diff --git a/src/functions/schema-path.ts b/src/functions/schema-path.ts
index 785c68977..60e1f0730 100644
--- a/src/functions/schema-path.ts
+++ b/src/functions/schema-path.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export interface ISchemaPathOptions {
   field?: string;
   // The oasVersion, either 2 or 3 for OpenAPI Spec versions, could also be 3.1 or a larger number if there's a need for it, otherwise JSON Schema
   oasVersion?: Optional<number>;
+  // Whether to ignore circular schemas (true) or not (false)
+  ignoreCircular?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type SchemaPathRule = IRule<RuleFunction.SCHEMAPATH, ISchemaPathOptions>;
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ export const schemaPath: IFunction<ISchemaPathOptions> = (targetVal, opts, paths
 
   const results: IFunctionResult[] = [];
 
+  if (opts.ignoreCircular && JSONPath({ path: '$..$ref', json: schemaObject }).length > 0) {
+    return results;
+  }
+
   for (const relevantItem of relevantItems) {
     const result = schema(
       relevantItem.value,