diff --git a/src/core/compiler.sk b/src/core/compiler.sk
index 87160c2..9d17782 100644
--- a/src/core/compiler.sk
+++ b/src/core/compiler.sk
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace GLSLX {
     var removeWhitespace = true
     var renameSymbols = RenameSymbols.ALL
     var trimSymbols = true
+    var ignoredSymbols List<string> = []
     var fileAccess fn(string, string) Source = null
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/renamer.sk b/src/core/renamer.sk
index d3c63e5..fbcb443 100644
--- a/src/core/renamer.sk
+++ b/src/core/renamer.sk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace GLSLX.Renamer {
   def rename(globals List<Node>, options CompilerOptions) StringMap<string> {
-    return Renamer.new(options.renameSymbols)._rename(globals)
+    return Renamer.new(options.renameSymbols, options.ignoredSymbols)._rename(globals)
   }
 
   class SymbolInfo {
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace GLSLX.Renamer {
 
 class GLSLX.Renamer {
   var _renameSymbols RenameSymbols
+  var _ignoredSymbols List<string>
   var _functionList List<SymbolInfo> = []
   var _symbolInfoList List<SymbolInfo> = []
   var _symbolInfoMap IntMap<SymbolInfo> = {}
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ class GLSLX.Renamer {
       var name string = null
       for info in group {
         for symbol in info.symbols.values {
+          if symbol.name in _ignoredSymbols {
+            continue
+          }
           var old = symbol.name
           if !symbol.isImportedOrExported && (_renameSymbols == .ALL || _renameSymbols == .INTERNAL_ONLY && !symbol.isAttributeOrUniform) {
             if name == null {
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ class GLSLX.Renamer {
     while true {
       var name = _numberToName(_nextSymbolName)
       _nextSymbolName++
-      if name in Tokenizer.keywords || name in Tokenizer.reservedWords || name.startsWith("gl_") {
+      if name in Tokenizer.keywords || name in Tokenizer.reservedWords || name.startsWith("gl_") || name in _ignoredSymbols {
         continue
       }
       return name
diff --git a/src/exports/exports.sk b/src/exports/exports.sk
index 2425e0c..2cf1029 100644
--- a/src/exports/exports.sk
+++ b/src/exports/exports.sk
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Advanced:
   --renaming=MODE
     Valid modes are all, internal-only, or none. Defaults to all.
 
+  --ignored-symbols=SYMBOLS
+    A list of symbols to be ignored during renaming. Formatted as a JSON array. Defaults to an empty array.
+
   --keep-symbols
     Don't inline constants or remove unused symbols.
 ")
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ Advanced:
     if args.disableRewriting { options.compactSyntaxTree = false }
     if args.prettyPrint { options.removeWhitespace = false }
     if args.keepSymbols { options.trimSymbols = false }
+    if args.ignoredSymbols { options.ignoredSymbols = args.ignoredSymbols }
     if args.fileAccess { options.fileAccess = wrapFileAccess(args.fileAccess) }
 
     var result = Compiler.compile(log, sources, options)
@@ -515,6 +519,10 @@ Advanced:
             options.renameSymbols = renameSymbols[text]
           }
 
+          else if arg.startsWith("--ignored-symbols=") {
+            options.ignoredSymbols = dynamic.JSON.parse(arg.slice("--ignored-symbols=".count))
+          }
+
           else {
             console.log("invalid flag \"\(arg)\"")
             process.exit(1)
diff --git a/src/test/driver.sk b/src/test/driver.sk
index b3af523..31044f9 100644
--- a/src/test/driver.sk
+++ b/src/test/driver.sk
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace GLSLX.Tests {
       _options.removeWhitespace = false
       _options.renameSymbols = .NONE
       _options.trimSymbols = false
+      _options.ignoredSymbols = []
       return self
     }
 
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@ namespace GLSLX.Tests {
       return self
     }
 
+    def ignoredSymbols(ignoredSymbols List<string>) CompilerTest {
+      _options.ignoredSymbols = ignoredSymbols
+      return self
+    }
+
     def fileAccess(callback fn(string, string) Source) CompilerTest {
       _options.fileAccess = callback
       return self
@@ -172,6 +178,7 @@ namespace GLSLX.Tests {
     testMinifier
     testParser
     testResolver
+    testRenamer
     testRewriter
     testTooltips
     testFormatter
diff --git a/src/test/renamer.tests.sk b/src/test/renamer.tests.sk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12a005f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/renamer.tests.sk
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+namespace GLSLX.Tests {
+  def testRenamer {
+test("
+uniform sampler2D texture;
+uniform vec4 color;
+attribute vec2 position;
+varying vec2 coord;
+
+export void vertex() {
+  coord = position;
+  gl_Position = vec4(position*2.0 - 1.0, 0.0,1.0);
+}
+
+export void colorFragment() {
+  gl_FragColor = color;
+}
+
+export void textureFragment() {
+  gl_FragColor = texture2D(texture, coord);
+}
+", "
+[vertex]
+uniform sampler2D f;
+uniform vec4 g;
+attribute vec2 position;
+varying vec2 e;
+
+void main() {
+  e = position;
+  gl_Position = vec4(position * 2.0 - 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+void h() {
+  gl_FragColor = g;
+}
+
+void i() {
+  gl_FragColor = texture2D(f, e);
+}
+
+[colorFragment]
+uniform sampler2D f;
+uniform vec4 g;
+attribute vec2 position;
+varying vec2 e;
+
+void vertex() {
+  e = position;
+  gl_Position = vec4(position * 2.0 - 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+void main() {
+  gl_FragColor = g;
+}
+
+void i() {
+  gl_FragColor = texture2D(f, e);
+}
+
+[textureFragment]
+uniform sampler2D f;
+uniform vec4 g;
+attribute vec2 position;
+varying vec2 e;
+
+void vertex() {
+  e = position;
+  gl_Position = vec4(position * 2.0 - 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+void h() {
+  gl_FragColor = g;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  gl_FragColor = texture2D(f, e);
+}
+").ignoredSymbols(["position", "vertex"]).renameAll
+  }
+}