diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5280fb..a7369de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ A `.njsscan` file in the root of the source code directory allows you to configu
   - regex_injection_dos
   - pug_jade_template
 
+  severity-filter:
+  - WARNING
+  - ERROR
 ```
 
 ## Suppress Findings
diff --git a/njsscan/njsscan.py b/njsscan/njsscan.py
index cc52ea0..dcf41ed 100644
--- a/njsscan/njsscan.py
+++ b/njsscan/njsscan.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, paths, json, check_controls, config=False) -> None:
             'ignore_extensions': conf['ignore_extensions'],
             'ignore_paths': conf['ignore_paths'],
             'ignore_rules': conf['ignore_rules'],
+            'severity_filter': conf['severity_filter'],
             'show_progress': not json,
         }
         self.paths = paths
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ def format_output(self, results) -> dict:
         self.format_sgrep(results['semantic_grep'])
         self.format_matches(results['pattern_matcher'])
         self.post_ignore_rules()
+        self.post_ignore_rules_by_severity('nodejs')
+        self.post_ignore_rules_by_severity('template')
         self.post_ignore_files()
 
     def missing_controls(self, result):
@@ -101,6 +104,19 @@ def post_ignore_rules(self):
             if rule_id in self.result['templates']:
                 del self.result['templates'][rule_id]
 
+    def post_ignore_rules_by_severity(self, key):
+        """Filter findings by rule severity."""
+        del_keys = set()
+        if key not in self.result:
+            return
+        for rule_id, details in self.result[key].items():
+            issue_severity = details.get('metadata').get('severity')
+            if issue_severity not in self.options['severity_filter']:
+                del_keys.add(rule_id)
+        for rid in del_keys:
+            if rid in self.result[key]:
+                del self.result[key][rid]
+
     def suppress_pm_comments(self, obj, rule_id):
         """Suppress pattern matcher."""
         file_path = obj['file_path']
diff --git a/njsscan/settings.py b/njsscan/settings.py
index f718da8..95db55b 100644
--- a/njsscan/settings.py
+++ b/njsscan/settings.py
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@
     'helmet_header_xss_filter',
     'helmet_header_check_crossdomain',
 }
+
+SEVERITY_FILTER = (
+    'INFO',
+    'WARNING',
+    'ERROR',
+)
diff --git a/njsscan/utils.py b/njsscan/utils.py
index d878969..49dce6c 100644
--- a/njsscan/utils.py
+++ b/njsscan/utils.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def get_config(base_path, config_file):
         'ignore_extensions': config.IGNORE_EXTENSIONS,
         'ignore_paths': config.IGNORE_PATHS,
         'ignore_rules': set(),
+        'severity_filter': config.SEVERITY_FILTER,
     }
     if config_file:
         cfile = Path(config_file)
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def get_config(base_path, config_file):
         usr_igonre_paths = root.get('ignore-paths')
         usr_ignore_exts = root.get('ignore-extensions')
         usr_ignore_rules = root.get('ignore-rules')
+        usr_severity_filter = root.get('severity-filter')
         if usr_njs_ext:
             options['nodejs_extensions'].update(usr_njs_ext)
         if usr_tmpl_ext:
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ def get_config(base_path, config_file):
             options['ignore_extensions'].update(usr_ignore_exts)
         if usr_ignore_rules:
             options['ignore_rules'].update(usr_ignore_rules)
+        if usr_severity_filter:
+            options['severity_filter'] = usr_severity_filter
     return options