diff --git a/controller/appcontroller.go b/controller/appcontroller.go
index ee913902aa529..9714f5728643b 100644
--- a/controller/appcontroller.go
+++ b/controller/appcontroller.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -637,6 +638,9 @@ func (ctrl *ApplicationController) getResourceTree(destCluster *appv1.Cluster, a
 	orphanedNodesKeys := make([]kube.ResourceKey, 0)
 	for k := range orphanedNodesMap {
 		if k.Namespace != "" && proj.IsGroupKindNamePermitted(k.GroupKind(), k.Name, true) && !isKnownOrphanedResourceExclusion(k, proj) {
+			if ctrl.isOrphanedResourceIgnored(k) {
+				continue
+			}
 			orphanedNodesKeys = append(orphanedNodesKeys, k)
 		}
 	}
@@ -2778,3 +2782,19 @@ func (ctrl *ApplicationController) applyImpersonationConfig(config *rest.Config,
 }
 
 type ClusterFilterFunction func(c *appv1.Cluster, distributionFunction sharding.DistributionFunction) bool
+
+// isOrphanedResourceIgnored returns true if the given resource key matches
+// any name pattern defined in resource.orphaned.ignore.namePatterns in argocd-cm
+func (ctrl *ApplicationController) isOrphanedResourceIgnored(key kube.ResourceKey) bool {
+	config, err := ctrl.settingsMgr.GetOrphanedIgnoreConfig()
+	if err != nil || config == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, pattern := range config.NamePatterns {
+		matched, err := filepath.Match(pattern, key.Name)
+		if err == nil && matched {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/util/settings/settings.go b/util/settings/settings.go
index 23dec85355b9d..728d1a9453d26 100644
--- a/util/settings/settings.go
+++ b/util/settings/settings.go
@@ -483,7 +483,10 @@ const (
 	resourceInclusionsKey = "resource.inclusions"
 	// resourceIgnoreResourceUpdatesEnabledKey is the key to a boolean determining whether the resourceIgnoreUpdates feature is enabled
 	resourceIgnoreResourceUpdatesEnabledKey = "resource.ignoreResourceUpdatesEnabled"
+	// resourceOrphanedIgnorePatternsKey is the key to a list of name patterns for orphaned resources to ignore
+	resourceOrphanedIgnorePatternsKey = "resource.orphaned.ignore.namePatterns"
 	// resourceSensitiveAnnotationsKey is the key to list of annotations to mask in secret resource
+	// resourceSensitiveAnnotationsKey is the key to list of annotations to mask
 	resourceSensitiveAnnotationsKey = "resource.sensitive.mask.annotations"
 	// resourceCustomLabelKey is the key to a custom label to show in node info, if present
 	resourceCustomLabelsKey = "resource.customLabels"
@@ -2769,7 +2772,6 @@ func (m myFeatureGates) Enabled(f clientgofeatures.Feature) bool {
 	return m.parent.Enabled(f)
 }
 
-// FIXME: remove when we have proper WatchListClient and InOrderInformers support
 func ConfigureGoClientFeatures() {
 	gates := clientgofeatures.FeatureGates()
 	isWatchListEnabled := gates.Enabled(clientgofeatures.WatchListClient)
@@ -2780,3 +2782,28 @@ func ConfigureGoClientFeatures() {
 		clientgofeatures.ReplaceFeatureGates(wrapper)
 	}
 }
+// OrphanedResourceIgnoreConfig holds name patterns for orphaned resources
+// that should be ignored during reconciliation
+
+type OrphanedResourceIgnoreConfig struct {
+	NamePatterns []string `json:"namePatterns,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// GetOrphanedIgnoreConfig returns the config for ignoring orphaned
+// resources by name pattern, read from argocd-cm
+func (mgr *SettingsManager) GetOrphanedIgnoreConfig() (*OrphanedResourceIgnoreConfig, error) {
+	argoCDCM, err := mgr.getConfigMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	val, ok := argoCDCM.Data[resourceOrphanedIgnorePatternsKey]
+	if !ok || val == "" {
+		return &OrphanedResourceIgnoreConfig{}, nil
+	}
+	config := &OrphanedResourceIgnoreConfig{}
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(val), config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse %s: %w", resourceOrphanedIgnorePatternsKey, err)
+	}
+	return config, nil
+}
diff --git a/util/settings/settings_test.go b/util/settings/settings_test.go
index 25674693cd10d..4551d28fa8401 100644
--- a/util/settings/settings_test.go
+++ b/util/settings/settings_test.go
@@ -2944,6 +2944,30 @@ func TestEscapeDollarSignsInMap(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+
+func TestGetOrphanedIgnoreConfig_NoConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	_, settingsManager := fixtures(t.Context(), nil)
+	config, err := settingsManager.GetOrphanedIgnoreConfig()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, config.NamePatterns)
+}
+
+func TestGetOrphanedIgnoreConfig_WithPatterns(t *testing.T) {
+	_, settingsManager := fixtures(t.Context(), map[string]string{
+		"resource.orphaned.ignore.namePatterns": "namePatterns:\n  - \"*-cluster-config-map\"\n  - \"*-config-map\"\n",
+	})
+	config, err := settingsManager.GetOrphanedIgnoreConfig()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"*-cluster-config-map", "*-config-map"}, config.NamePatterns)
+}
+
+func TestGetOrphanedIgnoreConfig_NoMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	_, settingsManager := fixtures(t.Context(), map[string]string{
+		"resource.orphaned.ignore.namePatterns": "namePatterns:\n  - \"*-cluster-config-map\"\n",
+	})
+	config, err := settingsManager.GetOrphanedIgnoreConfig()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotContains(t, config.NamePatterns, "some-other-resource")
 func TestSettingsManager_GetWebhookRefreshJitter(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name          string