diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47439d9c6..b89d314d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # v1.2.4
 ## 04/xx/2017
 
+1. [](#improved)
+    * Added optional ignores for `Installer::sophisticatedInstall()` [#1447](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/1447)  
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Allow multiple calls to `Themes::initTheme()` without throwing errors
     * Fixed querystrings in root pages with multi-lang enabled [#1436](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/1436)
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Installer.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Installer.php
index 0e6352147..1f8a2626e 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Installer.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Installer.php
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class Installer
         'sophisticated'   => false,
         'theme'           => false,
         'install_path'    => '',
+        'ignores'         => [],
         'exclude_checks'  => [self::EXISTS, self::NOT_FOUND, self::IS_LINK]
     ];
 
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ class Installer
                 self::moveInstall($extracted, $install_path);
             }
         } else {
-            self::sophisticatedInstall($extracted, $install_path);
+            self::sophisticatedInstall($extracted, $install_path, $options['ignores']);
         }
 
         Folder::delete($tmp);
@@ -280,11 +281,11 @@ class Installer
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public static function sophisticatedInstall($source_path, $install_path)
+    public static function sophisticatedInstall($source_path, $install_path, $ignores = [])
     {
         foreach (new \DirectoryIterator($source_path) as $file) {
 
-            if ($file->isLink() || $file->isDot()) {
+            if ($file->isLink() || $file->isDot() || in_array($file->getBasename(),$ignores)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ class Installer
 
                 if ($file->getBasename() == 'bin') {
                     foreach (glob($path . DS . '*') as $bin_file) {
-                           @chmod($bin_file, 0755);
+                        @chmod($bin_file, 0755);
                     }
                 }
             } else {