diff --git a/src/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRule.php b/src/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRule.php
index 3479e92..b1a9cf9 100644
--- a/src/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRule.php
+++ b/src/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRule.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
 use PHPStan\Broker\Broker;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
+use function strpos;
 
 class EmptyExceptionRule implements Rule
 {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
     {
         if ($this->isEmpty($node->stmts)) {
             return [
-                'Empty catch block'
+                'Empty catch block. If you are sure this is meant to be empty, please add a "// @ignoreException" comment in the catch block.'
             ];
         }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ private function isEmpty(array $stmts): bool
         foreach ($stmts as $stmt) {
             if (!$stmt instanceof Node\Stmt\Nop) {
                 return false;
+            } else {
+                foreach ($stmt->getComments() as $comment) {
+                    if (strpos($comment->getText(), '@ignoreException') !== false) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRuleTest.php b/tests/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRuleTest.php
index d3a5ddd..ef2260f 100644
--- a/tests/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rules/Exceptions/EmptyExceptionRuleTest.php
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ public function testCheckCatchedException()
     {
         $this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/catch.php'], [
             [
-                'Empty catch block',
+                'Empty catch block. If you are sure this is meant to be empty, please add a "// @ignoreException" comment in the catch block.',
                 14,
             ],
             [
-                'Empty catch block',
+                'Empty catch block. If you are sure this is meant to be empty, please add a "// @ignoreException" comment in the catch block.',
                 24,
             ],
         ]);
diff --git a/tests/Rules/Exceptions/data/catch.php b/tests/Rules/Exceptions/data/catch.php
index f34d711..be2fc5b 100644
--- a/tests/Rules/Exceptions/data/catch.php
+++ b/tests/Rules/Exceptions/data/catch.php
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ class MyCatchException extends \Exception
 } catch (\Exception $e) {
     // Do nothing
 }
+
+try {
+} catch (\Exception $e) {
+    // @ignoreException
+}