diff --git a/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOAgent.cs b/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOAgent.cs
index e7ae7e12..06ea01d0 100644
--- a/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOAgent.cs
+++ b/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOAgent.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ namespace Pathfinding.RVO.Sampled {
 
 		#region IAgent Properties
 
+		public string AgentName {get; set;}
+
+		public string IgnoredAgentName {get; set;}
+
 		/** \copydoc Pathfinding::RVO::IAgent::Position */
 		public Vector2 Position { get; set; }
 
@@ -266,7 +270,7 @@ namespace Pathfinding.RVO.Sampled {
 		 */
 		internal float InsertAgentNeighbour (Agent agent, float rangeSq) {
 			// Check if this agent collides with the other agent
-			if (this == agent || (agent.layer & collidesWith) == 0) return rangeSq;
+			if (this == agent || (agent.layer & collidesWith) == 0 || (this.IgnoredAgentName != "" && this.IgnoredAgentName == agent.AgentName)) return rangeSq;
 
 			// 2D distance
 			float dist = (agent.position - position).sqrMagnitude;
diff --git a/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOCoreSimulator.cs b/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOCoreSimulator.cs
index 10446f4a..9747797e 100644
--- a/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOCoreSimulator.cs
+++ b/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/Core/RVO/RVOCoreSimulator.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ namespace Pathfinding.RVO {
 	 * \astarpro
 	 */
 	public interface IAgent {
+		public string AgentName {get; set;}
+		public string IgnoredAgentName {get; set;}
+
 		/** Position of the agent.
 		 * The agent does not move by itself, a movement script has to be responsible for
 		 * reading the CalculatedTargetPoint and CalculatedSpeed properties and move towards that point with that speed.
diff --git a/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/RVO/RVOController.cs b/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/RVO/RVOController.cs
index f6f3e06a..32a3dcaa 100644
--- a/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/RVO/RVOController.cs
+++ b/Assets/AstarPathfindingProject/RVO/RVOController.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ namespace Pathfinding.RVO {
 		/** Enables drawing debug information in the scene view */
 		public bool debug;
 
+		public string agentName;
+		public string ignoredAgentName;
+
 		/** Current position of the agent.
 		 * Note that this is only updated every local avoidance simulation step, not every frame.
 		 */
@@ -317,6 +320,8 @@ namespace Pathfinding.RVO {
 			rvoAgent.Layer = layer;
 			rvoAgent.CollidesWith = collidesWith;
 			rvoAgent.Priority = priority;
+			rvoAgent.agentName = agentName;
+			rvoAgent.ignoredAgentName = ignoredAgentName;
 
 			float elevation;
 			// Use the position from the movement script if one is attached