diff --git a/modules/programs/zsh.nix b/modules/programs/zsh.nix
index 9b554c491..d0f94509f 100644
--- a/modules/programs/zsh.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/zsh.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ let
         description = "History file location";
       };
 
+      ignorePatterns = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.str;
+        default = [];
+        example = literalExample ''[ "rm *" "pkill *" ]'';
+        description = ''
+          Do not enter command lines into the history list
+          if they match any one of the given shell patterns.
+        '';
+      };
+
       ignoreDups = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         default = true;
@@ -495,6 +505,7 @@ in
         # See https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/177.
         HISTSIZE="${toString cfg.history.size}"
         SAVEHIST="${toString cfg.history.save}"
+        ${optionalString (cfg.history.ignorePatterns != []) "HISTORY_IGNORE=${lib.escapeShellArg "(${lib.concatStringsSep "|" cfg.history.ignorePatterns})"}"}
         ${if versionAtLeast config.home.stateVersion "20.03"
           then ''HISTFILE="${cfg.history.path}"''
           else ''HISTFILE="$HOME/${cfg.history.path}"''}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
index 274ba0942..81e0d2d41 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   zsh-history-path-new-custom = ./history-path-new-custom.nix;
   zsh-history-path-old-default = ./history-path-old-default.nix;
   zsh-history-path-old-custom = ./history-path-old-custom.nix;
+  zsh-history-ignore-pattern = ./history-ignore-pattern.nix;
   zsh-prezto = ./prezto.nix;
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/history-ignore-pattern.nix b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/history-ignore-pattern.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba423efe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/history-ignore-pattern.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    ({ ... }: { config.programs.zsh.history.ignorePatterns = [ "echo *" ]; })
+    ({ ... }: { config.programs.zsh.history.ignorePatterns = [ "rm *" ]; })
+  ];
+
+  config = {
+    programs.zsh.enable = true;
+
+    nixpkgs.overlays =
+      [ (self: super: { zsh = pkgs.writeScriptBin "dummy-zsh" ""; }) ];
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc "HISTORY_IGNORE='(echo *|rm *)'"
+    '';
+  };
+}