diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/apps/AppListItemController.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/apps/AppListItemController.java
index aa5d568e1..4a007830d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/apps/AppListItemController.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/apps/AppListItemController.java
@@ -510,11 +510,15 @@ public abstract class AppListItemController extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
     private final View.OnClickListener onCancelDownload = new View.OnClickListener() {
         @Override
         public void onClick(View v) {
-            if (currentStatus == null || currentStatus.status != AppUpdateStatusManager.Status.Downloading) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            InstallManagerService.cancel(activity, currentStatus.getUniqueKey());
+            cancelDownload();
         }
     };
+
+    protected final void cancelDownload() {
+        if (currentStatus == null || currentStatus.status != AppUpdateStatusManager.Status.Downloading) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        InstallManagerService.cancel(activity, currentStatus.getUniqueKey());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/UpdatesAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/UpdatesAdapter.java
index 03ee0bd28..046e8f1b1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/UpdatesAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/UpdatesAdapter.java
@@ -341,6 +341,16 @@ public class UpdatesAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder
         }
     };
 
+    /**
+     * If an item representing an {@link org.fdroid.fdroid.AppUpdateStatusManager.AppUpdateStatus} is dismissed,
+     * then we should rebuild the list of app statuses and update the adapter. If it was an updateable app which was
+     * dismissed, then it is still harmless to rebuild the list of items anyway, but this isn't strictly required
+     * because the act of marking an app as "Ignored" will trigger the {@link AppProvider} to re-query for a list
+     * of updateable apps, separate to this method. However, by the time we get here it is a bit tricky to figure
+     * out which item was dismissed, so for simplicity (and to make the behaviour more deterministic) we always
+     * rebuild the full updates list.
+     */
     public void onItemDismissed() {
+        onAppStatusRemoved();
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/AppStatusListItemController.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/AppStatusListItemController.java
index ed0b536a1..7aa123aa0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/AppStatusListItemController.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/AppStatusListItemController.java
@@ -45,4 +45,30 @@ public class AppStatusListItemController extends AppListItemController {
 
         return null;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canDismiss() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Nullable
+    @Override
+    protected CharSequence onDismissApp(@NonNull App app) {
+        AppUpdateStatus status = getCurrentStatus();
+        if (status != null) {
+            AppUpdateStatusManager manager = AppUpdateStatusManager.getInstance(activity);
+            manager.removeApk(status.getUniqueKey());
+            switch (status.status) {
+                case ReadyToInstall:
+                    manager.markAsNoLongerPendingInstall(status);
+                    break;
+
+                case Downloading:
+                    cancelDownload();
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/KnownVulnAppListItemController.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/KnownVulnAppListItemController.java
index 23f7bea45..5d93c58a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/KnownVulnAppListItemController.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/KnownVulnAppListItemController.java
@@ -82,8 +82,23 @@ public class KnownVulnAppListItemController extends AppListItemController {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean canDismiss() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected CharSequence onDismissApp(@NonNull App app) {
+        this.ignoreVulnerableApp(app);
+        return activity.getString(R.string.app_list__dismiss_vulnerable_app);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void onSecondaryButtonPressed(@NonNull App app) {
+        this.ignoreVulnerableApp(app);
+    }
+
+    private void ignoreVulnerableApp(@NonNull App app) {
         AppPrefs prefs = app.getPrefs(activity);
         prefs.ignoreVulnerabilities = true;
         AppPrefsProvider.Helper.update(activity, app, prefs);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/UpdateableAppListItemController.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/UpdateableAppListItemController.java
index 42a45b1a1..3e0d71895 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/UpdateableAppListItemController.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/updates/items/UpdateableAppListItemController.java
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.view.View;
 
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.AppUpdateStatusManager;
+import org.fdroid.fdroid.R;
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.data.App;
+import org.fdroid.fdroid.data.AppPrefs;
+import org.fdroid.fdroid.data.AppPrefsProvider;
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.views.apps.AppListItemController;
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.views.apps.AppListItemState;
 
@@ -28,4 +31,21 @@ public class UpdateableAppListItemController extends AppListItemController {
         return new AppListItemState(app)
                 .setShowInstallButton(true);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canDismiss() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Nullable
+    protected CharSequence onDismissApp(@NonNull App app) {
+        AppPrefs prefs = app.getPrefs(activity);
+        prefs.ignoreThisUpdate = app.suggestedVersionCode;
+
+        // The act of updating here will trigger a re-query of the "can update" apps, so no need to do anything else
+        // to update the UI in response to this.
+        AppPrefsProvider.Helper.update(activity, app, prefs);
+        return activity.getString(R.string.app_list__dismiss_app_update);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 7503ea30f..a3ea2f2f0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ This often occurs with apps installed via Google Play or other sources, if they
     <string name="app_list__name__downloading_in_progress">Downloading %1$s</string>
     <string name="app_list__name__successfully_installed">%1$s installed</string>
     <string name="app_list_download_ready">Downloaded, ready to install</string>
+    <string name="app_list__dismiss_app_update">Update ignored</string>
+    <string name="app_list__dismiss_vulnerable_app">Vulnerability ignored</string>
 
     <string name="installed_apps__activity_title">Installed Apps</string>
     <string name="installed_app__updates_ignored">Updates ignored</string>