diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71fa4ee90..57b9ff6fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   [Martin Redington](https://github.com/mildm8nnered)
   [#5681](https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint/issues/5681)
 
+* Add new `allowed_types` option to `legacy_objc_type` rule to ignore certain types.  
+  [kapitoshka438](https://github.com/kapitoshka438)
+  [#3723](https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint/issues/3723)
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 * Fix issue referencing the Tests package from another Bazel workspace.  
diff --git a/Source/SwiftLintBuiltInRules/Rules/Idiomatic/LegacyObjcTypeRule.swift b/Source/SwiftLintBuiltInRules/Rules/Idiomatic/LegacyObjcTypeRule.swift
index 35748478e..3df7918f1 100644
--- a/Source/SwiftLintBuiltInRules/Rules/Idiomatic/LegacyObjcTypeRule.swift
+++ b/Source/SwiftLintBuiltInRules/Rules/Idiomatic/LegacyObjcTypeRule.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ private let legacyObjcTypes = [
 
 @SwiftSyntaxRule(optIn: true)
 struct LegacyObjcTypeRule: Rule {
-    var configuration = SeverityConfiguration<Self>(.warning)
+    var configuration = LegacyObjcTypeConfiguration()
 
     static let description = RuleDescription(
         identifier: "legacy_objc_type",
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ struct LegacyObjcTypeRule: Rule {
             Example("var className: String = NSStringFromClass(MyClass.self)"),
             Example("_ = URLRequest.CachePolicy.reloadIgnoringLocalCacheData"),
             Example(#"_ = Notification.Name("com.apple.Music.playerInfo")"#),
+            Example(#"""
+            class SLURLRequest: NSURLRequest {
+                let data = NSData()
+                let number: NSNumber
+            }
+            """#, configuration: ["allowed_types": ["NSData", "NSNumber", "NSURLRequest"]]),
         ],
         triggeringExamples: [
             Example("var array = ↓NSArray()"),
@@ -71,20 +77,24 @@ struct LegacyObjcTypeRule: Rule {
 private extension LegacyObjcTypeRule {
     final class Visitor: ViolationsSyntaxVisitor<ConfigurationType> {
         override func visitPost(_ node: IdentifierTypeSyntax) {
-            if let typeName = node.typeName, legacyObjcTypes.contains(typeName) {
+            if let typeName = node.typeName,
+               legacyObjcTypes.contains(typeName),
+               !configuration.allowedTypes.contains(typeName) {
                 violations.append(node.positionAfterSkippingLeadingTrivia)
             }
         }
 
         override func visitPost(_ node: DeclReferenceExprSyntax) {
-            if legacyObjcTypes.contains(node.baseName.text) {
+            if legacyObjcTypes.contains(node.baseName.text),
+               !configuration.allowedTypes.contains(node.baseName.text) {
                 violations.append(node.baseName.positionAfterSkippingLeadingTrivia)
             }
         }
 
         override func visitPost(_ node: MemberTypeSyntax) {
             guard node.baseType.as(IdentifierTypeSyntax.self)?.typeName == "Foundation",
-               legacyObjcTypes.contains(node.name.text)
+                  legacyObjcTypes.contains(node.name.text),
+                  !configuration.allowedTypes.contains(node.name.text)
             else {
                 return
             }
diff --git a/Source/SwiftLintBuiltInRules/Rules/RuleConfigurations/LegacyObjcTypeConfiguration.swift b/Source/SwiftLintBuiltInRules/Rules/RuleConfigurations/LegacyObjcTypeConfiguration.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ecb334a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/SwiftLintBuiltInRules/Rules/RuleConfigurations/LegacyObjcTypeConfiguration.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import SwiftLintCore
+
+@AutoConfigParser
+struct LegacyObjcTypeConfiguration: SeverityBasedRuleConfiguration {
+    typealias Parent = LegacyObjcTypeRule
+
+    @ConfigurationElement(key: "severity")
+    private(set) var severityConfiguration = SeverityConfiguration<Parent>.warning
+    @ConfigurationElement(key: "allowed_types")
+    private(set) var allowedTypes: Set<String> = []
+}
diff --git a/Tests/IntegrationTests/default_rule_configurations.yml b/Tests/IntegrationTests/default_rule_configurations.yml
index 44a66483b..a6400d28b 100644
--- a/Tests/IntegrationTests/default_rule_configurations.yml
+++ b/Tests/IntegrationTests/default_rule_configurations.yml
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ legacy_nsgeometry_functions:
     opt-in: false
 legacy_objc_type:
   severity: warning
+  allowed_types: []
   meta:
     opt-in: true
 legacy_random: