diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc8a493..236c31c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ love-release can extract its informations from the environment: it guesses your
 ```
 Usage: love-release [-D] [-M] [-a <author>] [-b] [-d <desc>]
        [-e <email>] [-l <love>] [-p <package>] [-t <title>] [-u <url>]
-       [--uti <uti>] [-v <v>] [--version] [-h] [<release>] [<source>]
+       [--uti <uti>] [-v <v>] [-X <exclude>] [--version] [-h] [<release>] [<source>]
        [-W [32|64]]
 
 Makes LÖVE games releases easier !
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Options:
                          Project title.
    -u <url>, --url <url> Project homepage url.
    --uti <uti>           Project Uniform Type Identifier.
+   -x <exclude_pattern>, --exclude <exclude_pattern>
+                         Exclude file patterns.
    -v <v>                Project version.
    --version             Show love-release version and exit.
    -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ function love.conf(t)
     description = nil,        -- The project description (string)
     homepage = nil,           -- The project homepage (string)
     identifier = nil,         -- The project Uniform Type Identifier (string)
+    excludeFileList = {},     -- File patterns to exclude. (string list)
     releaseDirectory = nil,   -- Where to store the project releases (string)
   }
 end
diff --git a/src/pipes/args.lua b/src/pipes/args.lua
index 5a8722e..0cf10a1 100644
--- a/src/pipes/args.lua
+++ b/src/pipes/args.lua
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ function Args:initialize()
   parser:option("--uti", "Project Uniform Type Identifier.")
   parser:option("-v", "Project version.")
         :target("version")
+  parser:option("-x --exclude", "Exclude file patterns."):count("*")
+        :target("excludeFileList")
 
   parser:flag("--version", "Show love-release version and exit.")
         :target("love_release")
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ function Args:__call(project)
   if args.url then project:setHomepage(args.url) end
   if args.uti then project:setIdentifier(args.uti) end
   if args.version then project:setVersion(args.version) end
+  if args.excludeFileList then project:setExcludeFileList(args.excludeFileList) end
 
   if project.projectDirectory == project.releaseDirectory then
     project:setReleaseDirectory(project.releaseDirectory.."/releases")
diff --git a/src/pipes/conf.lua b/src/pipes/conf.lua
index 083bfee..b8ea9c1 100644
--- a/src/pipes/conf.lua
+++ b/src/pipes/conf.lua
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ function pipe.pipe(project)
     end
   end
 
+  local function setTable(key, value)
+    if type(value) == "table" then
+      project["set"..key](project, value)
+    end
+  end
+
   local function setLoveVersion(v)
     if type(v) == "string" and v ~= "" then
       local version = semver(v)
@@ -65,6 +71,7 @@ function pipe.pipe(project)
     setString("Homepage", releases.homepage)
     setString("Identifier", releases.identifier)
     setString("ReleaseDirectory", releases.releaseDirectory)
+    setTable("ExcludeFileList", releases.excludeFileList)
   end
 
   return project
diff --git a/src/project.lua b/src/project.lua
index 406e710..2abf761 100644
--- a/src/project.lua
+++ b/src/project.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Project.homepage = nil
 --- Uniform Type Identifier in reverse-DNS format.
 Project.identifier = nil
 
+--- Sequential table of string patterns to exclude from the project.
+Project.excludeFileList = {}
+
 --- Project directory, where to find the game sources.
 Project.projectDirectory = nil
 
@@ -75,6 +78,18 @@ _buildFileTree = function(dir)
   end
 end
 
+--- Recursive function to check if file should be excluded based
+--- on a file name string pattern match.
+-- @local
+local function isExcluded(file, exclusionRule, ...)
+  if exclusionRule == nil then return false end
+  if file:find(exclusionRule) then
+    return true
+  else
+    return isExcluded(file, ...)
+  end
+end
+
 --- Constructs the file tree.
 -- @return File tree. The table represents the root directory.
 -- Sub-directories are represented as sub-tables, indexed by the directory name.
@@ -125,23 +140,13 @@ function Project:excludeFiles()
       "^"..utils.lua.escape_string_regex(self.projectDirectory).."/",
       "")
   if rm_dir > 0 then
-    rm_dir = true
     dir = "^"..dir
-  else
-    rm_dir = false
   end
 
-  if rm_dir then
-    local rm = false
-    local file
-    local n = #self._fileList
-    for i = 1, n do
-      file = self._fileList[i]
-      if rm_dir then if file:find(dir) then rm = true end end
-      if rm then
-        self._fileList[i] = nil
-        rm = false
-      end
+  local unpack = unpack or table.unpack
+  for i=#self._fileList,1,-1 do
+    if isExcluded(self._fileList[i], dir, unpack(self.excludeFileList)) then
+      table.remove(self._fileList, i)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -183,6 +188,7 @@ function Project:__tostring()
   '  description = '..escape(self.description)..',\n'..
   '  homepage = '..escape(self.homepage)..',\n'..
   '  identifier = '..escape(self.identifier)..',\n'..
+  '  excludeFileList = { '..escape(table.concat(self.excludeFileList, ', '))..'} ,\n'..
   '  compile = '..escape(self.compile)..',\n'..
   '  projectDirectory = '..escape(self.projectDirectory)..',\n'..
   '  releaseDirectory = '..escape(self.releaseDirectory)..',\n'..
@@ -261,6 +267,14 @@ function Project:setIdentifier(identifier)
   return self
 end
 
+--- Sets the excludeFileList.
+-- @string excludeFileList the excludeFileList.
+-- @treturn project self.
+function Project:setExcludeFileList(excludeFileList)
+  self.excludeFileList = excludeFileList
+  return self
+end
+
 --- Sets the source directory. The path is normalized and absoluted.
 -- @string directory the directory.
 -- @treturn project self.