diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java
index c85181e91..0a1f1b4f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.ScopeUtils;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TextBlock;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
 
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * Checks that a variable has Javadoc comment.
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheck
     /** the visibility scope where Javadoc comments shouldn't be checked **/
     private Scope mExcludeScope;
 
+    /** the regular expression to ignore variable name */
+    private String mIgnoreNameRegexp;
+
+    /** the pattern to ignore variable name */
+    private Pattern mIgnoreNamePattern;
+
     /**
      * Sets the scope to check.
      * @param aFrom string to get the scope from
@@ -60,6 +67,30 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheck
         mExcludeScope = Scope.getInstance(aScope);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the variable names to ignore in the check.
+     * @param aRegexp regexp to define variable names to ignore.
+     */
+    public void setIgnoreNamePattern(String aRegexp)
+    {
+        mIgnoreNameRegexp = aRegexp;
+        if (!(aRegexp == null || aRegexp.length() == 0)) {
+            mIgnoreNamePattern = Pattern.compile(aRegexp);
+        }
+        else {
+            mIgnoreNamePattern = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the variable names to ignore in the check.
+     * @return true regexp string to define variable names to ignore.
+     */
+    public String getIgnoreNamePattern()
+    {
+        return mIgnoreNameRegexp;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int[] getDefaultTokens()
     {
@@ -83,6 +114,18 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheck
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Decides whether the variable name of an AST is in the ignore list.
+     * @param aAST the AST to check
+     * @return true if the variable name of aAST is in the ignore list.
+     */
+    private boolean isIgnored(DetailAST aAST)
+    {
+        final String name = aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
+        return mIgnoreNamePattern != null
+                && mIgnoreNamePattern.matcher(name).matches();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Whether we should check this node.
      * @param aAST a given node.
@@ -90,7 +133,7 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheck
      */
     private boolean shouldCheck(final DetailAST aAST)
     {
-        if (ScopeUtils.inCodeBlock(aAST)) {
+        if (ScopeUtils.inCodeBlock(aAST) || isIgnored(aAST)) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -113,5 +156,4 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheck
                 || !scope.isIn(mExcludeScope)
                 || !surroundingScope.isIn(mExcludeScope));
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTypeCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTypeCheckTest.java
index 75cefe83f..8865a47af 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTypeCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTypeCheckTest.java
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ public class JavadocTypeCheckTest extends BaseCheckTestSupport
             "75: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "87: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "99: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "111: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig,
                getPath("javadoc" + File.separator + "InputNoJavadoc.java"),
@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ public class JavadocTypeCheckTest extends BaseCheckTestSupport
             "75: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "87: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "99: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "111: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig,
                getPath("javadoc" + File.separator + "InputNoJavadoc.java"),
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheckTest.java
index 0fc32fc54..b55f500f2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheckTest.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheckTest
             "101:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "102:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "103:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "113:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig,
                getPath("javadoc" + File.separator + "InputNoJavadoc.java"),
@@ -203,9 +204,61 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheckTest
             "101:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "102:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
             "103:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "113:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig,
                getPath("javadoc" + File.separator + "InputNoJavadoc.java"),
                expected);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIgnoredVariableNames()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+                createCheckConfig(JavadocVariableCheck.class);
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("ignoreNamePattern", "log|logger");
+        final String[] expected = {
+            "5:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "6:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "7:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "8:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "16:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "17:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "18:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "19:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "28:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "29:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "30:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "31:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "40:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "41:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "42:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "43:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "53:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "54:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "55:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "56:5: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "64:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "65:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "66:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "67:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "76:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "77:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "78:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "79:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "88:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "89:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "90:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "91:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "100:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "101:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "102:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+            "103:9: Missing a Javadoc comment.",
+        };
+        verify(checkConfig,
+                getPath("javadoc" + File.separator + "InputNoJavadoc.java"),
+                expected);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputNoJavadoc.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputNoJavadoc.java
index bb239e7b2..498a55079 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputNoJavadoc.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/javadoc/InputNoJavadoc.java
@@ -107,4 +107,9 @@ class PackageClass {
         void foo3() {}
         private void foo4() {}
     }
+
+    class IgnoredName {
+        // ignore by name
+        private int logger;
+    }
 }