diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1973099..33fa90f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Options:
   -j               Fix wrong JSONs
   --rules          print information regarding supported rules
   --indexless      forget about ddf--index.csv and validate
+  --hidden         allow hidden folders validation
   --include-tags   Process only issues by selected tags
   --exclude-tags   Process all tags except selected
   --include-rules  Process only issues by selected rules
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ Examples:
   validate-ddf ../ddf-example -j                                     fix JSONs for this DDF dataset
   validate-ddf  --rules                                              print information regarding supported rules
   validate-ddf ../ddf-example --indexless                            forget about ddf--index.csv and validate
+  validate-ddf ../ddf-example --hidden                               allow hidden folders validation
   validate-ddf ../ddf-example --include-rules "INCORRECT_JSON_FIELD" Validate only by  INCORRECT_JSON_FIELD rule
   validate-ddf ../ddf-example --exclude-tags "WARNING"           Get all kinds of issues except warnings
 ```
diff --git a/lib/data/root.js b/lib/data/root.js
index f68150d..dc00b86 100644
--- a/lib/data/root.js
+++ b/lib/data/root.js
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ function isExcludedDirectory(currentDirectory, excludedDirectory) {
   return EXCLUDED_DIRECTORY_PATTERN.test(currentDirectory);
 }
 
-function isHiddenDirectory(currentDirectory) {
+function isHiddenDirectory(currentDirectory, settings) {
+  if (settings.isCheckHidden) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const HIDDEN_DIRECTORY_PATTERN = new RegExp(`${pathModule.sep}\\.[^.${pathModule.sep}]`);
 
   return HIDDEN_DIRECTORY_PATTERN.test(currentDirectory);
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ class DDFRoot {
     const actions = [];
 
     dirs.concat(this.path).forEach(dir => {
-      const isNotExcludedDirectory = !isHiddenDirectory(dir) &&
+      const isNotExcludedDirectory = !isHiddenDirectory(dir, this.settings) &&
         _.chain(this.settings.excludeDirs)
           .map(excludedDir => isExcludedDirectory(dir, excludedDir))
           .compact()
diff --git a/lib/utils/args.js b/lib/utils/args.js
index 0900223..e4dca02 100644
--- a/lib/utils/args.js
+++ b/lib/utils/args.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const argv = require('yargs')
   .example(`${myName} ../ddf-example -j`, 'fix JSONs for this DDF dataset')
   .example(`${myName} --rules`, 'print information regarding supported rules')
   .example(`${myName} ../ddf-example --indexless`, 'forget about ddf--index.csv and validate')
+  .example(`${myName} ../ddf-example --hidden`, 'allow hidden folders validation')
   .example(`${myName} ../ddf-example --include-rules "INCORRECT_JSON_FIELD"`,
     'Validate only by INCORRECT_JSON_FIELD rule')
   .example(`${myName} ../ddf-example --exclude-tags "WARNING_TAG"`, 'Get all kinds of issues except warnings')
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const argv = require('yargs')
   .describe('j', 'Fix wrong JSONs')
   .describe('rules', 'print information regarding supported rules')
   .describe('indexless', 'forget about ddf--index.csv and validate')
+  .describe('hidden', 'allow hidden folders validation')
   .describe('include-tags', 'Process only issues by selected tags')
   .describe('exclude-tags', 'Process all tags except selected')
   .describe('include-rules', 'Process only issues by selected rules')
@@ -30,12 +32,17 @@ exports.getDDFRootFolder = () => argv._[0] || process.cwd();
 exports.getSettings = () => {
   const settings = {};
   const options = ['include-tags', 'exclude-tags', 'include-rules', 'exclude-rules', 'exclude-dirs'];
+  const setMiscSettings = () => {
+    settings.isUI = false;
+    settings.isIndexGenerationMode = !!argv.i;
+    settings.isJsonAutoCorrectionMode = !!argv.j;
+    settings.indexlessMode = !!argv.indexless;
+    settings.isPrintRules = !!argv.rules;
+    settings.isCheckHidden = !!argv.hidden;
+  };
+
+  setMiscSettings();
 
-  settings.isUI = false;
-  settings.isIndexGenerationMode = !!argv.i;
-  settings.isJsonAutoCorrectionMode = !!argv.j;
-  settings.indexlessMode = !!argv.indexless;
-  settings.isPrintRules = !!argv.rules;
   options.forEach(option => {
     settings[_.camelCase(option)] = argv[option];
   });