diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27e71cfb..60780670 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to `laravel-data-resource` will be documented in this file.
 
+## 1.0.3 - 2021-11-02
+
+- allow ignoring with a closure within a unique rule
+
 ## 1.0.2 - 2021-11-02
 
 - add a `WithData` trait for quicker getting data from objects
diff --git a/docs/advanced-usage/validation-attributes.md b/docs/advanced-usage/validation-attributes.md
index f08ff1bb..0aec6b19 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-usage/validation-attributes.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-usage/validation-attributes.md
@@ -850,6 +850,9 @@ public string $value;
 
 #[Unique('users', ignore: 5)]
 public string $value;
+
+#[Unique('users', ignore: fn() => request()->get('email'))]
+public string $value;
 ```
 
 ### Url
diff --git a/docs/as-a-data-transfer-object/request-to-data-object.md b/docs/as-a-data-transfer-object/request-to-data-object.md
index ec0206d1..50518ee0 100644
--- a/docs/as-a-data-transfer-object/request-to-data-object.md
+++ b/docs/as-a-data-transfer-object/request-to-data-object.md
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ class SongData extends Data
     public static function fromRequest(Request $request): static
     {
         return new self(
-            {$request->input('title_of_song')}, 
-            {$request->input('artist_name')}
+            $request->input('title_of_song'), 
+            $request->input('artist_name')
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Attributes/Validation/Unique.php b/src/Attributes/Validation/Unique.php
index a14cbaa0..2d3037be 100644
--- a/src/Attributes/Validation/Unique.php
+++ b/src/Attributes/Validation/Unique.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private string $table,
         private ?string $column = 'NULL',
         private ?string $connection = null,
-        private ?string $ignore = null,
+        private string|Closure|null $ignore = null,
         private ?string $ignoreColumn = null,
         private bool $withoutTrashed = false,
         private string $deletedAtColumn = 'deleted_at',
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ public function getRules(): array
         }
 
         if ($this->ignore) {
-            $rule->ignore($this->ignore, $this->ignoreColumn);
+            $rule->ignore(
+                is_callable($this->ignore) ? ($this->ignore)() : $this->ignore,
+                $this->ignoreColumn
+            );
         }
 
         if ($this->where) {
diff --git a/tests/Attributes/Validation/RulesTest.php b/tests/Attributes/Validation/RulesTest.php
index f8167a33..e53802d6 100644
--- a/tests/Attributes/Validation/RulesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Attributes/Validation/RulesTest.php
@@ -979,6 +979,11 @@ public function uniqueAttributesDataProvider(): Generator
             'expected' => [(new BaseUnique('users', 'email'))->ignore(5, 'uuid')],
         ];
 
+        yield [
+            'attribute' => new Unique('users', 'email', ignore: fn () => 5),
+            'expected' => [(new BaseUnique('users', 'email'))->ignore(5)],
+        ];
+
         $closure = fn (Builder $builder) => $builder;
 
         yield [