diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 987a7c974..23c70eb4b 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.119 - 
 ==================================
+  Add --ignorelocal option to dumpconfig to ignore the local section.
   Close connection to lvmetad after fork.
   Make lvchange able to resume background pvmove polling again.
   Split pvmove update metadata fn in an initial one and a subsequent one.
diff --git a/lib/config/config.c b/lib/config/config.c
index 57e7cb964..4051fa41b 100644
--- a/lib/config/config.c
+++ b/lib/config/config.c
@@ -1817,6 +1817,9 @@ struct dm_config_tree *config_def_create_tree(struct config_def_tree_spec *spec)
 		if (cfg_def_get_item_p(id)->parent != root_CFG_SECTION)
 			continue;
 
+		if (spec->ignorelocal && (id == local_CFG_SECTION))
+			continue;
+
 		if ((tmp = _add_def_section_subtree(cft, spec, root, relay, id))) {
 			relay = tmp;
 			if (!root)
diff --git a/lib/config/config.h b/lib/config/config.h
index 54bd18370..cc5681ca8 100644
--- a/lib/config/config.h
+++ b/lib/config/config.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ struct config_def_tree_spec {
 	uint16_t version;		/* tree at this LVM2 version */
 	unsigned ignoreadvanced:1;		/* do not include advanced configs */
 	unsigned ignoreunsupported:1;	/* do not include unsupported configs */
+	unsigned ignorelocal:1;		/* do not include the local section */
 	unsigned withcomments:1;		/* include first line of comment */
 	unsigned withfullcomments:1;		/* include all comment lines */
 	unsigned withversions:1;		/* include versions */
diff --git a/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in b/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
index a4289d9c0..b16afb484 100644
--- a/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
+++ b/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ lvm-dumpconfig \(em dump LVM configuration
 .IR version ]
 .RB [ \-\-ignoreadvanced ]
 .RB [ \-\-ignoreunsupported ]
+.RB [ \-\-ignorelocal ]
 .RB [ \-\-config
 .IR ConfigurationString ]
 .RB [ \-\-commandprofile
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ Ignore unsupported configuration settings on dump. These settings are
 either used for debugging purposes only or their support is not yet
 complete and they are not meant to be used in production.
 
+.TP
+.B \-\-ignorelocal
+Ignore local section.
+
 .TP
 .BI \-\-config " ConfigurationString"
 Use \fBConfigurationString\fP to override existing configuration.
diff --git a/tools/args.h b/tools/args.h
index 201a2efe3..9497223d9 100644
--- a/tools/args.h
+++ b/tools/args.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ arg(errorwhenfull_ARG, '\0', "errorwhenfull", yes_no_arg, 0)
 arg(force_long_ARG, '\0', "force", NULL, ARG_COUNTABLE)
 arg(foreign_ARG, '\0', "foreign", NULL, 0)
 arg(ignoreadvanced_ARG, '\0', "ignoreadvanced", NULL, 0)
+arg(ignorelocal_ARG, '\0', "ignorelocal", NULL, 0)
 arg(ignorelockingfailure_ARG, '\0', "ignorelockingfailure", NULL, 0)
 arg(ignoremonitoring_ARG, '\0', "ignoremonitoring", NULL, 0)
 arg(ignoreskippedcluster_ARG, '\0', "ignoreskippedcluster", NULL, 0)
diff --git a/tools/commands.h b/tools/commands.h
index 10916bf09..64c8bf2e9 100644
--- a/tools/commands.h
+++ b/tools/commands.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ xx(dumpconfig,
    "\t[--atversion version]]\n"
    "\t[--ignoreadvanced]\n"
    "\t[--ignoreunsupported]\n"
+   "\t[--ignorelocal]\n"
    "\t[--config ConfigurationString]\n"
    "\t[--commandprofile ProfileName]\n"
    "\t[--profile ProfileName]\n"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ xx(dumpconfig,
    "\t[--withversions]\n"
    "\t[ConfigurationNode...]\n",
    atversion_ARG, configtype_ARG, file_ARG, ignoreadvanced_ARG,
-   ignoreunsupported_ARG, mergedconfig_ARG, metadataprofile_ARG,
+   ignoreunsupported_ARG, ignorelocal_ARG, mergedconfig_ARG, metadataprofile_ARG,
    validate_ARG, withcomments_ARG, withfullcomments_ARG, unconfigured_ARG, withversions_ARG)
 
 xx(formats,
diff --git a/tools/dumpconfig.c b/tools/dumpconfig.c
index 2d1cd9ceb..d1b4acc4c 100644
--- a/tools/dumpconfig.c
+++ b/tools/dumpconfig.c
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ int dumpconfig(struct cmd_context *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	if (arg_count(cmd, ignoreunsupported_ARG))
 		tree_spec.ignoreunsupported = 1;
 
+	if (arg_count(cmd, ignorelocal_ARG))
+		tree_spec.ignorelocal = 1;
+
 	if (!strcmp(type, "current")) {
 		if (arg_count(cmd, atversion_ARG)) {
 			log_error("--atversion has no effect with --type current");