diff --git a/mypy/main.py b/mypy/main.py
index 42430967dccd..425d40254644 100644
--- a/mypy/main.py
+++ b/mypy/main.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 """Mypy type checker command line tool."""
 
 import argparse
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from gettext import gettext
 import os
+import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, IO, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, TextIO, Union
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, IO, List, Optional, Pattern, Sequence, Tuple, TextIO, Union
 from typing_extensions import Final, NoReturn
 
 from mypy import build
@@ -914,11 +917,9 @@ def set_strict_flags() -> None:
             targets.extend(p_targets)
         for m in special_opts.modules:
             targets.append(BuildSource(None, m, None))
-        return targets, options
     elif special_opts.command:
         options.build_type = BuildType.PROGRAM_TEXT
         targets = [BuildSource(None, None, '\n'.join(special_opts.command))]
-        return targets, options
     else:
         try:
             targets = create_source_list(special_opts.files, options, fscache)
@@ -927,7 +928,59 @@ def set_strict_flags() -> None:
         # exceptions of different types.
         except InvalidSourceList as e2:
             fail(str(e2), stderr)
-        return targets, options
+
+    def filter_ignored_targets(targets: List[BuildSource],
+                               per_module_options: 'OrderedDict[str, Dict[str, object]]'
+                               ) -> List[BuildSource]:
+
+        def convert_module_paths_to_regex(paths: List[str]) -> Pattern[str]:
+            # *.foo.*.baz => *\.foo\.*\.baz
+            paths_escape_dot = [
+                mod.replace(r".", r"\.")
+                for mod in paths
+            ]
+            # *\.foo\.*\.baz => *\.foo\..*\.baz
+            paths_allow_wildcard = [
+                mod.replace(r"\.*", r"\..*")
+                for mod in paths_escape_dot
+            ]
+            # *\.foo\..*\.baz => .*\.foo\..*\.baz
+            paths_allow_first_wildcard = [
+                re.sub(r"^\*", ".*", mod)
+                for mod in paths_allow_wildcard
+            ]
+            paths_pattern = r"|".join(paths_allow_first_wildcard)
+            return re.compile(paths_pattern)
+
+        ignored_modules = [
+            mod
+            for mod, opts in options.per_module_options.items()
+            if opts.get("ignore_errors")
+        ]
+        ignored_regex = convert_module_paths_to_regex(ignored_modules)
+
+        explicitly_needed_modules = [
+            mod
+            for mod, opts in options.per_module_options.items()
+            if opts.get("ignore_errors") is False
+        ]
+        explicitly_needed_regex = convert_module_paths_to_regex(explicitly_needed_modules)
+
+        if len(explicitly_needed_regex.pattern) > 0:
+            targets = [
+                t
+                for t in targets
+                if explicitly_needed_regex.fullmatch(t.module)
+                or not ignored_regex.fullmatch(t.module)]
+        else:
+            targets = [
+                t
+                for t in targets
+                if not ignored_regex.fullmatch(t.module)]
+        return targets
+
+    targets = filter_ignored_targets(targets, options.per_module_options)
+    return targets, options
 
 
 def process_package_roots(fscache: Optional[FileSystemCache],