diff --git a/sql-migrate/config.go b/sql-migrate/config.go
index b092694e..7eb2e2f5 100644
--- a/sql-migrate/config.go
+++ b/sql-migrate/config.go
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ func ConfigFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 }
 
 type Environment struct {
-	Dialect    string `yaml:"dialect"`
-	DataSource string `yaml:"datasource"`
-	Dir        string `yaml:"dir"`
-	TableName  string `yaml:"table"`
-	SchemaName string `yaml:"schema"`
+	Dialect       string `yaml:"dialect"`
+	DataSource    string `yaml:"datasource"`
+	Dir           string `yaml:"dir"`
+	TableName     string `yaml:"table"`
+	SchemaName    string `yaml:"schema"`
+	IgnoreUnknown bool   `yaml:"ignoreunknown"`
 }
 
 func ReadConfig() (map[string]*Environment, error) {
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ func GetEnvironment() (*Environment, error) {
 		migrate.SetSchema(env.SchemaName)
 	}
 
+	migrate.SetIgnoreUnknown(env.IgnoreUnknown)
+
 	return env, nil
 }