diff --git a/pipreqs/pipreqs.py b/pipreqs/pipreqs.py
index b9d3d2a..efccefc 100644
--- a/pipreqs/pipreqs.py
+++ b/pipreqs/pipreqs.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Options:
                           <compat> | e.g. Flask~=1.1.2
                           <gt>     | e.g. Flask>=1.1.2
                           <no-pin> | e.g. Flask
+    --ignore-notebooks    Ignore jupyter notebook files.
 """
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import os
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ from yarg.exceptions import HTTPError
 
 try:
     PythonExporter = None
+    ignore_notebooks = False
     from nbconvert import PythonExporter
 except ImportError:
     pass
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ REGEXP = [
     re.compile(r"^from ((?!\.+).*?) import (?:.*)$"),
 ]
 
+
 @contextmanager
 def _open(filename=None, mode="r"):
     """Open a file or ``sys.stdout`` depending on the provided filename.
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ def get_all_imports(path, encoding="utf-8", extra_ignore_dirs=None, follow_links
         dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in ignore_dirs]
 
         candidates.append(os.path.basename(root))
-        if PythonExporter:
+        if PythonExporter and not ignore_notebooks:
             files = [fn for fn in files if filter_ext(fn, [".py", ".ipynb"])]
         else:
             files = [fn for fn in files if filter_ext(fn, [".py"])]
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ def get_all_imports(path, encoding="utf-8", extra_ignore_dirs=None, follow_links
             if filter_ext(file_name, [".py"]):
                 with open(file_name, "r", encoding=encoding) as f:
                     contents = f.read()
-            elif filter_ext(file_name, [".ipynb"]) and PythonExporter:
+            elif filter_ext(file_name, [".ipynb"]) and PythonExporter and not ignore_notebooks:
                 contents = ipynb_2_py(file_name, encoding=encoding)
             try:
                 tree = ast.parse(contents)
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ def get_all_imports(path, encoding="utf-8", extra_ignore_dirs=None, follow_links
                     continue
                 else:
                     logging.error("Failed on file: %s" % file_name)
-                    if filter_ext(file_name, [".ipynb"]) and PythonExporter:
+                    if filter_ext(file_name, [".ipynb"]) and PythonExporter and not ignore_notebooks:
                         logging.error("Magic command without % might be failed")
                     raise exc
 
@@ -484,11 +487,13 @@ def dynamic_versioning(scheme, imports):
 
 
 def init(args):
+    global ignore_notebooks
     encoding = args.get("--encoding")
     extra_ignore_dirs = args.get("--ignore")
     follow_links = not args.get("--no-follow-links")
+    ignore_notebooks = args.get("--ignore-notebooks")
     input_path = args["<path>"]
-    
+
     if encoding is None:
         encoding = "utf-8"
     if input_path is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_pipreqs.py b/tests/test_pipreqs.py
index 988a72f..092fd50 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipreqs.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipreqs.py
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ class TestPipreqs(unittest.TestCase):
             "original": os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "_data/test.py"),
             "notebook": os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "_data_notebook/test.ipynb"),
         }
+        self.requirements_notebook_path = os.path.join(self.project_with_notebooks, "requirements.txt")
         self.non_existing_filepath = "xpto"
 
-
     def test_get_all_imports(self):
         imports = pipreqs.get_all_imports(self.project)
         self.assertEqual(len(imports), 15)
@@ -603,6 +603,28 @@ class TestPipreqs(unittest.TestCase):
 
             self.assertEqual(printed_text, "File xpto was not found. Please, fix it and run again.")
 
+    def test_ignore_notebooks(self):
+        """
+        Test the --ignore-notebooks parameter
+        """
+        pipreqs.init(
+            {
+                "<path>": self.project_with_notebooks,
+                "--savepath": None,
+                "--use-local": None,
+                "--force": True,
+                "--proxy": None,
+                "--pypi-server": None,
+                "--print": False,
+                "--diff": None,
+                "--clean": None,
+                "--mode": None,
+                "--ignore-notebooks": True,
+            }
+        )
+        assert os.path.exists(self.requirements_notebook_path) == 1
+        assert os.path.getsize(self.requirements_notebook_path) <= 1
+
     def tearDown(self):
         """
         Remove requiremnts.txt files that were written