diff --git a/custom/conf/app.ini.sample b/custom/conf/app.ini.sample
index 7876f0a7b606..5185fae3623b 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.ini.sample
+++ b/custom/conf/app.ini.sample
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ TIMEOUT = 60s
 ; Arguments for command 'git fsck', e.g. "--unreachable --tags"
 ; see more on http://git-scm.com/docs/git-fsck/1.7.5
 ARGS =
+; A list of repos which shouldn't be health-checked, e.g. "user1/repo1 user2/repo2"
+SKIP_REPOS =
 
 ; Check repository statistics
 [cron.check_repo_stats]
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index 93b4da9d32b9..91fc4f1d00db 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ Values containing `#` or `;` must be quoted using `` ` `` or `"""`.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **every 24h**: Cron syntax for scheduling repository health check.
 - `TIMEOUT`: **60s**: Time duration syntax for health check execution timeout.
 - `ARGS`: **\<empty\>**: Arguments for command `git fsck`, e.g. `--unreachable --tags`.
+- `SKIP_REPOS`: **\<empty\>**: A list of repos which shouldn't be health-checked, e.g. `user1/repo1 user2/repo2`
 
 ### Cron - Repository Statistics Check (`cron.check_repo_stats`)
 
diff --git a/models/repo.go b/models/repo.go
index ba5b7b36aff5..e9ec1c655069 100644
--- a/models/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo.go
@@ -2171,6 +2171,14 @@ func GitFsck() {
 		Iterate(new(Repository),
 			func(idx int, bean interface{}) error {
 				repo := bean.(*Repository)
+				repoFullName := repo.FullName()
+				for _, skipName := range setting.Cron.RepoHealthCheck.SkipRepos {
+					if repoFullName == skipName {
+						desc := fmt.Sprintf("Skipping health check for repository %s", repoFullName)
+						log.Trace(desc)
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
 				repoPath := repo.RepoPath()
 				if err := git.Fsck(repoPath, setting.Cron.RepoHealthCheck.Timeout, setting.Cron.RepoHealthCheck.Args...); err != nil {
 					desc := fmt.Sprintf("Failed to health check repository (%s): %v", repoPath, err)
diff --git a/modules/setting/setting.go b/modules/setting/setting.go
index 9ef175d20eff..12ede8fad991 100644
--- a/modules/setting/setting.go
+++ b/modules/setting/setting.go
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ var (
 			Schedule   string
 			Timeout    time.Duration
 			Args       []string `delim:" "`
+			SkipRepos  []string `delim:" "`
 		} `ini:"cron.repo_health_check"`
 		CheckRepoStats struct {
 			Enabled    bool
@@ -418,6 +419,7 @@ var (
 			Schedule   string
 			Timeout    time.Duration
 			Args       []string `delim:" "`
+			SkipRepos  []string `delim:" "`
 		}{
 			Enabled:    true,
 			RunAtStart: false,