diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98784b38..d73e883c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ TAGS
 *~
 build/
 libexec/dnf-utils
+libexec/dnf-utils-3
diff --git a/plugins/local.py b/plugins/local.py
index 1ca61660..12ffc920 100644
--- a/plugins/local.py
+++ b/plugins/local.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import dnf
 import dnf.cli
+import dnf.repo
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ def parse_config(self):
         else:
             raise KeyError("Disabled")
 
+        main["exclude"] = self.get_value("main", "exclude", "")
+
         if crepo["enabled"]:
             crepo["cachedir"] = self.get_value("createrepo", "cachedir")
 
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ def pre_config(self):
 
         local_repo = dnf.repo.Repo("_dnf_local", self.base.conf)
         local_repo.baseurl = "file://{}".format(self.main["repodir"])
+        local_repo.exclude = self.main["exclude"]
         local_repo.cost = 500
         local_repo.skip_if_unavailable = True
         self.base.repos.add(local_repo)