diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c42273f..1edfe4e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ option for a module. For example, the option `--Wauthor` will set the author's n
 
 `-v, --version` Set your project's version.
 
-`-x`  Exclude file or directory.
+`-x, --exclude`  Exclude file or directory.
+      Use backslashes or quotes to avoid the shell filename substitution,
+      so that the name matching is performed by zip at all directory levels.
 
 #### WINDOWS
 You can create an installer. If you don’t, you will have zip of a folder
diff --git a/completion.sh b/completion.sh
index cd63c04..c30a33d 100644
--- a/completion.sh
+++ b/completion.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _love-release()
     cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
     prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
 
-    opts="-L -a -d -e -h -i -l -p -r -t -u -v --author --clean --description --email --help --icon --love --pkg --release --title --url --version"
+    opts="-L -a -d -e -h -i -l -p -r -t -u -v -x --author --clean --description --email --exclude --help --icon --love --pkg --release --title --url --version"
 
     if [[ ${cur} == -* ]] ; then
         COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
diff --git a/love-release.1 b/love-release.1
index e899518..b48e8a7 100644
--- a/love-release.1
+++ b/love-release.1
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ Set your project's homepage.
 .B \-v, \-\-version \fIversion\fR
 Set the version for your project.
 .TP
-.B \-x \fIfile\fR|\fIdirectory\fR
+.B \-x, \-\-exclude \fIfile\fR|\fIdirectory\fR
 Exclude file or directory.
+Use backslashes or quotes to avoid the shell filename substitution,
+so that the name matching is performed by zip at all directory levels.
 .SH WINDOWS
 You can create an installer. If you don’t, you will have zip of a folder
 containing your game executable and its dlls.
diff --git a/love-release.sh b/love-release.sh
index 47cd307..c653e2a 100755
--- a/love-release.sh
+++ b/love-release.sh
@@ -143,27 +143,6 @@ compare_version () {
 }
 
 
-# Escape directory name for zip
-## $1: directory path
-## echo: escaped directory path
-dir_escape () {
-    local dir="$1"
-    if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
-        if [ "${dir::1}" != "/" ]; then
-            dir="/$dir"
-        fi
-        if [ "${dir: -1}" != "*" ]; then
-            if [ "${dir: -1}" != "/" ]; then
-                dir="$dir/*"
-            else
-                dir="$dir*"
-            fi
-        fi
-    fi
-    echo "$dir"
-}
-
-
 # Read configuration
 ## $1: system name
 read_config () {
@@ -242,13 +221,23 @@ read_options () {
             -d|--${pre}description )  DESCRIPTION="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             -e|--${pre}email )        EMAIL="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             -h|--${pre}help )         short_help; exit 0 ;;
-            -i|--${pre}icon )         ICON="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+            -i|--${pre}icon )
+                ICON="$2"
+                if [[ -d $ICON ]]; then
+                    local icon="$(realpath "$ICON")"
+                    local wd="$(realpath "$PWD")"
+                    EXCLUDE+=( "${icon//$wd\/}/*" )
+                elif [[ -f $ICON ]]; then
+                    EXCLUDE+=( "$ICON" )
+                fi
+                shift 2 ;;
             -l|--${pre}love )         if ! gen_version "$2"; then exit_module "version"; fi; shift 2 ;;
             -p|--${pre}pkg )          IDENTITY="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             -r|--${pre}release )      RELEASE_DIR="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             -t|--${pre}title )        TITLE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             -u|--${pre}url )          URL="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             -v|--${pre}version )      GAME_VERSION="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+            -x|--${pre}exclude )      EXCLUDE+=( "$2" ); shift 2 ;;
             -- ) shift; break ;;
             * ) shift ;;
         esac
@@ -351,8 +340,10 @@ create_love_file () {
         if [[ -d $file ]]; then file="$file/*"; fi
         dotfiles+=( "$file" )
     done
+    local release_dir="$(realpath "$RELEASE_DIR")"
+    local wd="$(realpath "$PWD")"
     zip -FS -$1 -r "$RELEASE_DIR/$LOVE_FILE" \
-        -x "$0" "${RELEASE_DIR#$PWD/}/*" "${dotfiles[@]}" @ \
+        -x "$0" "${release_dir//$wd\/}/*" "${dotfiles[@]}" "${EXCLUDE[@]}" @ \
         "${FILES[@]}"
 }
 
@@ -406,9 +397,10 @@ PROJECT_DIR="$PWD"
 RELEASE_DIR=releases
 CACHE_DIR=~/.cache/love-release
 FILES=()
+EXCLUDE=()
 
-OPTIONS="La:d:e:hi:l:p:r:t:u:v:"
-LONG_OPTIONS="author:,clean,description:,email:,help,icon:,love:,pkg:,release:,title:,url:,version:"
+OPTIONS="La:d:e:hi:l:p:r:t:u:v:x:"
+LONG_OPTIONS="author:,clean,description:,email:,exclude:,help,icon:,love:,pkg:,release:,title:,url:,version:"
 ARGS=$(getopt -o "$OPTIONS" -l "$LONG_OPTIONS" -n 'love-release' -- "$@")
 if (( $? != 0 )); then short_help; exit_module "options"; fi
 eval set -- "$ARGS"