diff --git a/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md b/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md
index e91c838e..57b18004 100644
--- a/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum-macros/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 # Unreleased
 
-- None.
+- **added:** Add `#[from_ref(skip)]` to skip implementing `FromRef` for individual fields ([#1537])
+
+[#1537]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1537
 
 # 0.3.0-rc.2 (8. November, 2022)
 
diff --git a/axum-macros/src/attr_parsing.rs b/axum-macros/src/attr_parsing.rs
index 1ee76de9..bfb5d52f 100644
--- a/axum-macros/src/attr_parsing.rs
+++ b/axum-macros/src/attr_parsing.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ where
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn combine_unary_attribute<K>(a: &mut Option<K>, b: Option<K>) -> syn::Result<()>
+where
+    K: ToTokens,
+{
+    if let Some(kw) = b {
+        if a.is_some() {
+            let kw_name = std::any::type_name::<K>().split("::").last().unwrap();
+            let msg = format!("`{}` specified more than once", kw_name);
+            return Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(kw, msg));
+        }
+        *a = Some(kw);
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn second<T, K>(tuple: (T, K)) -> K {
     tuple.1
 }
diff --git a/axum-macros/src/from_ref.rs b/axum-macros/src/from_ref.rs
index 3ebb4180..72b9d440 100644
--- a/axum-macros/src/from_ref.rs
+++ b/axum-macros/src/from_ref.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, TokenStream};
 use quote::quote_spanned;
-use syn::{spanned::Spanned, Field, ItemStruct};
+use syn::{
+    parse::{Parse, ParseStream},
+    spanned::Spanned,
+    Field, ItemStruct, Token,
+};
+
+use crate::attr_parsing::{combine_unary_attribute, parse_attrs, Combine};
 
 pub(crate) fn expand(item: ItemStruct) -> TokenStream {
     item.fields
@@ -11,6 +17,15 @@ pub(crate) fn expand(item: ItemStruct) -> TokenStream {
 }
 
 fn expand_field(state: &Ident, idx: usize, field: &Field) -> TokenStream {
+    let FieldAttrs { skip } = match parse_attrs("from_ref", &field.attrs) {
+        Ok(attrs) => attrs,
+        Err(err) => return err.into_compile_error(),
+    };
+
+    if skip.is_some() {
+        return TokenStream::default();
+    }
+
     let field_ty = &field.ty;
     let span = field.ty.span();
 
@@ -33,6 +48,42 @@ fn expand_field(state: &Ident, idx: usize, field: &Field) -> TokenStream {
     }
 }
 
+mod kw {
+    syn::custom_keyword!(skip);
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(super) struct FieldAttrs {
+    pub(super) skip: Option<kw::skip>,
+}
+
+impl Parse for FieldAttrs {
+    fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
+        let mut skip = None;
+
+        while !input.is_empty() {
+            let lh = input.lookahead1();
+            if lh.peek(kw::skip) {
+                skip = Some(input.parse()?);
+            } else {
+                return Err(lh.error());
+            }
+
+            let _ = input.parse::<Token![,]>();
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self { skip })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Combine for FieldAttrs {
+    fn combine(mut self, other: Self) -> syn::Result<Self> {
+        let Self { skip } = other;
+        combine_unary_attribute(&mut self.skip, skip)?;
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn ui() {
     crate::run_ui_tests("from_ref");
diff --git a/axum-macros/src/lib.rs b/axum-macros/src/lib.rs
index 6a2b8ea4..217350f6 100644
--- a/axum-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/axum-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ pub fn derive_typed_path(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 /// struct AppState {
 ///     auth_token: AuthToken,
 ///     database_pool: DatabasePool,
+///     // fields can also be skipped
+///     #[from_ref(skip)]
+///     api_token: String,
 /// }
 ///
 /// // So those types can be extracted via `State`
@@ -601,6 +604,7 @@ pub fn derive_typed_path(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 /// let state = AppState {
 ///     auth_token,
 ///     database_pool,
+///     api_token: "secret".to_owned(),
 /// };
 ///
 /// let app = Router::new()
diff --git a/axum-macros/tests/from_ref/pass/skip.rs b/axum-macros/tests/from_ref/pass/skip.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb57aba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/axum-macros/tests/from_ref/pass/skip.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use axum_macros::FromRef;
+
+#[derive(Clone, FromRef)]
+struct AppState {
+    auth_token: String,
+    #[from_ref(skip)]
+    also_string: String,
+}
+
+fn main() {}