diff --git a/Documentation/criu.txt b/Documentation/criu.txt
index 414c9bb2d..6111c3baf 100644
--- a/Documentation/criu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/criu.txt
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ The 'mode' may be one of the following:
     *strict*::: Restore all cgroups and their properties from the scratch,
                 requiring them to not present in the system.
 
+    *ignore*::: Don't deal with cgroups and pretend that they don't exist.
+
 *--cgroup-root* ['controller'*:*]/'newroot'::
     Change the root cgroup the controller will be installed into. No controller
     means that root is the default for all controllers not specified.
diff --git a/criu/config.c b/criu/config.c
index d5354ae9c..11c49e73b 100644
--- a/criu/config.c
+++ b/criu/config.c
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ static int parse_manage_cgroups(struct cr_options *opts, const char *optarg)
 		opts->manage_cgroups = CG_MODE_FULL;
 	} else if (!strcmp(optarg, "strict")) {
 		opts->manage_cgroups = CG_MODE_STRICT;
+	} else if (!strcmp(optarg, "ignore")) {
+		opts->manage_cgroups = CG_MODE_IGNORE;
 	} else
 		goto Esyntax;
 
diff --git a/criu/crtools.c b/criu/crtools.c
index 9c8064462..55562a63e 100644
--- a/criu/crtools.c
+++ b/criu/crtools.c
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ usage:
 "  --irmap-scan-path FILE\n"
 "                        add a path the irmap hints to scan\n"
 "  --manage-cgroups [m]  dump/restore process' cgroups; argument can be one of\n"
-"                        'none', 'props', 'soft' (default), 'full' or 'strict'\n"
+"                        'none', 'props', 'soft' (default), 'full', 'strict'\n"
+"                        or 'ignore'\n"
 "  --cgroup-root [controller:]/newroot\n"
 "                        on dump: change the root for the controller that will\n"
 "                        be dumped. By default, only the paths with tasks in\n"