diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f0dfc7..b125dde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@ go get -u github.com/raviqqe/liche
 Link checker for Markdown and HTML
 
 Usage:
-	liche [-c <num-requests>] [-d <directory>] [-r] [-t <timeout>] [-x <regex>] [-v] <filenames>...
+	liche [-c <num-requests>] [-d <directory>] [-r] [-t <timeout>] [-x <regex>] [-p] [-h] [-l] [-v] <filenames>...
 
 Options:
-	-c, --concurrency <num-requests>  Set max number of concurrent HTTP requests. [default: 512]
+	-c, --concurrency <num-requests>  Set max number of concurrent HTTP requests. [default: %v]
 	-d, --document-root <directory>  Set document root directory for absolute paths.
 	-r, --recursive  Search Markdown and HTML files recursively
 	-t, --timeout <timeout>  Set timeout for HTTP requests in seconds. Disabled by default.
 	-x, --exclude <regex>  Regex of links to exclude from checking.
+	-p, --exclude-private-hosts  Exclude private domains and ip addresses.
+	-h, --exclude-localhost  Exclude localhost addresses.
+	-l, --exclude-link-local  Exclude link local addresses.
 	-v, --verbose  Be verbose.
 ```
 
diff --git a/arguments.go b/arguments.go
index a97bb99..9907327 100644
--- a/arguments.go
+++ b/arguments.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const defaultConcurrency = maxOpenFiles / 2
 const usage = `Link checker for Markdown and HTML
 
 Usage:
-	liche [-c <num-requests>] [-d <directory>] [-r] [-t <timeout>] [-x <regex>] [-v] <filenames>...
+	liche [-c <num-requests>] [-d <directory>] [-r] [-t <timeout>] [-x <regex>] [-p] [-h] [-l] [-v] <filenames>...
 
 Options:
 	-c, --concurrency <num-requests>  Set max number of concurrent HTTP requests. [default: %v]
@@ -22,16 +22,22 @@ Options:
 	-r, --recursive  Search Markdown and HTML files recursively
 	-t, --timeout <timeout>  Set timeout for HTTP requests in seconds. Disabled by default.
 	-x, --exclude <regex>  Regex of links to exclude from checking.
+	-p, --exclude-private-hosts  Exclude private domains and ip addresses.
+	-h, --exclude-localhost  Exclude localhost addresses.
+	-l, --exclude-link-local  Exclude link local addresses.
 	-v, --verbose  Be verbose.`
 
 type arguments struct {
-	filenames       []string
-	documentRoot    string
-	concurrency     int
-	timeout         time.Duration
-	excludedPattern *regexp.Regexp
-	recursive       bool
-	verbose         bool
+	filenames           []string
+	documentRoot        string
+	concurrency         int
+	timeout             time.Duration
+	excludedPattern     *regexp.Regexp
+	excludePrivateHosts bool
+	excludeLocalhost    bool
+	excludeLinkLocal    bool
+	recursive           bool
+	verbose             bool
 }
 
 func getArguments(argv []string) (arguments, error) {
@@ -77,6 +83,9 @@ func getArguments(argv []string) (arguments, error) {
 		int(c),
 		time.Duration(t) * time.Second,
 		r,
+		args["--exclude-private-hosts"].(bool),
+		args["--exclude-localhost"].(bool),
+		args["--exclude-link-local"].(bool),
 		args["--recursive"].(bool),
 		args["--verbose"].(bool),
 	}, nil
diff --git a/arguments_test.go b/arguments_test.go
index d56fcce..b0eee1d 100644
--- a/arguments_test.go
+++ b/arguments_test.go
@@ -15,55 +15,79 @@ func TestGetArguments(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			argv: []string{"file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"-c", "42", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", 42, 0, nil, false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", 42, 0, nil, false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"--concurrency", "42", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", 42, 0, nil, false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", 42, 0, nil, false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"-d", "directory", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "directory", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "directory", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"--document-root", "directory", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "directory", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "directory", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"-r", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, true, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, false, true, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"--recursive", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, true, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, false, true, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"-t", "42", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 42 * time.Second, nil, false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 42 * time.Second, nil, false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"--timeout", "42", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 42 * time.Second, nil, false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 42 * time.Second, nil, false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"-x", "^.*$", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, regexp.MustCompile(`^.*$`), false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, regexp.MustCompile(`^.*$`), false, false, false, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"--exclude", "^.*$", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, regexp.MustCompile(`^.*$`), false, false},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, regexp.MustCompile(`^.*$`), false, false, false, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			argv: []string{"-p", "file"},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, true, false, false, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			argv: []string{"--exclude-private-hosts", "file"},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, true, false, false, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			argv: []string{"-h", "file"},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, true, false, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			argv: []string{"--exclude-localhost", "file"},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, true, false, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			argv: []string{"-l", "file"},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, true, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			argv: []string{"--exclude-link-local", "file"},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, true, false, false},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"-v", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, true},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, false, false, true},
 		},
 		{
 			argv: []string{"--verbose", "file"},
-			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, true},
+			args: arguments{[]string{"file"}, "", defaultConcurrency, 0, nil, false, false, false, false, true},
 		},
 	} {
 		args, err := getArguments(c.argv)
diff --git a/file_checker.go b/file_checker.go
index b60db75..6f9971f 100644
--- a/file_checker.go
+++ b/file_checker.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ type fileChecker struct {
 	semaphore  semaphore
 }
 
-func newFileChecker(timeout time.Duration, d string, r *regexp.Regexp, s semaphore) fileChecker {
-	return fileChecker{newURLChecker(timeout, d, r, s), s}
+func newFileChecker(timeout time.Duration, d string, r *regexp.Regexp, excludePrivateHosts, excludeLocalhost, excludeLinkLocal bool, s semaphore) fileChecker {
+	return fileChecker{newURLChecker(timeout, d, r, excludePrivateHosts, excludeLocalhost, excludeLinkLocal, s), s}
 }
 
 func (c fileChecker) Check(f string) ([]urlResult, error) {
diff --git a/file_checker_test.go b/file_checker_test.go
index 06a70c5..8c59913 100644
--- a/file_checker_test.go
+++ b/file_checker_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestFileCheckerCheck(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(1024))
+	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	for _, f := range []string{"README.md", "test/foo.md", "test/foo.html"} {
 		rs, err := c.Check(f)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestFileCheckerCheck(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFileCheckerCheckMany(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(maxOpenFiles))
+	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(maxOpenFiles))
 
 	for _, fs := range [][]string{
 		{"README.md"},
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestFileCheckerCheckMany(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFileCheckerCheckManyWithInvalidFiles(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(maxOpenFiles))
+	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(maxOpenFiles))
 
 	for _, fs := range [][]string{
 		{"test/absolute_path.md"},
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestFileCheckerCheckManyWithInvalidFiles(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFileCheckerExtractURLs(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(42))
+	c := newFileChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(42))
 
 	for _, x := range []struct {
 		html    string
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eaa27ff..03bf842 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.9 h1:d5US/mDsogSGW37IV293h//ZFaeajb69h+EHFsv2xGg
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.9/go.mod h1:YNRxwqDuOph6SZLI9vUUz6OYw3QyUt7WiY2yME+cCiQ=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/russross/blackfriday v2.0.0+incompatible h1:cBXrhZNUf9C+La9/YpS+UHpUT8YD6Td9ZMSU9APFcsk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191001151750-bb3f8db39f24 h1:R8bzl0244nw47n1xKs1MUMAaTNgjavKcN/aX2Ss3+Fo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191001151750-bb3f8db39f24/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 920f23f..32f2134 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ func main() {
 		args.timeout,
 		args.documentRoot,
 		args.excludedPattern,
+		args.excludePrivateHosts,
+		args.excludeLocalhost,
+		args.excludeLinkLocal,
 		newSemaphore(args.concurrency))
 
 	go c.CheckMany(m.Filenames(), rc)
diff --git a/url_checker.go b/url_checker.go
index f3895a0..2d70916 100644
--- a/url_checker.go
+++ b/url_checker.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -11,17 +12,21 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"golang.org/x/net/publicsuffix"
 )
 
 type urlChecker struct {
-	timeout         time.Duration
-	documentRoot    string
-	excludedPattern *regexp.Regexp
-	semaphore       semaphore
+	timeout             time.Duration
+	documentRoot        string
+	excludedPattern     *regexp.Regexp
+	excludePrivateHosts bool
+	excludeLocalhost    bool
+	excludeLinkLocal    bool
+	semaphore           semaphore
 }
 
-func newURLChecker(t time.Duration, d string, r *regexp.Regexp, s semaphore) urlChecker {
-	return urlChecker{t, d, r, s}
+func newURLChecker(t time.Duration, d string, r *regexp.Regexp, excludePrivateHosts, excludeLocalhost, excludeLinkLocal bool, s semaphore) urlChecker {
+	return urlChecker{t, d, r, excludePrivateHosts, excludeLocalhost, excludeLinkLocal, s}
 }
 
 func (c urlChecker) Check(u string, f string) error {
@@ -30,6 +35,30 @@ func (c urlChecker) Check(u string, f string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if !local {
+		uu, _ := url.Parse(u)
+		host := uu.Hostname()
+		if ip := net.ParseIP(host); ip != nil {
+			if c.excludePrivateHosts && isPrivate(ip) {
+				return nil
+			}
+			if c.excludeLocalhost && ip.IsLoopback() {
+				return nil
+			}
+			if c.excludeLinkLocal && (ip.IsLinkLocalUnicast() || ip.IsLinkLocalMulticast()) {
+				return nil
+			}
+		} else {
+			if host == "localhost" {
+				if c.excludeLocalhost {
+					return nil
+				}
+			} else if _, icann := publicsuffix.PublicSuffix(host); !icann && c.excludePrivateHosts {
+				return nil // private domain
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if c.excludedPattern != nil && c.excludedPattern.MatchString(u) {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -88,3 +117,18 @@ func (c urlChecker) resolveURL(u string, f string) (string, bool, error) {
 
 	return path.Join(c.documentRoot, uu.Path), true, nil
 }
+
+// isPrivate reports whether `ip' is a local address, according to
+// RFC 1918 (IPv4 addresses) and RFC 4193 (IPv6 addresses).
+// xref: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/162998/
+// xref: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/29146
+func isPrivate(ip net.IP) bool {
+	if ip4 := ip.To4(); ip4 != nil {
+		// Local IPv4 addresses are defined in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1918
+		return ip4[0] == 10 ||
+			(ip4[0] == 172 && ip4[1]&0xf0 == 16) ||
+			(ip4[0] == 192 && ip4[1] == 168)
+	}
+	// Local IPv6 addresses are defined in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4193
+	return len(ip) == net.IPv6len && ip[0]&0xfe == 0xfc
+}
diff --git a/url_checker_test.go b/url_checker_test.go
index 435976b..2283ede 100644
--- a/url_checker_test.go
+++ b/url_checker_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestURLCheckerCheck(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(1024))
+	c := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	for _, u := range []string{"https://google.com", "README.md"} {
 		assert.Equal(t, nil, c.Check(u, "README.md"))
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestURLCheckerCheck(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestURLCheckerCheckWithExclude(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newURLChecker(0, "", regexp.MustCompile(`^http:\/\/localhost:[13]$`), newSemaphore(1024))
+	c := newURLChecker(0, "", regexp.MustCompile(`^http:\/\/localhost:[13]$`), false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	for _, u := range []string{"http://localhost:1", "http://localhost:3", "README.md"} {
 		assert.Equal(t, nil, c.Check(u, "README.md"))
@@ -32,8 +32,42 @@ func TestURLCheckerCheckWithExclude(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestURLCheckerCheckWithExcludePrivateHosts(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, true, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
+
+	for _, u := range []string{
+		"http://192.168.99.100",
+		"http://example.test",
+		"http://example.abcdxyz",
+	} {
+		assert.Equal(t, nil, c.Check(u, "README.md"))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestURLCheckerCheckWithExcludeLocalhost(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, false, true, false, newSemaphore(1024))
+
+	for _, u := range []string{
+		"http://localhost:1",
+		"http://localhost:3",
+		"http://127.0.0.1:1",
+	} {
+		assert.Equal(t, nil, c.Check(u, "README.md"))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestURLCheckerCheckWithExcludeLinkLocal(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, true, newSemaphore(1024))
+
+	for _, u := range []string{
+		"http://169.254.169.254:1",
+	} {
+		assert.Equal(t, nil, c.Check(u, "README.md"))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestURLCheckerCheckWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newURLChecker(30*time.Second, "", nil, newSemaphore(1024))
+	c := newURLChecker(30*time.Second, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	for _, u := range []string{"https://google.com", "README.md"} {
 		assert.Equal(t, nil, c.Check(u, "README.md"))
@@ -45,7 +79,7 @@ func TestURLCheckerCheckWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestURLCheckerCheckMany(t *testing.T) {
-	c := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(1024))
+	c := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	for _, us := range [][]string{{}, {"https://google.com", "README.md"}} {
 		rc := make(chan urlResult, 1024)
@@ -58,7 +92,7 @@ func TestURLCheckerCheckMany(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 func TestURLCheckerResolveURL(t *testing.T) {
-	f := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(1024))
+	f := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	for _, c := range []struct {
 		source, target string
@@ -76,7 +110,7 @@ func TestURLCheckerResolveURL(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestURLCheckerResolveURLWithAbsolutePath(t *testing.T) {
-	f := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, newSemaphore(1024))
+	f := newURLChecker(0, "", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	u, _, err := f.resolveURL("/foo", "foo.md")
 
@@ -85,7 +119,7 @@ func TestURLCheckerResolveURLWithAbsolutePath(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestURLCheckerResolveURLWithDocumentRoot(t *testing.T) {
-	f := newURLChecker(0, "foo", nil, newSemaphore(1024))
+	f := newURLChecker(0, "foo", nil, false, false, false, newSemaphore(1024))
 
 	for _, c := range []struct {
 		source, target string