diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/fs.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/fs.ts
index 7d7c490126d04b..92d920257c7546 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/fs.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/fs.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ import { core, primordials } from "ext:core/mod.js";
 
 const {
   ArrayBufferIsView,
+  ArrayIsArray,
   BigInt,
   DatePrototypeGetTime,
   DateUTC,
@@ -175,6 +176,8 @@ const {
   Promise,
   PromisePrototypeThen,
   PromiseResolve,
+  RegExpPrototype,
+  RegExpPrototypeTest,
   SafeMap,
   StringPrototypeToString,
   SymbolAsyncIterator,
@@ -3129,10 +3132,107 @@ function asyncIterableToCallback<T>(
   next();
 }
 
+// Mirrors Node's `validateIgnoreOption` /
+// `createIgnoreMatcher` from `lib/internal/fs/watchers.js`.
+// Accepts a string (minimatch glob), RegExp, function, or array of those.
+// Returns a function `(filename) => boolean` (or `null` if `ignore` is nullish).
+type IgnoreOption =
+  | string
+  | RegExp
+  | ((filename: string) => boolean)
+  | (string | RegExp | ((filename: string) => boolean))[]
+  | undefined
+  | null;
+
+// deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
+let _lazyMinimatch: any = null;
+function getMinimatch() {
+  _lazyMinimatch ??= core.createLazyLoader("ext:deno_node/deps/minimatch.js");
+  return _lazyMinimatch();
+}
+
+function validateIgnoreOptionElement(value: unknown, name: string) {
+  if (typeof value === "string") {
+    if (value.length === 0) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(
+        name,
+        value,
+        "must be a non-empty string",
+      );
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  if (ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf(RegExpPrototype, value)) return;
+  if (typeof value === "function") return;
+  throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+    name,
+    ["string", "RegExp", "Function"],
+    value,
+  );
+}
+
+function validateIgnoreOption(value: unknown, name: string) {
+  if (value == null) return;
+  if (ArrayIsArray(value)) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
+      validateIgnoreOptionElement(value[i], `${name}[${i}]`);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  validateIgnoreOptionElement(value, name);
+}
+
+function createIgnoreMatcher(
+  ignore: IgnoreOption,
+): ((filename: string) => boolean) | null {
+  if (ignore == null) return null;
+  const matchers = ArrayIsArray(ignore) ? ignore : [ignore];
+  const compiled: Array<(filename: string) => boolean> = [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < matchers.length; i++) {
+    const matcher = matchers[i];
+    if (typeof matcher === "string") {
+      const { Minimatch } = getMinimatch().default;
+      const mm = new Minimatch(matcher, {
+        nocase: isMacOS || isWindows,
+        windowsPathsNoEscape: true,
+        nonegate: true,
+        nocomment: true,
+        optimizationLevel: 2,
+        platform: isWindows ? "win32" : "posix",
+        // Allow patterns without slashes to match the basename
+        // e.g. '*.log' matches 'subdir/file.log'.
+        matchBase: true,
+      });
+      ArrayPrototypePush(
+        compiled,
+        // deno-lint-ignore prefer-primordials
+        (filename: string) => mm.match(filename),
+      );
+    } else if (ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf(RegExpPrototype, matcher)) {
+      ArrayPrototypePush(
+        compiled,
+        (filename: string) => RegExpPrototypeTest(matcher as RegExp, filename),
+      );
+    } else {
+      // Function
+      ArrayPrototypePush(compiled, matcher as (filename: string) => boolean);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (filename: string) => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < compiled.length; i++) {
+      if (compiled[i](filename)) return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  };
+}
+
 type watchOptions = {
   persistent?: boolean;
   recursive?: boolean;
   encoding?: string;
+  ignore?: IgnoreOption;
 };
 
 type watchListener = (eventType: string, filename: string) => void;
@@ -3171,6 +3271,8 @@ function watch(
   const watchPath = getValidatedPath(filename).toString();
 
   const recursive = options?.recursive || false;
+  validateIgnoreOption(options?.ignore, "options.ignore");
+  const ignoreMatcher = createIgnoreMatcher(options?.ignore);
   const iterator: Deno.FsWatcher = Deno.watchFs(watchPath, {
     recursive,
   });
@@ -3187,6 +3289,9 @@ function watch(
     const filename = recursive
       ? relative(resolvedWatchPath, val.paths[0])
       : basename(val.paths[0]);
+    if (ignoreMatcher !== null && ignoreMatcher(filename)) {
+      return;
+    }
     fsWatcher.emit(
       "change",
       convertDenoFsEventToNodeFsEvent(val.kind),
@@ -3227,12 +3332,15 @@ function watchPromise(
     recursive?: boolean;
     encoding?: string;
     signal?: AbortSignal;
+    ignore?: IgnoreOption;
   },
 ): AsyncIterable<{ eventType: string; filename: string | Buffer | null }> {
   // deno-lint-ignore prefer-primordials
   const watchPath = getValidatedPath(filename).toString();
 
   const recursive = options?.recursive ?? false;
+  validateIgnoreOption(options?.ignore, "options.ignore");
+  const ignoreMatcher = createIgnoreMatcher(options?.ignore);
   const watcher = Deno.watchFs(watchPath, {
     recursive,
   });
@@ -3255,20 +3363,25 @@ function watchPromise(
     async next(): Promise<
       IteratorResult<{ eventType: string; filename: string | Buffer | null }>
     > {
-      // deno-lint-ignore prefer-primordials
-      const iterResult = await fsIterable.next();
-      if (iterResult.done) return iterResult;
+      while (true) {
+        // deno-lint-ignore prefer-primordials
+        const iterResult = await fsIterable.next();
+        if (iterResult.done) return iterResult;
 
-      const eventType = convertDenoFsEventToNodeFsEvent(
-        iterResult.value.kind,
-      );
-      const fname = recursive
-        ? relative(resolvedWatchPath, iterResult.value.paths[0])
-        : basename(iterResult.value.paths[0]);
-      return {
-        value: { eventType, filename: fname },
-        done: false,
-      };
+        const eventType = convertDenoFsEventToNodeFsEvent(
+          iterResult.value.kind,
+        );
+        const fname = recursive
+          ? relative(resolvedWatchPath, iterResult.value.paths[0])
+          : basename(iterResult.value.paths[0]);
+        if (ignoreMatcher !== null && ignoreMatcher(fname)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        return {
+          value: { eventType, filename: fname },
+          done: false,
+        };
+      }
     },
     // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
     return(value?: any): Promise<IteratorResult<any>> {
diff --git a/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc b/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
index 8ddb94991ed8a2..657cfc614ed8d2 100644
--- a/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
+++ b/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
@@ -1089,6 +1089,11 @@
     "parallel/test-fs-promises-readfile-empty.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-promises-readfile-with-fd.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-promises-statfs-validate-path.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-ignore-function.mjs": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-ignore-glob.mjs": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-ignore-invalid.mjs": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-ignore-mixed.mjs": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-ignore-regexp.mjs": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-promises-write-optional-params.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-promises-writefile-typedarray.js": {},
@@ -1190,6 +1195,15 @@
     "parallel/test-fs-utimes-y2K38.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-utimes.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-watch-file-enoent-after-deletion.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-function.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-glob.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-invalid.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-mixed.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-recursive-glob-subdirectories.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-recursive-glob.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-recursive-mixed.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-recursive-regexp.js": {},
+    "parallel/test-fs-watch-ignore-regexp.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-watch-recursive-add-file-to-existing-subfolder.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-watch-recursive-add-folder.js": {},
     "parallel/test-fs-watch-recursive-delete.js": {},