diff --git a/atom b/atom
index db35c94..18bee0d 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ getConfigSource() {
 		'path')
 			sourcepath="$value"
 		;;
+		'skip')
+			skippeddirectories+=( "$value" )
+		;;
 	esac
 }
 
@@ -542,6 +545,10 @@ createDestinations() {
 
 getFiles() {
 	scantime=$(date +%s)
+	for prune_expression in "${skippeddirectories[@]}"
+	do
+		prunes+="-path $sourcepath$prune_expression -prune -o "
+	done
 	# We probably have thousands of files, don't waste time on disk writes
 	echo 'BEGIN TRANSACTION;' >&3
 	while read time size filename
@@ -587,7 +594,7 @@ getFiles() {
 			*) ;;
 		esac
 	done < <(
-		find "$sourcepath" -type f -printf "%T@ %s %P\n"
+		find "$sourcepath" $prunes -type f -printf "%T@ %s %P\n"
 	)
 	echo 'COMMIT;' >&3
 	echo -e "\r$count files found, ${new:=0} new or changed."
@@ -955,6 +962,10 @@ General|Load|$maxload
 |Debug|$debug
 Source|Path|$sourcepath
 EOF
+for prune_expression in "${skippeddirectories[@]}"
+do
+	echo "|Skipped directory|$prune_expression"
+done
 for destination in ${!destinationpath[@]}
 do
 cat <<EOF
diff --git a/doc/config b/doc/config
index a34f156..57e1d3a 100644
--- a/doc/config
+++ b/doc/config
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Sections:
 
   * path <directory>: String. The root of your collection.
       Default: /var/lib/mpd/music
+  * skip <directory>: String. Files in <directory> will be ignored. Note that
+    <directory> can be any expression accepted by find.
 
 [<some arbitrary string>]
   Each section not named 'general' or 'source' will define a new destination.
diff --git a/doc/example.cfg b/doc/example.cfg
index 4e59c8c..9a116e7 100644
--- a/doc/example.cfg
+++ b/doc/example.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ debug			0
 
 [source]
 path		/var/lib/mpd/music
+skip		/last
+skip		/lastfm
+skip		/zzz-atrier
 
 [Ogg]
 path		/mnt/Musique-OggQ2