diff --git a/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzer.cs b/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzer.cs
index 75d700230..46c3a452d 100644
--- a/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzer.cs
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ private static void AnalyzeNode(SyntaxNodeAnalysisContext context, SyntaxNode? n
             var location = node.GetLocation();
             var lineSpan = location.GetLineSpan();
             var lines = lineSpan.EndLinePosition.Line - lineSpan.StartLinePosition.Line;
+
+            if (GetSkipLocalFunctions(context))
+            {
+                var localFunctions = node.DescendantNodes(node => !node.IsKind(SyntaxKind.LocalFunctionStatement)).Where(node => node.IsKind(SyntaxKind.LocalFunctionStatement));
+                foreach (var localFunction in localFunctions)
+                {
+                    var functionLocation = localFunction.GetLocation().GetLineSpan();
+                    lines -= functionLocation.EndLinePosition.Line - functionLocation.StartLinePosition.Line;
+                }
+            }
+
+
             if (lines > maximumLines)
             {
                 context.ReportDiagnostic(s_rule, reportNode, $"{lines} lines; maximum allowed: {maximumLines}");
diff --git a/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzerTests.cs b/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzerTests.cs
index 55b71c335..02256c9bf 100644
--- a/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/MethodShouldNotBeTooLongAnalyzerTests.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,54 @@ await CreateProjectBuilder()
               .ValidateAsync();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TooLong_SkipLocalFunction()
+    {
+        const string SourceCode = @"
+public class Test
+{
+    void [||]Method()
+    {
+        var a = 0;
+        var b = 0;
+        var c = 0;
+        void A()
+        {
+            void B() { }
+        }
+    }
+}";
+        await CreateProjectBuilder()
+              .WithSourceCode(SourceCode)
+              .AddAnalyzerConfiguration("MA0051.maximum_lines_per_method", "5")
+              .AddAnalyzerConfiguration("MA0051.skip_local_functions", "false")
+              .ValidateAsync();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ValidMethod_SkipLocalFunction()
+    {
+        const string SourceCode = @"
+public class Test
+{
+    void Method()
+    {
+        var a = 0;
+        var b = 0;
+        var c = 0;
+        void A()
+        {
+            void B() { }
+        }
+    }
+}";
+        await CreateProjectBuilder()
+              .WithSourceCode(SourceCode)
+              .AddAnalyzerConfiguration("MA0051.maximum_lines_per_method", "5")
+              .AddAnalyzerConfiguration("MA0051.skip_local_functions", "true")
+              .ValidateAsync();
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void CountStatement_ForLoop()
     {