diff --git a/Documentation/dev-stars.txt b/Documentation/dev-stars.txt
index 1a98438..d9fd10c 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-stars.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-stars.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@
 
 The default star is represented by the special star label 'star'.
 
+[[ignore-star]]
+== Ignore Star
+
+If the ignore star is set by a user, this user gets no email
+notifications for updates of that change, even if this user is a
+reviewer of the change or the change is matched by a project watch of
+the user.
+
+Since changes can only be ignored once they are created, users that
+watch a project will always get the email notifications for the change
+creation. Only then the change can be ignored.
+
+Users that are added as reviewer to a change that they have ignored
+will be notified about this, so that they know about the review
+request. They can the decide to remove the ignore star.
+
+The ignore star is represented by the special star label 'ignore'.
+
 [[query-stars]]
 == Query Stars
 
diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java
index bce9249..e350cc9 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import static com.google.gerrit.gpg.testutil.TestKeys.validKeyWithSecondUserId;
 import static com.google.gerrit.gpg.testutil.TestKeys.validKeyWithoutExpiration;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.StarredChangesUtil.DEFAULT_LABEL;
+import static com.google.gerrit.server.StarredChangesUtil.IGNORE_LABEL;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.PushOneCommit;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.TestAccount;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.accounts.EmailInput;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.changes.AddReviewerInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.changes.StarsInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.AccountInfo;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.ChangeInfo;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountExternalId;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.AllUsersName;
 import com.google.gerrit.testutil.ConfigSuite;
+import com.google.gerrit.testutil.FakeEmailSender.Message;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 
@@ -248,6 +251,70 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void starWithDefaultAndIgnoreLabel() throws Exception {
+    PushOneCommit.Result r = createChange();
+    String triplet = project.get() + "~master~" + r.getChangeId();
+    exception.expect(BadRequestException.class);
+    exception.expectMessage("The labels " + DEFAULT_LABEL
+        + " and " + IGNORE_LABEL + " are mutually exclusive."
+        + " Only one of them can be set.");
+    gApi.accounts().self().setStars(triplet,
+        new StarsInput(ImmutableSet.of(DEFAULT_LABEL, "blue", IGNORE_LABEL)));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void ignoreChange() throws Exception {
+    PushOneCommit.Result r = createChange();
+
+    AddReviewerInput in = new AddReviewerInput();
+    in.reviewer = user.email;
+    gApi.changes()
+        .id(r.getChangeId())
+        .addReviewer(in);
+
+    TestAccount user2 = accounts.user2();
+    in = new AddReviewerInput();
+    in.reviewer = user2.email;
+    gApi.changes()
+        .id(r.getChangeId())
+        .addReviewer(in);
+
+    setApiUser(user);
+    gApi.accounts().self().setStars(r.getChangeId(),
+        new StarsInput(ImmutableSet.of(IGNORE_LABEL)));
+
+    sender.clear();
+    setApiUser(admin);
+    gApi.changes()
+        .id(r.getChangeId())
+        .abandon();
+    List<Message> messages = sender.getMessages();
+    assertThat(messages).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(messages.get(0).rcpt()).containsExactly(user2.emailAddress);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void addReviewerToIgnoredChange() throws Exception {
+    PushOneCommit.Result r = createChange();
+
+    setApiUser(user);
+    gApi.accounts().self().setStars(r.getChangeId(),
+        new StarsInput(ImmutableSet.of(IGNORE_LABEL)));
+
+    sender.clear();
+    setApiUser(admin);
+
+    AddReviewerInput in = new AddReviewerInput();
+    in.reviewer = user.email;
+    gApi.changes()
+        .id(r.getChangeId())
+        .addReviewer(in);
+    List<Message> messages = sender.getMessages();
+    assertThat(messages).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(messages.get(0).rcpt()).containsExactly(user.emailAddress);
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void suggestAccounts() throws Exception {
     String adminUsername = "admin";
     List<AccountInfo> result = gApi.accounts()
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/AccountDashboardScreen.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/AccountDashboardScreen.java
index f53ecf8..62c14cb 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/AccountDashboardScreen.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/changes/AccountDashboardScreen.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   }
 
   private static String queryIncoming(String who) {
-    return "is:open reviewer:" + who + " -owner:" + who;
+    return "is:open reviewer:" + who + " -owner:" + who + " -star:ignore";
   }
 
   private static String queryClosed(String who) {
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/StarredChangesUtil.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/StarredChangesUtil.java
index 77064fe..5e5e43c 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/StarredChangesUtil.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/StarredChangesUtil.java
@@ -65,11 +65,8 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
@@ -116,6 +113,13 @@
               Joiner.on(", ").join(invalidLabels)));
     }
 
+    static IllegalLabelException mutuallyExclusiveLabels(String label1,
+        String label2) {
+      return new IllegalLabelException(
+          String.format("The labels %s and %s are mutually exclusive."
+              + " Only one of them can be set.", label1, label2));
+    }
+
     IllegalLabelException(String message) {
       super(message);
     }
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(StarredChangesUtil.class);
 
   public static final String DEFAULT_LABEL = "star";
+  public static final String IGNORE_LABEL = "ignore";
   public static final ImmutableSortedSet<String> DEFAULT_LABELS =
       ImmutableSortedSet.of(DEFAULT_LABEL);
 
@@ -180,6 +185,7 @@
       if (labels.isEmpty()) {
         deleteRef(repo, refName, oldObjectId);
       } else {
+        checkMutuallyExclusiveLabels(labels);
         updateLabels(repo, refName, oldObjectId, labels);
       }
 
@@ -289,18 +295,6 @@
     return changeData.get(0).stars();
   }
 
-  public Set<Account.Id> byChangeFromIndex(Change.Id changeId, String label)
-      throws OrmException, NoSuchChangeException {
-    Set<Account.Id> accounts = new HashSet<>();
-    for (Map.Entry<Account.Id, Collection<String>> e : byChangeFromIndex(
-        changeId).asMap().entrySet()) {
-      if (e.getValue().contains(label)) {
-        accounts.add(e.getKey());
-      }
-    }
-    return accounts;
-  }
-
   @Deprecated
   public ResultSet<Change.Id> queryFromIndex(final Account.Id accountId) {
     try {
@@ -380,6 +374,13 @@
     }
   }
 
+  private static void checkMutuallyExclusiveLabels(Set<String> labels) {
+    if (labels.containsAll(ImmutableSet.of(DEFAULT_LABEL, IGNORE_LABEL))) {
+      throw IllegalLabelException.mutuallyExclusiveLabels(DEFAULT_LABEL,
+          IGNORE_LABEL);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static void validateLabels(Set<String> labels) {
     if (labels == null) {
       return;
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java
index 367159d..803bcf8 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ChangeEmail.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ReviewerStateInternal.REVIEWER;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.errors.EmailException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.changes.ReviewInput.NotifyHandling;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.IdentifiedUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.StarredChangesUtil;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.account.AccountState;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.mail.ProjectWatch.Watchers;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.PatchList;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.PatchListEntry;
@@ -49,9 +51,11 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
@@ -304,11 +308,22 @@
     }
 
     try {
-      // BCC anyone who has starred this change.
+      // BCC anyone who has starred this change
+      // and remove anyone who has ignored this change.
       //
-      for (Account.Id accountId : args.starredChangesUtil.byChangeFromIndex(
-          change.getId(), StarredChangesUtil.DEFAULT_LABEL)) {
-        super.add(RecipientType.BCC, accountId);
+      Multimap<Account.Id, String> stars =
+          args.starredChangesUtil.byChangeFromIndex(change.getId());
+      for (Map.Entry<Account.Id, Collection<String>> e :
+          stars.asMap().entrySet()) {
+        if (e.getValue().contains(StarredChangesUtil.DEFAULT_LABEL)) {
+          super.add(RecipientType.BCC, e.getKey());
+        }
+        if (e.getValue().contains(StarredChangesUtil.IGNORE_LABEL)) {
+          AccountState accountState = args.accountCache.get(e.getKey());
+          if (accountState != null) {
+            removeUser(accountState.getAccount());
+          }
+        }
       }
     } catch (OrmException | NoSuchChangeException err) {
       // Just don't BCC everyone. Better to send a partial message to those
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/OutgoingEmail.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/OutgoingEmail.java
index 4834efd..04085b6 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/OutgoingEmail.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/OutgoingEmail.java
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
     return r.toString();
   }
 
-  private void removeUser(Account user) {
+  protected void removeUser(Account user) {
     String fromEmail = user.getPreferredEmail();
     for (Iterator<Address> j = smtpRcptTo.iterator(); j.hasNext();) {
       if (j.next().email.equals(fromEmail)) {