diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-code-approval.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-code-approval.yml
index daf3caf..46d3b8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-code-approval.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-code-approval.yml
@@ -100,3 +100,6 @@ jobs:
       # Do not run this is the PR is created by dependabot
       - name: "Check for changes"
         run: git diff --exit-code
+
+      - name: "Check for new files"
+        run: git diff --exit-code --name-status
diff --git a/examples/basic_ignores/main.go b/examples/basic_ignores/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f93f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic_ignores/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/jacobbrewer1/patcher"
+)
+
+type Person struct {
+	ID           *int    `json:"id" db:"id"`
+	Name         *string `json:"name" db:"name"`
+	IgnoredField *string `json:"ignored_field" patcher:"-"`
+}
+
+type PersonWhere struct {
+	ID *int `db:"id"`
+}
+
+func NewPersonWhere(id int) *PersonWhere {
+	return &PersonWhere{
+		ID: &id,
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *PersonWhere) Where() (string, []any) {
+	return "id = ?", []any{*p.ID}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	const jsonStr = `{"id": 1, "name": "john", "ignored_field": "ignored"}`
+
+	person := new(Person)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), person); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	condition := NewPersonWhere(*person.ID)
+
+	sqlStr, args, err := patcher.GenerateSQL(
+		person,
+		patcher.WithTable("people"),
+		patcher.WithWhere(condition),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(sqlStr)
+	fmt.Println(args)
+}
diff --git a/examples/loader_with_opts/main.go b/examples/loader_with_opts/main.go
index fb8a2da..56fb22f 100644
--- a/examples/loader_with_opts/main.go
+++ b/examples/loader_with_opts/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jacobbrewer1/patcher"
 )
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ type Something struct {
 	IgnoredField       string
 	IgnoredFieldTwo    string
 	IgnoredFieldByFunc string
+	IgnoredByTag       string `patcher:"-"`
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 		IgnoredField:       "Ignored",
 		IgnoredFieldTwo:    "Ignored Two",
 		IgnoredFieldByFunc: "Ignored By Func",
+		IgnoredByTag:       "Ignored By Tag",
 	}
 
 	n := Something{
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 		IgnoredField:       "Diff Ignored",
 		IgnoredFieldTwo:    "Diff Ignored Two",
 		IgnoredFieldByFunc: "Diff Ignored By Func",
+		IgnoredByTag:       "Diff Ignored By Tag",
 	}
 
 	// The patcher.LoadDiff function will apply the changes from n to s.
@@ -48,8 +53,8 @@ func main() {
 		patcher.WithIncludeZeroValues(),
 		patcher.WithIncludeNilValues(),
 		patcher.WithIgnoredFields("ignoredField", "IgNoReDfIeLdTwO"),
-		patcher.WithIgnoredFieldsFunc(func(fieldName string, oldValue, newValue interface{}) bool {
-			return fieldName == "ignoredfieldbyfunc"
+		patcher.WithIgnoredFieldsFunc(func(field reflect.StructField, oldValue, newValue interface{}) bool {
+			return strings.ToLower(field.Name) == "ignoredfieldbyfunc"
 		}),
 	); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Ignored
 	// Ignored Two
 	// Ignored By Func
+	// Ignored By Tag
 	fmt.Println(s.Number)
 	fmt.Println(s.Text)
 	fmt.Println(s.PrePopulated)
@@ -74,4 +80,5 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Println(s.IgnoredField)
 	fmt.Println(s.IgnoredFieldTwo)
 	fmt.Println(s.IgnoredFieldByFunc)
+	fmt.Println(s.IgnoredByTag)
 }
diff --git a/loader.go b/loader.go
index e699fe0..b24a91f 100644
--- a/loader.go
+++ b/loader.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidType = errors.New("invalid type: must pointer to struct")
 )
 
+type IgnoreFieldsFunc func(field reflect.StructField, oldValue, newValue any) bool
+
 type loader struct {
 	// includeZeroValues determines whether zero values should be included in the patch
 	includeZeroValues bool
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ type loader struct {
 	// ignoreFieldsFunc is a function that determines whether a field should be ignored
 	//
 	// This func should return true is the field is to be ignored
-	ignoreFieldsFunc func(fieldName string, oldValue, newValue any) bool
+	ignoreFieldsFunc IgnoreFieldsFunc
 }
 
 func newLoader(opts ...LoaderOption) *loader {
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ func (l *loader) checkSkipField(field reflect.StructField, oldValue, newValue an
 		return true
 	}
 
-	return l.ignoredFieldsCheck(strings.ToLower(field.Name), oldValue, newValue)
+	return l.ignoredFieldsCheck(field, oldValue, newValue)
 }
 
 func (l *loader) checkSkipTag(field reflect.StructField) bool {
@@ -137,12 +139,12 @@ func (l *loader) checkSkipTag(field reflect.StructField) bool {
 	return slices.Contains(tags, TagOptSkip)
 }
 
-func (l *loader) ignoredFieldsCheck(field string, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
-	return l.checkIgnoredFields(field) || l.checkIgnoreFunc(field, oldValue, newValue)
+func (l *loader) ignoredFieldsCheck(field reflect.StructField, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
+	return l.checkIgnoredFields(strings.ToLower(field.Name)) || l.checkIgnoreFunc(field, oldValue, newValue)
 }
 
-func (l *loader) checkIgnoreFunc(field string, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
-	return l.ignoreFieldsFunc != nil && l.ignoreFieldsFunc(strings.ToLower(field), oldValue, newValue)
+func (l *loader) checkIgnoreFunc(field reflect.StructField, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
+	return l.ignoreFieldsFunc != nil && l.ignoreFieldsFunc(field, oldValue, newValue)
 }
 
 func (l *loader) checkIgnoredFields(field string) bool {
diff --git a/loader_opts.go b/loader_opts.go
index 169ec00..50a1fec 100644
--- a/loader_opts.go
+++ b/loader_opts.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package patcher
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
 
 type LoaderOption func(*loader)
 
@@ -43,10 +45,7 @@ func WithIgnoredFields(fields ...string) func(*loader) {
 }
 
 // WithIgnoredFieldsFunc sets a function that determines whether a field should be ignored when patching.
-//
-// Note. The field name is wrapped with `strings.ToLower` before being passed to this function, so please ensure that
-// the field name is in lowercase if you are comparing it with this function.
-func WithIgnoredFieldsFunc(f func(fieldName string, oldValue, newValue any) bool) func(*loader) {
+func WithIgnoredFieldsFunc(f IgnoreFieldsFunc) func(*loader) {
 	return func(l *loader) {
 		if f == nil {
 			return
diff --git a/loader_test.go b/loader_test.go
index 25c6613..f62b536 100644
--- a/loader_test.go
+++ b/loader_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package patcher
 
 import (
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
@@ -606,8 +608,8 @@ func (s *loadDiffSuite) TestLoadDiff_Success_IgnoreFields() {
 
 func (s *loadDiffSuite) TestLoadDiff_Success_IgnoreFieldsFunc() {
 	l := s.l
-	l.ignoreFieldsFunc = func(fieldName string, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
-		return fieldName == "name"
+	l.ignoreFieldsFunc = func(field reflect.StructField, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
+		return strings.ToLower(field.Name) == "name"
 	}
 
 	type testStruct struct {
@@ -634,8 +636,8 @@ func (s *loadDiffSuite) TestLoadDiff_Success_IgnoreFieldsFunc() {
 func (s *loadDiffSuite) TestLoadDiff_Success_IgnoreFieldsFuncAndIgnoreFields() {
 	l := s.l
 	l.ignoreFields = []string{"name"}
-	l.ignoreFieldsFunc = func(fieldName string, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
-		return fieldName == "name"
+	l.ignoreFieldsFunc = func(field reflect.StructField, oldValue, newValue any) bool {
+		return strings.ToLower(field.Name) == "name"
 	}
 
 	type testStruct struct {