diff --git a/src/Generator/Passes/CheckMacrosPass.cs b/src/Generator/Passes/CheckMacrosPass.cs
index d4174b53..69d3f802 100644
--- a/src/Generator/Passes/CheckMacrosPass.cs
+++ b/src/Generator/Passes/CheckMacrosPass.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using CppSharp.AST;
 
@@ -73,6 +74,19 @@ namespace CppSharp.Passes
                 decl.IsGenerated = false;
         }
 
+        public override bool VisitTranslationUnit(TranslationUnit unit)
+        {
+            var expansions = unit.PreprocessedEntities.OfType<MacroExpansion>();
+
+            if (expansions.Any(e => e.Text == Prefix + "_IGNORE_FILE"))
+            {
+                unit.IsGenerated = false;
+                unit.ExplicityIgnored = true;
+            }
+
+            return base.VisitTranslationUnit(unit);
+        }
+
         public override bool VisitClassDecl(Class @class)
         {
             var expansions = @class.PreprocessedEntities.OfType<MacroExpansion>();