diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/IPngEncoderOptions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/IPngEncoderOptions.cs
index e5d0b09cf..770afa3c5 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/IPngEncoderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/IPngEncoderOptions.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
         PngInterlaceMode? InterlaceMethod { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets chunk filter method.
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the metadata should be ignored when the image is being encoded.
+        /// When set to true, all ancillary chunks will be skipped.
+        /// </summary>
+        bool IgnoreMetadata { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the chunk filter method. This allows to filter ancillary chunks.
         /// </summary>
         PngChunkFilter? ChunkFilter { get; }
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunkFilter.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunkFilter.cs
index 04f27fb73..31d3012a6 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunkFilter.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunkFilter.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
         ExcludeTextChunks = 1 << 3,
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// All possible optimizations.
+        /// All ancillary chunks will be excluded.
         /// </summary>
         ExcludeAll = ~None
     }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoder.cs
index 53cec6e4e..062e56c1d 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoder.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoder.cs
@@ -34,22 +34,19 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public IQuantizer Quantizer { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the transparency threshold.
-        /// </summary>
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
         public byte Threshold { get; set; } = byte.MaxValue;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public PngInterlaceMode? InterlaceMethod { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the chunk filter. This can be used to exclude some ancillary chunks from being written.
-        /// </summary>
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
         public PngChunkFilter? ChunkFilter { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether fully transparent pixels should be converted to black pixels.
-        /// </summary>
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public bool IgnoreMetadata { get; set; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
         public bool MakeTransparentBlack { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptions.cs
index 2b43edd12..d0eb1a843 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptions.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
             this.Threshold = source.Threshold;
             this.InterlaceMethod = source.InterlaceMethod;
             this.ChunkFilter = source.ChunkFilter;
+            this.IgnoreMetadata = source.IgnoreMetadata;
             this.MakeTransparentBlack = source.MakeTransparentBlack;
         }
 
@@ -60,11 +61,12 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public PngInterlaceMode? InterlaceMethod { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a the optimize method.
-        /// </summary>
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
         public PngChunkFilter? ChunkFilter { get; set; }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public bool IgnoreMetadata { get; set; }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public bool MakeTransparentBlack { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptionsHelpers.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptionsHelpers.cs
index 3a8e528cc..52d7fe6d0 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptionsHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderOptionsHelpers.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
             use16Bit = options.BitDepth == PngBitDepth.Bit16;
             bytesPerPixel = CalculateBytesPerPixel(options.ColorType, use16Bit);
 
+            if (options.IgnoreMetadata)
+            {
+                options.ChunkFilter = PngChunkFilter.ExcludeAll;
+            }
+
             // Ensure we are not allowing impossible combinations.
             if (!PngConstants.ColorTypes.ContainsKey(options.ColorType.Value))
             {
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngEncoderTests.Chunks.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngEncoderTests.Chunks.cs
index fa1544816..0418b36c8 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngEncoderTests.Chunks.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngEncoderTests.Chunks.cs
@@ -144,6 +144,58 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Png
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void IgnoreMetadata_WillExcludeAllAncillaryChunks()
+        {
+            // arrange
+            var testFile = TestFile.Create(TestImages.Png.PngWithMetadata);
+            using Image<Rgba32> input = testFile.CreateRgba32Image();
+            using var memStream = new MemoryStream();
+            var encoder = new PngEncoder() { IgnoreMetadata = true, TextCompressionThreshold = 8 };
+            var expectedChunkTypes = new Dictionary<PngChunkType, bool>()
+            {
+                { PngChunkType.Header, false },
+                { PngChunkType.Palette, false },
+                { PngChunkType.Data, false },
+                { PngChunkType.End, false }
+            };
+            var excludedChunkTypes = new List<PngChunkType>()
+            {
+                PngChunkType.Gamma,
+                PngChunkType.Exif,
+                PngChunkType.Physical,
+                PngChunkType.Text,
+                PngChunkType.InternationalText,
+                PngChunkType.CompressedText,
+            };
+
+            // act
+            input.Save(memStream, encoder);
+
+            // assert
+            Assert.True(excludedChunkTypes.Count > 0);
+            memStream.Position = 0;
+            Span<byte> bytesSpan = memStream.ToArray().AsSpan(8); // Skip header.
+            while (bytesSpan.Length > 0)
+            {
+                int length = BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32BigEndian(bytesSpan.Slice(0, 4));
+                var chunkType = (PngChunkType)BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32BigEndian(bytesSpan.Slice(4, 4));
+                Assert.False(excludedChunkTypes.Contains(chunkType), $"{chunkType} chunk should have been excluded");
+                if (expectedChunkTypes.ContainsKey(chunkType))
+                {
+                    expectedChunkTypes[chunkType] = true;
+                }
+
+                bytesSpan = bytesSpan.Slice(4 + 4 + length + 4);
+            }
+
+            // all expected chunk types should have been seen at least once.
+            foreach (PngChunkType chunkType in expectedChunkTypes.Keys)
+            {
+                Assert.True(expectedChunkTypes[chunkType], $"We expect {chunkType} chunk to be present at least once");
+            }
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(PngChunkFilter.ExcludeGammaChunk)]
         [InlineData(PngChunkFilter.ExcludeExifChunk)]