diff --git a/pkg/addon-operator/operator.go b/pkg/addon-operator/operator.go
index 0f7d43e25..184fdfed9 100644
--- a/pkg/addon-operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/addon-operator/operator.go
@@ -352,13 +352,7 @@ func (op *AddonOperator) WithLeaderElector(config *leaderelection.LeaderElection
 // Returns an error if any initialization step fails.
 func (op *AddonOperator) Setup() error {
 	// Helm client factory.
-	helmClient, err := helm.InitHelmClientFactory(&helm.Options{
-		Namespace:     op.DefaultNamespace,
-		HistoryMax:    app.Helm3HistoryMax,
-		Timeout:       app.Helm3Timeout,
-		Logger:        op.Logger.Named("helm"),
-		MetricStorage: op.MetricStorage,
-	}, op.CRDExtraLabels)
+	helmClient, err := helm.InitHelmClientFactory(op.helmOptions(), op.CRDExtraLabels)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("initialize Helm: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -395,6 +389,17 @@ func (op *AddonOperator) Setup() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (op *AddonOperator) helmOptions() *helm.Options {
+	return &helm.Options{
+		Namespace:         op.DefaultNamespace,
+		HistoryMax:        app.Helm3HistoryMax,
+		Timeout:           app.Helm3Timeout,
+		HelmIgnoreRelease: app.HelmIgnoreRelease,
+		Logger:            op.Logger.Named("helm"),
+		MetricStorage:     op.MetricStorage,
+	}
+}
+
 func ensureTempDirectory(inDir string) (string, error) {
 	// No path to temporary dir, use default temporary dir.
 	if inDir == "" {
diff --git a/pkg/addon-operator/operator_test.go b/pkg/addon-operator/operator_test.go
index a1ef8ebd7..11555c294 100644
--- a/pkg/addon-operator/operator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/addon-operator/operator_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/flant/addon-operator/pkg/addon-operator/converge"
+	"github.com/flant/addon-operator/pkg/app"
 	mockhelm "github.com/flant/addon-operator/pkg/helm/test/mock"
 	mockhelmresmgr "github.com/flant/addon-operator/pkg/helm_resources_manager/test/mock"
 	. "github.com/flant/addon-operator/pkg/hook/types"
@@ -172,6 +173,18 @@ func assembleTestAddonOperator(t *testing.T, configPath string) (*AddonOperator,
 	return op, result
 }
 
+func TestHelmOptionsIncludeIgnoredRelease(t *testing.T) {
+	g := NewWithT(t)
+	previous := app.HelmIgnoreRelease
+	app.HelmIgnoreRelease = "release-to-ignore"
+	t.Cleanup(func() { app.HelmIgnoreRelease = previous })
+
+	op := &AddonOperator{Logger: log.NewNop()}
+	options := op.helmOptions()
+
+	g.Expect(options.HelmIgnoreRelease).To(Equal("release-to-ignore"))
+}
+
 func convergeDone(op *AddonOperator) func(g Gomega) bool {
 	return func(g Gomega) bool {
 		if op.IsStartupConvergeDone() {