diff --git a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_mass_assignment.rb b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_mass_assignment.rb
index b15108e303fdc4e1b45a99539590a094d7ec972f..4109ec44f1504de1cf59d0150659277347c47a9e 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_mass_assignment.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_mass_assignment.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ class Brakeman::CheckMassAssignment < Brakeman::BaseCheck
 
       attr_protected = (model and model[:options][:attr_protected])
 
-      if include_user_input? call[3] and not hash? call[3][1] and not attr_protected
+      if attr_protected and tracker.options[:ignore_attr_protected]
+        return
+      elsif include_user_input? call[3] and not hash? call[3][1] and not attr_protected
         confidence = CONFIDENCE[:high]
       else
         confidence = CONFIDENCE[:low]
diff --git a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_model_attributes.rb b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_model_attributes.rb
index f7e5edd0564f5820c46c41e9ffdebceea96e6dba..3406e34e03a97d464a1a96e799edfd35443cee90 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_model_attributes.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_model_attributes.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckModelAttributes < Brakeman::BaseCheck
       check_models do |name, model|
         if model[:options][:attr_protected].nil?
           no_accessible_names << name.to_s
-        else
+        elsif not tracker.options[:ignore_attr_protected]
           protected_names << name.to_s
         end
       end
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckModelAttributes < Brakeman::BaseCheck
             :warning_type => "Attribute Restriction",
             :message => "Mass assignment is not restricted using attr_accessible",
             :confidence => CONFIDENCE[:high]
-        else
+        elsif not tracker.options[:ignore_attr_protected]
           warn :model => name,
             :file => model[:file],
             :line => model[:options][:attr_protected].first.line,
diff --git a/lib/brakeman/options.rb b/lib/brakeman/options.rb
index 657d623325702590d145796f263772760dfeff34..b4d3fa861c08c2ce9ce4ccad2ccb3d69e4a358d2 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman/options.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman/options.rb
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ module Brakeman::Options
           options[:assume_all_routes] = true
         end
 
-        opts.on "--ignore-model-output", "Consider model attributes XSS-safe" do
-          options[:ignore_model_output] = true
-        end
-
         opts.on "-e", "--escape-html", "Escape HTML by default" do
           options[:escape_html] = true
         end
@@ -67,6 +63,14 @@ module Brakeman::Options
           options[:skip_libs] = true
         end
 
+        opts.on "--ignore-model-output", "Consider model attributes XSS-safe" do
+          options[:ignore_model_output] = true
+        end
+
+        opts.on "--ignore-protected", "Consider models with attr_protected safe" do
+          options[:ignore_attr_protected] = true
+        end
+
         opts.on "--no-branching", "Disable flow sensitivity on conditionals" do
           options[:ignore_ifs] = true
         end