diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 485e36e..1e49537 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@
           "default": true,
           "description": "Enable Peeking from HTML tags in addition to classnames and IDs. React components are ignored, but it's a good idea to disable this feature when using Angular"
         },
+        "cssPeek.peekVariables": {
+          "scope": "window",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Include preprocessor variable definitions (e.g. SCSS `$foo`, LESS `@foo`) in peek results. Disable to hide variables from go-to and peek definition."
+        },
         "cssPeek.peekFromLanguages": {
           "scope": "window",
           "type": "array",
diff --git a/server/src/core/findDefinition.ts b/server/src/core/findDefinition.ts
index 539c1ab..c112da8 100644
--- a/server/src/core/findDefinition.ts
+++ b/server/src/core/findDefinition.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from "path";
-import {
-  Location,
-  SymbolInformation,
-} from "vscode-languageserver/node";
+import { Location, SymbolInformation } from "vscode-languageserver/node";
 import { TextDocument } from "vscode-languageserver-textdocument";
 import {
   getCSSLanguageService,
@@ -57,8 +54,10 @@ function resolveSymbolName(symbols: SymbolInformation[], i: number): string {
 
 export function findSymbols(
   selector: Selector,
-  stylesheetMap: StylesheetMap
+  stylesheetMap: StylesheetMap,
+  options: { peekVariables?: boolean } = {}
 ): SymbolInformation[] {
+  const { peekVariables = true } = options;
   const foundSymbols: SymbolInformation[] = [];
 
   // Construct RegExp of selector to test against the symbols
@@ -113,6 +112,9 @@ export function findSymbols(
       console.log(`Searching through them all for /${selection}/`);
 
       symbols.forEach((symbol, i) => {
+        if (!peekVariables && symbol.kind === SymbolKind.Variable) {
+          return;
+        }
         const name = resolveSymbolName(symbols, i);
 
         // console.log(
@@ -144,7 +146,10 @@ export function findSymbols(
 
 export function findDefinition(
   selector: Selector,
-  stylesheetMap: StylesheetMap
+  stylesheetMap: StylesheetMap,
+  options: { peekVariables?: boolean } = {}
 ): Location[] {
-  return findSymbols(selector, stylesheetMap).map(({ location }) => location);
+  return findSymbols(selector, stylesheetMap, options).map(
+    ({ location }) => location
+  );
 }
diff --git a/server/src/server.ts b/server/src/server.ts
index 933a961..8d02eaa 100644
--- a/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/server/src/server.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ connection.onInitialize((params) => {
 /* Sync Configuration Settings */
 interface Settings {
   supportTags: boolean;
+  peekVariables: boolean;
   peekFromLanguages: string[];
   peekToExclude: string[];
 }
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ connection.onInitialized(() => {
 // The global settings, used when the `workspace/configuration` request is not supported by the client.
 const defaultSettings: Settings = {
   supportTags: true,
+  peekVariables: true,
   peekFromLanguages: ["html"],
   peekToExclude: ["**/node_modules/**", "**/bower_components/**"],
 };
@@ -225,11 +227,13 @@ connection.onDefinition(
       return null;
     }
 
-    return findDefinition(selector, styleSheets);
+    return findDefinition(selector, styleSheets, {
+      peekVariables: settings.peekVariables,
+    });
   }
 );
 
-connection.onWorkspaceSymbol(({ query }) => {
+connection.onWorkspaceSymbol(async ({ query }) => {
   if (query.length < 2) return [];
   const selectors: Selector[] = [
     {
@@ -246,8 +250,19 @@ connection.onWorkspaceSymbol(({ query }) => {
     },
   ];
 
+  const settings = hasConfigurationCapability
+    ? ((await connection.workspace.getConfiguration({
+        section: "cssPeek",
+      })) as Settings) || defaultSettings
+    : globalSettings;
+
   return selectors.reduce(
-    (p, selector) => [...p, ...findSymbols(selector, styleSheets)],
+    (p, selector) => [
+      ...p,
+      ...findSymbols(selector, styleSheets, {
+        peekVariables: settings.peekVariables,
+      }),
+    ],
     []
   );
 });
diff --git a/tests/src/findDefinition.test.ts b/tests/src/findDefinition.test.ts
index e52d85a..9d83c31 100644
--- a/tests/src/findDefinition.test.ts
+++ b/tests/src/findDefinition.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import * as assert from "assert";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
-import { TextDocument as ServerTextDocument } from "vscode-languageserver";
+import {
+  SymbolInformation,
+  SymbolKind,
+  TextDocument as ServerTextDocument,
+} from "vscode-languageserver";
 
-import { findDefinition } from "../../server/out/core/findDefinition";
+import {
+  findDefinition,
+  findSymbols,
+} from "../../server/out/core/findDefinition";
 import { create } from "../../server/out/logger";
 import type { StylesheetMap, Selector } from "../../server/src/types";
 
@@ -74,4 +81,54 @@ suite("findDefinition", () => {
     const lines = defs.map((d) => d.range.start.line);
     assert.deepStrictEqual(lines, [0, 16, 16, 19]);
   });
+
+  test("peekVariables toggle filters Variable-kind symbols", () => {
+    // Pre-populate the symbol cache with a Variable symbol whose name would
+    // otherwise match the selector. Isolates the filter from the language
+    // service's name resolution (preprocessor variables like `$foo` don't
+    // normally match HTML class/id/tag regexes).
+    const uri = "file:///__test_variables.scss";
+    const doc = ServerTextDocument.create(uri, "scss", 1, "");
+    const variableSymbol: SymbolInformation = {
+      name: ".test",
+      kind: SymbolKind.Variable,
+      location: {
+        uri,
+        range: {
+          start: { line: 0, character: 0 },
+          end: { line: 0, character: 0 },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const buildMap = (): StylesheetMap => ({
+      [uri]: { document: doc, symbols: [variableSymbol] },
+    });
+    const selector: Selector = { attribute: "class", value: "test" };
+
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      findSymbols(selector, buildMap(), { peekVariables: true }).length,
+      1,
+      "variable should be included when peekVariables=true"
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      findSymbols(selector, buildMap()).length,
+      1,
+      "variable should be included when option is omitted (default true)"
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      findSymbols(selector, buildMap(), { peekVariables: false }).length,
+      0,
+      "variable should be filtered when peekVariables=false"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("peekVariables=false does not filter non-variable symbols", async () => {
+    const localMap = await loadStylesheets(["stylesheet.css"]);
+    const selector: Selector = { attribute: "class", value: "test" };
+    const defs = findDefinition(selector, localMap, { peekVariables: false });
+    assert.ok(
+      defs.length > 0,
+      "class selectors should still resolve when peekVariables=false"
+    );
+  });
 });