diff --git a/borgthismachine.sh b/borgthismachine.sh
index eef2e5f..5c3bcb2 100755
--- a/borgthismachine.sh
+++ b/borgthismachine.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ nice ionice -c 3 borg create --stats \
                              $([[ -n "${BORG_EXCLUDE_PATTERN[*]}" ]] && printf " --exclude \"%s\" " "${BORG_EXCLUDE_PATTERN[@]}" ) \
                              $([[ -n "$BORG_EXCLUDE_FILE" ]] && printf " --exclude-from \"%s\" " "${BORG_EXCLUDE_FILE}" ) \
 			     --exclude-if-present="$BORG_EXCLUDE_IF_PRESENT" \
+			     --exclude-if-present=".nobackup" \
                              "${MYREPO}::${SNAPSHOT}" \
                              "${BORG_BACKUP_DIRS[@]}"