diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks b/etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks
index dd828aaaf39a..bab281097dbd 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ case "$daily_status_disks_enable" in
 	echo ""
 	echo "Disk status:"
 
-	df $daily_status_disks_df_flags && rc=1 || rc=3
+	if [ -n "${daily_status_disks_ignore}" ] ; then
+		ignore="egrep -v ${daily_status_disks_ignore}"
+	else
+		ignore="cat"
+	fi
+	(df $daily_status_disks_df_flags | ${ignore}) && rc=1 || rc=3
 
 	# display which filesystems need backing up
 	if [ -s /etc/dumpdates ]; then