diff --git a/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go b/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
index 11c6ef6a3090..6f926519b91a 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/artifact/run.go
@@ -659,5 +659,7 @@ func initMisconfScannerOption(opts flag.Options) (misconf.ScannerOption, error)
 		TfExcludeDownloaded:      opts.TfExcludeDownloaded,
 		FilePatterns:             opts.FilePatterns,
 		ConfigFileSchemas:        configSchemas,
+		SkipFiles:                opts.SkipFiles,
+		SkipDirs:                 opts.SkipDirs,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/utils/utils.go b/pkg/fanal/utils/utils.go
index 58b44510db89..463c8dd1f255 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/utils/utils.go
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
+	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/log"
 	xio "github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/x/io"
 )
 
@@ -98,6 +102,29 @@ func IsBinary(content xio.ReadSeekerAt, fileSize int64) (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }
 
+func CleanSkipPaths(skipPaths []string) []string {
+	return lo.Map(skipPaths, func(skipPath string, index int) string {
+		skipPath = filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(skipPath))
+		return strings.TrimLeft(skipPath, "/")
+	})
+}
+
+func SkipPath(path string, skipPaths []string) bool {
+	path = strings.TrimLeft(path, "/")
+
+	// skip files
+	for _, pattern := range skipPaths {
+		match, err := doublestar.Match(pattern, path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false // return early if bad pattern
+		} else if match {
+			log.Debug("Skipping path", log.String("path", path))
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func ExtractPrintableBytes(content xio.ReadSeekerAt) ([]byte, error) {
 	const minLength = 4 // Minimum length of strings to extract
 	var result []byte
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/walker/fs.go b/pkg/fanal/walker/fs.go
index f6bec84d1fc2..3ebfb7258459 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/walker/fs.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/walker/fs.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/utils"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/log"
 	xio "github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/x/io"
 )
@@ -53,13 +54,13 @@ func (w *FS) WalkDirFunc(root string, fn WalkFunc, opt Option) fs.WalkDirFunc {
 		// Skip unnecessary files
 		switch {
 		case d.IsDir():
-			if SkipPath(relPath, opt.SkipDirs) {
+			if utils.SkipPath(relPath, opt.SkipDirs) {
 				return filepath.SkipDir
 			}
 			return nil
 		case !d.Type().IsRegular():
 			return nil
-		case SkipPath(relPath, opt.SkipFiles):
+		case utils.SkipPath(relPath, opt.SkipFiles):
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ func (w *FS) BuildSkipPaths(base string, paths []string) []string {
 		relativePaths = append(relativePaths, relPath)
 	}
 
-	relativePaths = CleanSkipPaths(relativePaths)
+	relativePaths = utils.CleanSkipPaths(relativePaths)
 	return relativePaths
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/walker/tar.go b/pkg/fanal/walker/tar.go
index 51f185d89c50..0c7d0bee9d5d 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/walker/tar.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/walker/tar.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ type LayerTar struct {
 
 func NewLayerTar(opt Option) LayerTar {
 	return LayerTar{
-		skipFiles: CleanSkipPaths(opt.SkipFiles),
-		skipDirs:  CleanSkipPaths(opt.SkipDirs),
+		skipFiles: utils.CleanSkipPaths(opt.SkipFiles),
+		skipDirs:  utils.CleanSkipPaths(opt.SkipDirs),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ func (w LayerTar) Walk(layer io.Reader, analyzeFn WalkFunc) ([]string, []string,
 
 		switch hdr.Typeflag {
 		case tar.TypeDir:
-			if SkipPath(filePath, w.skipDirs) {
+			if utils.SkipPath(filePath, w.skipDirs) {
 				skippedDirs = append(skippedDirs, filePath)
 				continue
 			}
 		case tar.TypeReg:
-			if SkipPath(filePath, w.skipFiles) {
+			if utils.SkipPath(filePath, w.skipFiles) {
 				continue
 			}
 		// symlinks and hardlinks have no content in reader, skip them
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/walker/vm.go b/pkg/fanal/walker/vm.go
index 0bc3e87ac86d..f8ef63ce0252 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/walker/vm.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/walker/vm.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/masahiro331/go-xfs-filesystem/xfs"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/utils"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/vm/filesystem"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/log"
 	xio "github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/x/io"
@@ -131,13 +132,13 @@ func (w *VM) fsWalk(fsys fs.FS, path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
 	pathName := strings.TrimPrefix(filepath.Clean(path), "/")
 	switch {
 	case fi.IsDir():
-		if SkipPath(pathName, w.skipDirs) {
+		if utils.SkipPath(pathName, w.skipDirs) {
 			return filepath.SkipDir
 		}
 		return nil
 	case !fi.Mode().IsRegular():
 		return nil
-	case SkipPath(pathName, w.skipFiles):
+	case utils.SkipPath(pathName, w.skipFiles):
 		return nil
 	case fi.Mode()&0x1000 == 0x1000 ||
 		fi.Mode()&0x2000 == 0x2000 ||
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/walker/walk.go b/pkg/fanal/walker/walk.go
index 52c13808d86b..0785cef41606 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/walker/walk.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/walker/walk.go
@@ -2,14 +2,8 @@ package walker
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
-	"github.com/samber/lo"
 
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/analyzer"
-	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/log"
 )
 
 const defaultSizeThreshold = int64(100) << 20 // 200MB
@@ -27,26 +21,3 @@ type Option struct {
 }
 
 type WalkFunc func(filePath string, info os.FileInfo, opener analyzer.Opener) error
-
-func CleanSkipPaths(skipPaths []string) []string {
-	return lo.Map(skipPaths, func(skipPath string, index int) string {
-		skipPath = filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(skipPath))
-		return strings.TrimLeft(skipPath, "/")
-	})
-}
-
-func SkipPath(path string, skipPaths []string) bool {
-	path = strings.TrimLeft(path, "/")
-
-	// skip files
-	for _, pattern := range skipPaths {
-		match, err := doublestar.Match(pattern, path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false // return early if bad pattern
-		} else if match {
-			log.Debug("Skipping path", log.String("path", path))
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/walker/walk_test.go b/pkg/fanal/walker/walk_test.go
index 0bac6009d04f..09d55527c0fe 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/walker/walk_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/walker/walk_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
-	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/walker"
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/utils"
 )
 
 func TestSkipFile(t *testing.T) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestSkipFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			for file, want := range tt.wants {
 				file = filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(file))
-				got := walker.SkipPath(file, walker.CleanSkipPaths(tt.skipFiles))
+				got := utils.SkipPath(file, utils.CleanSkipPaths(tt.skipFiles))
 				assert.Equal(t, want, got, fmt.Sprintf("skipFiles: %s, file: %s", tt.skipFiles, file))
 			}
 		})
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestSkipDir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			for dir, want := range tt.wants {
 				dir = filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(dir))
-				got := walker.SkipPath(dir, walker.CleanSkipPaths(tt.skipDirs))
+				got := utils.SkipPath(dir, utils.CleanSkipPaths(tt.skipDirs))
 				assert.Equal(t, want, got, fmt.Sprintf("defaultSkipDirs: %s, dir: %s", tt.skipDirs, dir))
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/options.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/options.go
index d256f0a34daa..5a665a05638f 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/options.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/options.go
@@ -84,3 +84,19 @@ func ScannerWithConfigsFileSystem(fsys fs.FS) options.ScannerOption {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func ScannerWithSkipFiles(files []string) options.ScannerOption {
+	return func(s options.ConfigurableScanner) {
+		if tf, ok := s.(ConfigurableTerraformScanner); ok {
+			tf.AddParserOptions(parser.OptionWithSkipFiles(files))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func ScannerWithSkipDirs(dirs []string) options.ScannerOption {
+	return func(s options.ConfigurableScanner) {
+		if tf, ok := s.(ConfigurableTerraformScanner); ok {
+			tf.AddParserOptions(parser.OptionWithSkipDirs(dirs))
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/option.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/option.go
index 277cf2a58c61..f9ada6545225 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/option.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/option.go
@@ -49,3 +49,15 @@ func OptionWithConfigsFS(fsys fs.FS) Option {
 		p.configsFS = fsys
 	}
 }
+
+func OptionWithSkipFiles(files []string) Option {
+	return func(p *Parser) {
+		p.skipPaths = files
+	}
+}
+
+func OptionWithSkipDirs(dirs []string) Option {
+	return func(p *Parser) {
+		p.skipPaths = dirs
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/parser.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/parser.go
index 60940d6c6241..695cbee4fb25 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/parser/parser.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclparse"
 	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/fanal/utils"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/iac/ignore"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/iac/terraform"
 	tfcontext "github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/iac/terraform/context"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ type Parser struct {
 	skipCachedModules bool
 	fsMap             map[string]fs.FS
 	configsFS         fs.FS
+	skipPaths         []string
 }
 
 // New creates a new Parser
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ func (p *Parser) newModuleParser(moduleFS fs.FS, moduleSource, modulePath, modul
 	mp.moduleName = moduleName
 	mp.logger = log.WithPrefix("terraform parser").With("module", moduleName)
 	mp.projectRoot = p.projectRoot
+	mp.skipPaths = p.skipPaths
 	p.children = append(p.children, mp)
 	for _, option := range p.options {
 		option(mp)
@@ -155,6 +158,10 @@ func (p *Parser) ParseFS(ctx context.Context, dir string) error {
 		if info.IsDir() {
 			continue
 		}
+		if utils.SkipPath(realPath, utils.CleanSkipPaths(p.skipPaths)) {
+			p.logger.Debug("Skipping path based on input glob", log.FilePath(realPath), log.Any("glob", p.skipPaths))
+			continue
+		}
 		paths = append(paths, realPath)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(paths)
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/scanner_test.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/scanner_test.go
index 39ee35e81321..a7020b4ddd06 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/scanner_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/terraform/scanner_test.go
@@ -1118,3 +1118,102 @@ func TestSkipDeprecatedGoChecks(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Len(t, results, 1)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestSkipDir(t *testing.T) {
+	fs := testutil.CreateFS(t, map[string]string{
+		"deployments/main.tf": `
+module "use_bad_configuration" {
+  source = "../modules"
+}
+
+module "use_bad_configuration_2" {
+  source = "../modules/modules2"
+}
+`,
+		"modules/misconfig.tf": `data "aws_iam_policy_document" "bad" {
+  statement {
+    actions = [
+      "apigateway:*",
+    ]
+
+    resources = [
+      "*",
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_policy" "bad_configuration" {
+  name_prefix = local.setup_role_name
+  policy      = data.aws_iam_policy_document.bad.json
+}
+`,
+		"modules/modules2/misconfig.tf": `data "aws_iam_policy_document" "bad" {
+  statement {
+    actions = [
+      "apigateway:*",
+    ]
+
+    resources = [
+      "*",
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_policy" "bad_configuration" {
+  name_prefix = local.setup_role_name
+  policy      = data.aws_iam_policy_document.bad.json
+}
+`,
+	})
+
+	t.Run("use skip-dir option", func(t *testing.T) {
+		scanner := New(
+			options.ScannerWithIncludeDeprecatedChecks(true),
+			ScannerWithSkipDirs([]string{"**/modules/**"}),
+			ScannerWithAllDirectories(true),
+		)
+
+		results, err := scanner.ScanFS(context.TODO(), fs, "deployments")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Empty(t, results)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("use skip-files option", func(t *testing.T) {
+		scanner := New(
+			options.ScannerWithIncludeDeprecatedChecks(true),
+			ScannerWithSkipFiles([]string{"**/modules/**/*.tf"}),
+			ScannerWithAllDirectories(true),
+		)
+
+		results, err := scanner.ScanFS(context.TODO(), fs, "deployments")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Empty(t, results)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non existing value for skip-files option", func(t *testing.T) {
+		scanner := New(
+			options.ScannerWithIncludeDeprecatedChecks(true),
+			ScannerWithSkipFiles([]string{"foo/bar*.tf"}),
+			ScannerWithAllDirectories(true),
+		)
+
+		results, err := scanner.ScanFS(context.TODO(), fs, "deployments")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Len(t, results, 4)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty skip-files option", func(t *testing.T) {
+		scanner := New(
+			options.ScannerWithIncludeDeprecatedChecks(true),
+			ScannerWithAllDirectories(true),
+		)
+
+		results, err := scanner.ScanFS(context.TODO(), fs, "deployments")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Len(t, results, 4)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/misconf/scanner.go b/pkg/misconf/scanner.go
index 78f4f4bdb158..7bec3ed6fe14 100644
--- a/pkg/misconf/scanner.go
+++ b/pkg/misconf/scanner.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ type ScannerOption struct {
 	ConfigFileSchemas []*ConfigFileSchema
 
 	DisabledCheckIDs []string
+	SkipFiles        []string
+	SkipDirs         []string
 }
 
 func (o *ScannerOption) Sort() {
@@ -297,6 +299,8 @@ func addTFOpts(opts []options.ScannerOption, scannerOption ScannerOption) ([]opt
 	opts = append(opts,
 		terraform.ScannerWithAllDirectories(true),
 		terraform.ScannerWithSkipDownloaded(scannerOption.TfExcludeDownloaded),
+		terraform.ScannerWithSkipFiles(scannerOption.SkipFiles),
+		terraform.ScannerWithSkipDirs(scannerOption.SkipDirs),
 	)
 
 	return opts, nil