diff --git a/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py b/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/gitlab/lister.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
 import logging
 import random
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlencode, urlparse
 
 import iso8601
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
         instance: a specific instance name (e.g. gitlab, tor, git-kernel, ...),
             url network location will be used if not provided
         incremental: defines if incremental listing is activated or not
+        ignored_project_prefixes: List of prefixes of project paths to ignore
 
     """
 
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@
         instance: Optional[str] = None,
         credentials: Optional[CredentialsType] = None,
         incremental: bool = False,
+        ignored_project_prefixes: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ):
         if name is not None:
             self.LISTER_NAME = name
@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@
         self.incremental = incremental
         self.last_page: Optional[str] = None
         self.per_page = 100
+        self.ignored_project_prefixes: Optional[Tuple[str, ...]] = None
+        if ignored_project_prefixes:
+            self.ignored_project_prefixes = tuple(ignored_project_prefixes)
 
         self.session.headers.update({"Accept": "application/json"})
 
@@ -203,6 +208,10 @@
 
         repositories = page_result.repositories if page_result.repositories else []
         for repo in repositories:
+            if self.ignored_project_prefixes and repo["path_with_namespace"].startswith(
+                self.ignored_project_prefixes
+            ):
+                continue
             visit_type = repo.get("vcs_type", "git")
             visit_type = VCS_MAPPING.get(visit_type, visit_type)
             yield ListedOrigin(
diff --git a/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -356,3 +356,38 @@
 )
 def test__parse_id_after(url, expected_result):
     assert _parse_id_after(url) == expected_result
+
+
+def test_lister_gitlab_ignored_project_prefixes(datadir, swh_scheduler, requests_mock):
+    """Gitlab lister supports listing with ignored project prefixes"""
+    instance = "gitlab.com"
+    lister = GitLabLister(
+        swh_scheduler,
+        url=api_url(instance),
+        instance=instance,
+        ignored_project_prefixes=["jonan/"],
+    )
+
+    response = gitlab_page_response(datadir, instance, 1)
+
+    requests_mock.get(
+        lister.page_url(),
+        [{"json": response}],
+        additional_matcher=_match_request,
+    )
+
+    listed_result = lister.run()
+    # 2 origins start with jonan/
+    expected_nb_origins = len(response) - 2
+    assert listed_result == ListerStats(pages=1, origins=expected_nb_origins)
+
+    scheduler_origins = lister.scheduler.get_listed_origins(
+        lister.lister_obj.id
+    ).results
+    assert len(scheduler_origins) == expected_nb_origins
+
+    for listed_origin in scheduler_origins:
+        assert listed_origin.visit_type == "git"
+        assert listed_origin.url.startswith(f"https://{instance}")
+        assert not listed_origin.url.startswith(f"https://{instance}/jonan/")
+        assert listed_origin.last_update is not None