diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a770343..9cdf44a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ non-`path-like object
 <https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-path-like-object>`_ as the value
 of ``path``, the cache is ignored.
 
+``memoize_path()`` optionally takes an ``exclude_kwargs`` argument, which must
+be a sequence of names of arguments of the decorated function that will be
+ignored for caching purposes.
+
 Caches are stored on-disk and thus persist between Python runs.  To clear a
 given ``PersistentCache`` and erase its data store, call the ``clear()``
 method.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 881a845..5f83e98 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ package_dir =
 python_requires = >=3.7
 install_requires =
     appdirs == 1.*
-    joblib >= 0.17
+    joblib ~= 1.1
 
 [options.extras_require]
 benchmarks =
diff --git a/src/fscacher/cache.py b/src/fscacher/cache.py
index 3ec3a5d..3b321a3 100644
--- a/src/fscacher/cache.py
+++ b/src/fscacher/cache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections import deque, namedtuple
-from functools import wraps
+from functools import partial, wraps
 from hashlib import md5
 from inspect import Parameter, signature
 import logging
@@ -78,12 +78,16 @@ def clear(self):
         except Exception as exc:
             lgr.warning(f"Failed to clear out the cache directory: {exc}")
 
-    def memoize(self, f, ignore=None):
+    def memoize(self, f=None, *, exclude_kwargs=None):
+        if f is None:
+            return partial(self.memoize, exclude_kwargs=exclude_kwargs)
         if self._ignore_cache:
             return f
-        return self._memory.cache(f, ignore=ignore)
+        return self._memory.cache(f, ignore=exclude_kwargs)
 
-    def memoize_path(self, f):
+    def memoize_path(self, f=None, *, exclude_kwargs=None):
+        if f is None:
+            return partial(self.memoize_path, exclude_kwargs=exclude_kwargs)
         if self._ignore_cache:
             return f
 
@@ -112,7 +116,11 @@ def fingerprinted(path, *args, **kwargs):
         # we need to ignore 'path' since we would like to dereference if symlink
         # but then expect joblib's caching work on both original and dereferenced
         # So we will add dereferenced path into fingerprint_kwarg
-        fingerprinted = self.memoize(fingerprinted, ignore=[path_arg])
+        fingerprinted = self.memoize(
+            fingerprinted,
+            exclude_kwargs=[path_arg]
+            + (list(exclude_kwargs) if exclude_kwargs is not None else []),
+        )
 
         @wraps(f)
         def fingerprinter(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/src/fscacher/tests/test_cache.py b/src/fscacher/tests/test_cache.py
index 4824fd1..6daba93 100644
--- a/src/fscacher/tests/test_cache.py
+++ b/src/fscacher/tests/test_cache.py
@@ -504,3 +504,45 @@ def strify(x):
 
     assert strify(bar) == str(tmp_path / "bar")
     assert calls == [path, bar]
+
+
+def test_memoize_path_exclude_kwargs(cache, tmp_path):
+    calls = []
+
+    @cache.memoize_path(exclude_kwargs=["extra"])
+    def memoread_extra(path, arg, kwarg=None, extra=None):
+        calls.append((path, arg, kwarg, extra))
+        with open(path) as f:
+            return f.read()
+
+    path = tmp_path / "file.dat"
+    path.write_text("content")
+
+    time.sleep(cache._min_dtime * 1.1)
+
+    assert memoread_extra(path, 1, extra="foo") == "content"
+    assert calls == [(path, 1, None, "foo")]
+
+    assert memoread_extra(path, 1, extra="bar") == "content"
+    assert calls == [(path, 1, None, "foo")]
+
+    assert memoread_extra(path, 1, kwarg="quux", extra="bar") == "content"
+    assert calls == [(path, 1, None, "foo"), (path, 1, "quux", "bar")]
+
+    path.write_text("different")
+
+    time.sleep(cache._min_dtime * 1.1)
+
+    assert memoread_extra(path, 1, extra="foo") == "different"
+    assert calls == [
+        (path, 1, None, "foo"),
+        (path, 1, "quux", "bar"),
+        (path, 1, None, "foo"),
+    ]
+
+    assert memoread_extra(path, 1, extra="bar") == "different"
+    assert calls == [
+        (path, 1, None, "foo"),
+        (path, 1, "quux", "bar"),
+        (path, 1, None, "foo"),
+    ]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1e0d0f2..881f847 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ addopts = --cov=fscacher --no-cov-on-fail
 filterwarnings =
     error
     ignore:The distutils package is deprecated:DeprecationWarning:joblib
+    ignore:`formatargspec` is deprecated:DeprecationWarning:joblib
 norecursedirs = test/data
 
 [coverage:run]