diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be14d25a..6498f316 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ There are some limitations to what characters you can use.
 Variables will be replaced in files with the following extensions:
 `.yml`, `.yaml`, `.txt`, `.cfg`, `.conf`, `.properties`.
 
-Specific files can be excluded by listing their name (without path) in the variable `REPLACE_ENV_VARIABLES_EXCLUDES`. 
+Specific files can be excluded by listing their name (without path) in the variable `REPLACE_ENV_VARIABLES_EXCLUDES`. Paths can be excluded by listing them in the variable `REPLACE_ENV_VARIABLES_EXCLUDE_PATHS`.
 
 Here is a full example where we want to replace values inside a `database.yml`.
 
diff --git a/start-finalSetupEnvVariables b/start-finalSetupEnvVariables
index 4ec1b7ee..f64f5ec7 100644
--- a/start-finalSetupEnvVariables
+++ b/start-finalSetupEnvVariables
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ if isTrue "${REPLACE_ENV_VARIABLES}"; then
   for f in ${REPLACE_ENV_VARIABLES_EXCLUDES}; do
     findExcludes="${findExcludes} -not -name $f"
   done
+  for p in ${REPLACE_ENV_VARIABLES_EXCLUDE_PATHS}; do
+    findExcludes="${findExcludes} -not -path \"*$p*\""
+  done
   isDebugging && echo "Using find exclusion: $findExcludes"
 
   while IFS='=' read -r name value ; do