diff --git a/Markovgen/config.py b/Markovgen/config.py
index c0e0117..a2a2d9e 100644
--- a/Markovgen/config.py
+++ b/Markovgen/config.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ conf.registerChannelValue(Markovgen, 'stripPattern',
 conf.registerChannelValue(Markovgen, 'stripURL',
     registry.Boolean(True, _("""Determines whether the bot will strip
     URLs from messages.""")))
+conf.registerChannelValue(Markovgen, 'ignoreNicks',
+    registry.SpaceSeparatedListOfStrings([], _("""A list of nicks to be ignored by the bot""")))
 
 conf.registerGroup(Markovgen, 'onNick')
 conf.registerChannelValue(Markovgen.onNick, 'probability',