diff --git a/python/intellij.python.community.impl.iml b/python/intellij.python.community.impl.iml
index 666c5ffaa222..6517176db4ba 100644
--- a/python/intellij.python.community.impl.iml
+++ b/python/intellij.python.community.impl.iml
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="netty-handler" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="netty-codec-http" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="jsoup" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.extensions" scope="PROVIDED" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml b/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
index 6f5da3b36df5..fd61de48cc49 100644
--- a/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
+++ b/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@
   </extensions>
 
   <extensionPoints>
+    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.skipUnusedLocal" interface="com.jetbrains.python.inspections.PyUnusedLocalInspectionSkipper"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pyReferenceCustomTargetChecker" interface="com.jetbrains.python.psi.impl.references.PyReferenceCustomTargetChecker"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pyTestFixtureExtension" interface="com.jetbrains.python.testing.pyTestFixtures.PyTestFixtureExtension"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pyTestConfigurationSelector"  interface="com.jetbrains.python.testing.PyTestConfigurationSelector"/>
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionSkipper.kt b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionSkipper.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df069f1b0875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionSkipper.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.jetbrains.python.inspections
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
+import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyFunction
+import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.TypeEvalContext
+
+interface PyUnusedLocalInspectionSkipper {
+  fun skip(element: PyFunction, context: TypeEvalContext): Boolean
+
+  companion object {
+    fun skip(element: PyFunction,
+             context: TypeEvalContext) = EP.extensions.any { it.skip(element, context) }
+    val EP = ExtensionPointName.create<PyUnusedLocalInspectionSkipper>("Pythonid.skipUnusedLocal")
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java
index 8d3eb43dd369..f0a8b3c4bfa1 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public class PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor extends PyInspectionVisitor {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void visitPyFunction(final PyFunction node) {
-    if (!PyiUtil.isOverload(node, myTypeEvalContext)) {
+  public void visitPyFunction(@NotNull final PyFunction node) {
+    if (!PyiUtil.isOverload(node, myTypeEvalContext) && !PyUnusedLocalInspectionSkipper.Companion.skip(node, myTypeEvalContext)) {
       processScope(node);
     }
   }