diff --git a/modules/TDEL10n.cmake b/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
index badb153..084e8f9 100644
--- a/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEL10n.cmake
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ endfunction( )
 #####   tde_create_l10n_template(
 #####     CATALOG file_name
 #####     [SOURCES source_spec [source_spec]]
+#####     [EXCLUDES regex [regex]]
 #####     [KEYWORDS keyword [keyword]]
 #####     [ATTRIBUTES attrib_spec [attrib_spec]]
 #####     [DESTINATION directory]
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ endfunction( )
 #####      - all files with the specified mask will be searched.
 #####     d) Specify the name of the individual file.
 #####     The methods from b) to d) can be combined.
+#####   EXCLUDES determines which files are to be excluded from processing
 #####   KEYWORDS determines additional keywords for xgettext.
 #####   ATTRIBUTES determines files and specification for extractattr:
 #####     source_spec:element,attribute[,context]
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ macro( tde_create_l10n_template )
 
   unset( _catalog )
   unset( _sources )
+  unset( _excludes )
   unset( _files )
   unset( _rcs )
   unset( _desktops )
@@ -184,6 +187,13 @@ macro( tde_create_l10n_template )
       set( _directive 1 )
     endif( )
 
+    # found directive "EXCLUDES"
+    if( "+${_arg}" STREQUAL "+EXCLUDES" )
+      unset( _excludes )
+      set( _var _excludes )
+      set( _directive 1 )
+    endif( )
+
     # found directive "DESTINATION"
     if( "+${_arg}" STREQUAL "+DESTINATION" )
       unset( _dest )
@@ -268,6 +278,16 @@ macro( tde_create_l10n_template )
     endif( )
 
   endforeach( )
+  if( _excludes )
+    # filter files by excludes
+    foreach( _src ${_files} )
+      foreach( _exclude ${_excludes} )
+        if( ${_src} MATCHES ${_exclude} )
+          list( REMOVE_ITEM _files ${_src} )
+        endif( )
+      endforeach( )
+    endforeach( )
+  endif( )
   if( NOT _files AND NOT _attributes )
     tde_message_fatal( "no source files found" )
   endif( )