diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 47d3ad20..a492c70c 100755
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	// For watching specific namespace, leave it empty for watching all.
 	// this config is ignored when watching namespaces
 	Namespace string `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
+
+	// Specify fields to skip sending object update. Will be applied to all objects.
+	// If after removal of these fields from k8s object all remaining fields will be equal,
+	// handler won't trigger sending update. Removing array elements is not supported.
+	// For example,
+	// ignorefields:
+	//   status:
+	//   metadata:
+	//     resourceVersion:
+	//     managedFields:
+	// will remove ".status", ".metadata.resourceVersion" and ".metadata.managedFields"
+	// from k8s object before comparing old & new k8s objects.
+	IgnoredFields map[string]interface{} `json:"ignoredfields,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Slack contains slack configuration
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0d0739e..cddcbd58 100755
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v0.0.0-20170111101155-53e6ce116135 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v0.0.0-20171017181929-23c074d0eceb // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 5bb907a3..60ef1c00 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
     "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 )
 
 const maxRetries = 5
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		allCoreEventsController := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, allCoreEventsInformer, objName(api_v1.Event{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		allCoreEventsController := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, allCoreEventsInformer, objName(api_v1.Event{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopAllCoreEventsCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopAllCoreEventsCh)
 
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		allEventsController := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, allEventsInformer, objName(events_v1.Event{}), EVENTS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		allEventsController := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, allEventsInformer, objName(events_v1.Event{}), EVENTS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopAllEventsCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopAllEventsCh)
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Pod{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Pod{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(autoscaling_v1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler{}), AUTOSCALING_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(autoscaling_v1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler{}), AUTOSCALING_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.DaemonSet{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.DaemonSet{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.StatefulSet{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.StatefulSet{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.ReplicaSet{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.ReplicaSet{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Service{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Service{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.Deployment{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(apps_v1.Deployment{}), APPS_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Namespace{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Namespace{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.ReplicationController{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.ReplicationController{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(batch_v1.Job{}), BATCH_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(batch_v1.Job{}), BATCH_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Node{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Node{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -420,7 +422,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.ServiceAccount{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.ServiceAccount{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -442,7 +444,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(rbac_v1.ClusterRole{}), RBAC_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(rbac_v1.ClusterRole{}), RBAC_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -464,7 +466,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(rbac_v1.ClusterRoleBinding{}), RBAC_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(rbac_v1.ClusterRoleBinding{}), RBAC_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -486,7 +488,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.PersistentVolume{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.PersistentVolume{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -508,7 +510,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Secret{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.Secret{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -530,7 +532,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.ConfigMap{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(api_v1.ConfigMap{}), V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -552,7 +554,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(networking_v1.Ingress{}), NETWORKING_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, objName(networking_v1.Ingress{}), NETWORKING_V1, kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -583,7 +585,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 			cache.Indexers{},
 		)
 
-		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, crd.Resource, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", crd.Group, crd.Version), kubewatchEventsMetrics)
+		c := newResourceController(kubeClient, eventHandler, informer, crd.Resource, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", crd.Group, crd.Version), kubewatchEventsMetrics, conf.IgnoredFields)
 		stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 		defer close(stopCh)
 
@@ -596,7 +598,7 @@ func Start(conf *config.Config, eventHandler handlers.Handler) {
 	<-sigterm
 }
 
-func newResourceController(client kubernetes.Interface, eventHandler handlers.Handler, informer cache.SharedIndexInformer, resourceType string, apiVersion string, kubewatchEventsMetrics *prometheus.CounterVec) *Controller {
+func newResourceController(client kubernetes.Interface, eventHandler handlers.Handler, informer cache.SharedIndexInformer, resourceType string, apiVersion string, kubewatchEventsMetrics *prometheus.CounterVec, ignoredFields map[string]interface{}) *Controller {
 	queue := workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter())
 	var newEvent Event
 	var err error
@@ -634,6 +636,15 @@ func newResourceController(client kubernetes.Interface, eventHandler handlers.Ha
 			if !ok {
 				logrus.WithField("pkg", "kubewatch-"+resourceType).Errorf("cannot convert old to runtime.Object for update on %v", old)
 			}
+			if len(ignoredFields) > 0 {
+				diff, errDiff := diffObjects(old, new, ignoredFields)
+				if errDiff != nil {
+					logrus.WithField("pkg", "kubewatch-"+resourceType).Errorf("cannot diff old & new objects %v and %v: %v", old, new, errDiff)
+				} else if len(diff) == 0 {
+					logrus.WithField("pkg", "kubewatch-"+resourceType).Infof("Ignoring update to %v: %s", resourceType, newEvent.key)
+					return
+				}
+			}
 			logrus.WithField("pkg", "kubewatch-"+resourceType).Infof("Processing update to %v: %s", resourceType, newEvent.key)
 			if err == nil {
 				queue.Add(newEvent)
@@ -670,6 +681,38 @@ func newResourceController(client kubernetes.Interface, eventHandler handlers.Ha
 	}
 }
 
+func diffObjects(old, new interface{}, ignoredFields map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
+	oldContent, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(old)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	newContent, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(new)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	recursiveDelete(oldContent, ignoredFields)
+	recursiveDelete(newContent, ignoredFields)
+	return cmp.Diff(oldContent, newContent), nil
+}
+
+// recursiveDelete recursively removes key from object
+// value of key should be either nil or nested map[string]interface{}
+// value of object to delete from should be nested map[string]interface{}
+func recursiveDelete(object map[string]interface{}, key map[string]interface{}) {
+	for k, v := range key {
+		if v == nil {
+			delete(object, k)
+			continue
+		}
+		if recursiveKey, ok := v.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+			if recursiveObj, ok := object[k].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+				recursiveDelete(recursiveObj, recursiveKey)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // Run starts the kubewatch controller
 func (c *Controller) Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()