diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72a6705..c0de7d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "opaque-debug",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.7.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7404febffaa47dac81aa44dba71523c9d069b1bdc50a77db41195149e17f68e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -503,10 +512,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "hmac",
  "log 0.4.14",
+ "regex",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_contrib",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serde_regex",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sha2",
 ]
@@ -756,6 +767,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "957056ecddbeba1b26965114e191d2e8589ce74db242b6ea25fc4062427a5c19"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24d5f089152e60f62d28b835fbff2cd2e8dc0baf1ac13343bef92ab7eed84548"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rocket"
 version = "0.4.7"
@@ -874,6 +902,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_regex"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8136f1a4ea815d7eac4101cfd0b16dc0cb5e1fe1b8609dfd728058656b7badf"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_yaml"
 version = "0.8.17"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 896e01a..cbbb9ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ anyhow = "1.0.40"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 hmac = "0.10.1"
 log = "0.4.14"
+regex = "1"
 rocket = "0.4.7"
 rocket_contrib = { version = "0.4.7", features = [ "json" ] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.125", features = [ "derive" ] }
 serde_json = "1.0.64"
+serde_regex = "1.1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.8.17"
 sha2 = "0.9.3"
diff --git a/src/job.rs b/src/job.rs
index 2e91cf1..0477704 100644
--- a/src/job.rs
+++ b/src/job.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ impl Job {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn run(&mut self, homedir: &Path, config: &GlobalSettings) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        if config
+            .blacklist
+            .iter()
+            .any(|re| re.is_match(&self.repo.full_name))
+        {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         let local_path = homedir.join(&self.repo.full_name);
         assert!(local_path.is_absolute());
         self.local_path = Some(local_path);
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index bfe7744..976264f 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ pub(crate) struct GlobalSettings {
     /// List of remote stems to use for every repository
     #[serde(default)]
     pub additional_remotes: Vec<RepoUrl>,
+    /// List of regexes, if a repository's name matches any of the, it is not mirrored by `lohr`
+    /// even if it contains a `.lorh` file.
+    #[serde(with = "serde_regex")]
+    pub blacklist: Vec<regex::Regex>,
 }