNewline(editor)
         }
       })
@@ -102,7 +133,7 @@ export default class Whitespace {
 
       if (atom.config.get('whitespace.removeTrailingWhitespace', {
         scope: scopeDescriptor
-      })) {
+      }) && !this.shouldSuppressRemoveTrailingWhitespace(editor)) {
         if (!atom.config.get('whitespace.ignoreWhitespaceOnlyLines', {
           scope: scopeDescriptor
         })) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 18e71d2..d1af670 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
       "waitsForPromise"
     ]
   },
+  "consumedServices": {
+    "whitespace.suppressor": {
+      "versions": {
+        "^1.0.0": "consumeSuppressor"
+      }
+    }
+  },
   "configSchema": {
     "removeTrailingWhitespace": {
       "type": "boolean",