diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index 474e54e..c387932 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public function getDefaultConfig()
         return (object) [
             'always_update_all' => 0,
             'always_allow_direct_dependencies' => 0,
+            'ignore_platform_requirements' => 0,
             'allow_list' => [],
             'update_dev_dependencies' => 1,
             'check_only_direct_dependencies' => 1,
@@ -287,6 +288,11 @@ public function getBranchPrefix()
         return '';
     }
 
+    public function shouldIgnorePlatformRequirements() : bool
+    {
+        return (bool) $this->config->ignore_platform_requirements;
+    }
+
     public function getCommitMessageConvention()
     {
         if (!$this->config->commit_message_convention || !is_string($this->config->commit_message_convention)) {
diff --git a/tests/UnitTest.php b/tests/UnitTest.php
index ae151c7..248bbaa 100644
--- a/tests/UnitTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnitTest.php
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ public function testAlwaysDirect($filename, $expected_result)
         self::assertEquals($expected_result, $data->shouldAlwaysAllowDirect());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test the different things we can set in ignore platform.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider getIgnorePlatform
+     */
+    public function testIgnorePlatform($filename, $expected_result)
+    {
+        $data = $this->createDataFromFixture($filename);
+        self::assertEquals($expected_result, $data->shouldIgnorePlatformRequirements());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test the different things we can set in run scripts, and what we expect from it.
      *
@@ -752,6 +763,36 @@ public function emptyConfigs()
         ];
     }
 
+    public function getIgnorePlatform()
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                'empty.json',
+                false,
+            ],
+            [
+                'ignore_platform.json',
+                true
+            ],
+            [
+                'ignore_platform2.json',
+                true
+            ],
+            [
+                'ignore_platform3.json',
+                true
+            ],
+            [
+                'ignore_platform4.json',
+                false
+            ],
+            [
+                'ignore_platform5.json',
+                false
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
     public function getAlwaysAllowDirect()
     {
         return [
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform.json b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9aee283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extra": {
+    "violinist": {
+      "ignore_platform_requirements": "yes_of_course_this_should_be_an_int_but_this_evaluates_to_true"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform2.json b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf00e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extra": {
+    "violinist": {
+      "ignore_platform_requirements": 1
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform3.json b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform3.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb2117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform3.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extra": {
+    "violinist": {
+      "ignore_platform_requirements": "1"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform4.json b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform4.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25f604c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extra": {
+    "violinist": {
+      "ignore_platform_requirements": "0"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform5.json b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform5.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4852ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/ignore_platform5.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extra": {
+    "violinist": {
+      "ignore_platform_requirements": 0
+    }
+  }
+}