diff --git a/.changeset/smart-lobsters-roll.md b/.changeset/smart-lobsters-roll.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd6f2812d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smart-lobsters-roll.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"stylelint": patch
+---
+
+Added: `ignore: ["custom-elements"]` to `selector-max-type`
diff --git a/lib/rules/selector-max-type/README.md b/lib/rules/selector-max-type/README.md
index ab890d00a8..610b554e4a 100644
--- a/lib/rules/selector-max-type/README.md
+++ b/lib/rules/selector-max-type/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ div a .foo:not(span) {}
 
 ## Optional secondary options
 
-### `ignore: ["child", "compounded", "descendant", "next-sibling"]`
+### `ignore: ["child", "compounded", "custom-elements", "descendant", "next-sibling"]`
 
 #### `"child"`
 
@@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ div span a.foo {}
 div span a#bar {}
 ```
 
+#### `"custom-elements"`
+
+Discount custom elements.
+
+For example, with `2`:
+
+The following pattern is _not_ considered a problem:
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+```css
+div a foo-bar {}
+```
+
 #### `"descendant"`
 
 Discount descendant type selectors.
diff --git a/lib/rules/selector-max-type/__tests__/index.js b/lib/rules/selector-max-type/__tests__/index.js
index 7177a7bbc2..6d13b85ca4 100644
--- a/lib/rules/selector-max-type/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/selector-max-type/__tests__/index.js
@@ -489,6 +489,43 @@ testRule({
 	],
 });
 
+testRule({
+	ruleName,
+	config: [0, { ignore: ['custom-elements'] }],
+
+	accept: [
+		{
+			code: 'x-foo {}',
+			description: 'custom element',
+		},
+		{
+			code: '.foo x-foo {}',
+			description: 'class and custom element',
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'custom-element::part(foo) {}',
+			description: 'shadow parts',
+		},
+	],
+
+	reject: [
+		{
+			code: 'x-Foo {}',
+			description: 'invalid custom element',
+			message: messages.expected('x-Foo', 0),
+			line: 1,
+			column: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			code: 'x-foo div {}',
+			description: 'custom element and type',
+			message: messages.expected('x-foo div', 0),
+			line: 1,
+			column: 1,
+		},
+	],
+});
+
 testRule({
 	ruleName,
 	config: [0, { ignore: ['compounded', 'descendant'] }],
diff --git a/lib/rules/selector-max-type/index.js b/lib/rules/selector-max-type/index.js
index b48ff5fe22..e9c331c562 100644
--- a/lib/rules/selector-max-type/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/selector-max-type/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const resolvedNestedSelector = require('postcss-resolve-nested-selector');
 const ruleMessages = require('../../utils/ruleMessages');
 const validateOptions = require('../../utils/validateOptions');
 const { isRegExp, isString } = require('../../utils/validateTypes');
+const isCustomElement = require('../../utils/isCustomElement');
 
 const ruleName = 'selector-max-type';
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 			{
 				actual: secondaryOptions,
 				possible: {
-					ignore: ['descendant', 'child', 'compounded', 'next-sibling'],
+					ignore: ['descendant', 'child', 'compounded', 'next-sibling', 'custom-elements'],
 					ignoreTypes: [isString, isRegExp],
 				},
 				optional: true,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 		const ignoreChild = optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignore', 'child');
 		const ignoreCompounded = optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignore', 'compounded');
 		const ignoreNextSibling = optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignore', 'next-sibling');
+		const ignoreCustomElements = optionsMatches(secondaryOptions, 'ignore', 'custom-elements');
 
 		/**
 		 * @param {import('postcss-selector-parser').Container<unknown>} selectorNode
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ const rule = (primary, secondaryOptions) => {
 					return total;
 				}
 
+				if (ignoreCustomElements && childNode.value && isCustomElement(childNode.value)) {
+					return total;
+				}
+
 				if (childNode.type === 'tag' && !isStandardSyntaxTypeSelector(childNode)) {
 					return total;
 				}