diff --git a/infer/src/backend/config.ml b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
index 5ef6a0850..fb79740f4 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ and (
     mk_option ~deprecated:["never_returning_null"] ~long:"never-returning-null"
       "Matcher or list of matchers for functions that never return `null`.",
     mk_option ~deprecated:["skip_translation"] ~long:"skip-translation"
-      "Matcher or list of matchers for names of files that should be analyzed at all.")
+      "Matcher or list of matchers for names of files that should not be analyzed at all.")
 
 and pmd_xml =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"pmd-xml"
@@ -988,6 +988,11 @@ and skip_clang_analysis_in_path =
     ~exes:CLOpt.[Clang]
     ~meta:"path prefix" "Ignore files whose path matches the given prefix"
 
+and skip_analysis_in_path =
+  CLOpt.mk_string_list ~long:"skip-analysis-in-path"
+    ~exes:CLOpt.[Clang;Java]
+    ~meta:"path prefix" "Ignore files whose path matches the given prefix"
+
 and skip_translation_headers =
   CLOpt.mk_string_list ~deprecated:["skip_translation_headers"] ~long:"skip-translation-headers"
     ~exes:CLOpt.[Clang]
@@ -1464,6 +1469,7 @@ and save_analysis_results = !save_results
 and seconds_per_iteration = !seconds_per_iteration
 and show_buckets = !print_buckets
 and show_progress_bar = !progress_bar
+and skip_analysis_in_path = !skip_analysis_in_path
 and skip_clang_analysis_in_path = !skip_clang_analysis_in_path
 and skip_translation_headers = !skip_translation_headers
 and source_file = !source_file
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/config.mli b/infer/src/backend/config.mli
index a0a4a9c75..d34e4d2a2 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/config.mli
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ val save_analysis_results : string option
 val seconds_per_iteration : float
 val show_buckets : bool
 val show_progress_bar : bool
+val skip_analysis_in_path : string list
 val skip_clang_analysis_in_path : string list
 val skip_translation_headers : string list
 val source_file : string option
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jMain.ml b/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
index 7bda86201..5f9d199f1 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
+++ b/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ let do_all_files classpath sources classes =
   let program = JClasspath.load_program classpath classes in
   let tenv = load_tenv () in
   let linereader = Printer.LineReader.create () in
-  let skip source_file = Inferconfig.skip_translation_matcher source_file Procname.empty_block in
+  let skip source_file =
+    let is_path_matching path =
+      IList.exists
+        (fun pattern -> Str.string_match (Str.regexp pattern) path 0)
+        Config.skip_analysis_in_path in
+    is_path_matching (DB.source_file_to_rel_path source_file)
+    || Inferconfig.skip_translation_matcher source_file Procname.empty_block in
   let translate_source_file basename (package_opt, _) source_file =
     init_global_state source_file;
     if not (skip source_file) then