diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46a1d24b9..4f396ce95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Several *The Fuck* parameters can be changed in the file `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/thefu
 * `wait_slow_command` – max amount of time in seconds for getting previous command output if it in `slow_commands` list;
 * `slow_commands` – list of slow commands;
 * `num_close_matches` – maximum number of close matches to suggest, by default `3`.
+* `excluded_search_path_prefixes` – path prefixes to ignore when searching for commands, by default `[]`.
 
 An example of `settings.py`:
 
@@ -466,6 +467,7 @@ rule with lower `priority` will be matched first;
 * `THEFUCK_WAIT_SLOW_COMMAND` – max amount of time in seconds for getting previous command output if it in `slow_commands` list;
 * `THEFUCK_SLOW_COMMANDS` – list of slow commands, like `lein:gradle`;
 * `THEFUCK_NUM_CLOSE_MATCHES` – maximum number of close matches to suggest, like `5`.
+* `THEFUCK_EXCLUDED_SEARCH_PATH_PREFIXES` – path prefixes to ignore when searching for commands, by default `[]`.
 
 For example:
 
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index 657e47556..e03473ab5 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def test_from_env(self, os_environ, settings):
                            'THEFUCK_PRIORITY': 'bash=10:lisp=wrong:vim=15',
                            'THEFUCK_WAIT_SLOW_COMMAND': '999',
                            'THEFUCK_SLOW_COMMANDS': 'lein:react-native:./gradlew',
-                           'THEFUCK_NUM_CLOSE_MATCHES': '359'})
+                           'THEFUCK_NUM_CLOSE_MATCHES': '359',
+                           'THEFUCK_EXCLUDED_SEARCH_PATH_PREFIXES': '/media/:/mnt/'})
         settings.init()
         assert settings.rules == ['bash', 'lisp']
         assert settings.exclude_rules == ['git', 'vim']
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ def test_from_env(self, os_environ, settings):
         assert settings.wait_slow_command == 999
         assert settings.slow_commands == ['lein', 'react-native', './gradlew']
         assert settings.num_close_matches == 359
+        assert settings.excluded_search_path_prefixes == ['/media/', '/mnt/']
 
     def test_from_env_with_DEFAULT(self, os_environ, settings):
         os_environ.update({'THEFUCK_RULES': 'DEFAULT_RULES:bash:lisp'})
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 5c3542a74..b32f695ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ def test_get_all_executables_pathsep(path, pathsep):
         Path_mock.assert_has_calls([call(p) for p in path.split(pathsep)], True)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures('no_memoize', 'os_environ_pathsep')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('path, pathsep, excluded', [
+    ('/foo:/bar:/baz:/foo/bar:/mnt/foo', ':', '/mnt/foo'),
+    (r'C:\\foo;C:\\bar;C:\\baz;C:\\foo\\bar;Z:\\foo', ';', r'Z:\\foo')])
+def test_get_all_executables_exclude_paths(path, pathsep, excluded, settings):
+    settings.init()
+    settings.excluded_search_path_prefixes = [excluded]
+    with patch('thefuck.utils.Path') as Path_mock:
+        get_all_executables()
+        path_list = path.split(pathsep)
+        assert call(path_list[-1]) not in Path_mock.mock_calls
+        assert all(call(p) in Path_mock.mock_calls for p in path_list[:-1])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('args, result', [
     (('apt-get instol vim', 'instol', 'install'), 'apt-get install vim'),
     (('git brnch', 'brnch', 'branch'), 'git branch')])
diff --git a/thefuck/conf.py b/thefuck/conf.py
index b55196340..27876ef47 100644
--- a/thefuck/conf.py
+++ b/thefuck/conf.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def _val_from_env(self, env, attr):
         elif attr in ('require_confirmation', 'no_colors', 'debug',
                       'alter_history', 'instant_mode'):
             return val.lower() == 'true'
-        elif attr == 'slow_commands':
+        elif attr in ('slow_commands', 'excluded_search_path_prefixes'):
             return val.split(':')
         else:
             return val
diff --git a/thefuck/const.py b/thefuck/const.py
index d272f1b20..8d339264d 100644
--- a/thefuck/const.py
+++ b/thefuck/const.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def __repr__(self):
                     'repeat': False,
                     'instant_mode': False,
                     'num_close_matches': 3,
-                    'env': {'LC_ALL': 'C', 'LANG': 'C', 'GIT_TRACE': '1'}}
+                    'env': {'LC_ALL': 'C', 'LANG': 'C', 'GIT_TRACE': '1'},
+                    'excluded_search_path_prefixes': []}
 
 ENV_TO_ATTR = {'THEFUCK_RULES': 'rules',
                'THEFUCK_EXCLUDE_RULES': 'exclude_rules',
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ def __repr__(self):
                'THEFUCK_SLOW_COMMANDS': 'slow_commands',
                'THEFUCK_REPEAT': 'repeat',
                'THEFUCK_INSTANT_MODE': 'instant_mode',
-               'THEFUCK_NUM_CLOSE_MATCHES': 'num_close_matches'}
+               'THEFUCK_NUM_CLOSE_MATCHES': 'num_close_matches',
+               'THEFUCK_EXCLUDED_SEARCH_PATH_PREFIXES': 'excluded_search_path_prefixes'}
 
 SETTINGS_HEADER = u"""# The Fuck settings file
 #
diff --git a/thefuck/utils.py b/thefuck/utils.py
index 8d55f3725..1df113420 100644
--- a/thefuck/utils.py
+++ b/thefuck/utils.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ def get_close_matches(word, possibilities, n=None, cutoff=0.6):
     return difflib_get_close_matches(word, possibilities, n, cutoff)
 
 
+def include_path_in_search(path):
+    return not any(path.startswith(x) for x in settings.excluded_search_path_prefixes)
+
+
 @memoize
 def get_all_executables():
     from thefuck.shells import shell
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ def _safe(fn, fallback):
 
     bins = [exe.name.decode('utf8') if six.PY2 else exe.name
             for path in os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
+            if include_path_in_search(path)
             for exe in _safe(lambda: list(Path(path).iterdir()), [])
             if not _safe(exe.is_dir, True)
             and exe.name not in tf_entry_points]