diff --git a/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml b/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml
index 2474191..efe65ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ on:
         type: string
         required: false
         default: --force-function-style paronly
+      exclude:
+        description: Comma-separated list of file paths or glob patterns to exclude
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default:
 jobs:
   beautysh:
     name: Run beautysh
@@ -43,9 +48,24 @@ jobs:
           grep -rlZx --exclude="*.phar" '#!/usr/bin/env bash' ${{ inputs.dir }} >> ~/beautysh.temp
           # Deduplicate list
           sort -z ~/beautysh.temp | uniq -z > ~/beautysh.files
+
+          # Remove excluded files
+          > ~/beautysh.filtered
+          IFS=, read -r -a patterns <<< "${{ inputs.exclude }}"
+          while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+            skip=
+            for pattern in "${patterns[@]}"; do
+              if [[ "${file}" == ${pattern} ]]; then
+                skip=1
+                break
+              fi
+            done
+          [[ -z "${skip}" ]] && printf '%s\0' "${file}" >> ~/beautysh.filtered
+          done < ~/beautysh.files
+
           # List files (for debug)
           echo "Files found:"
-          cat ~/beautysh.files | tr '\0' '\n'
+          cat ~/beautysh.filtered | tr '\0' '\n'
 
       - name: Check code-style
-        run: xargs -0 beautysh --check ${{ inputs.params }} < ~/beautysh.files
+        run: xargs -0 beautysh --check ${{ inputs.params }} < ~/beautysh.filtered
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index f170023..08e8439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       dir: tests/workflows
       params: --force-function-style fnpar --indent-size 2 --variable-style braces
+      exclude: tests/workflows/excluded.sh,*pattern.sh
 
   test-mkdocs:
     name: Test workflow (mkdocs)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3a2b98..2e7e05c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ params:
   type: string
   required: false
   default: --force-function-style paronly
+exclude:
+  description: Comma-separated list of file paths or glob patterns to exclude
+  type: string
+  required: false
+  default:
 ```
 
 **Example**
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       dir: bin/
       params: --force-function-style fnpar --indent-size 2
+      exclude: bin/excluded.sh,*pattern.sh
 ```
 
 ### github-release.yml
diff --git a/tests/workflows/excluded.pattern.sh b/tests/workflows/excluded.pattern.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0d85f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/workflows/excluded.pattern.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Dummy file to test exclusion in beautysh workflow
diff --git a/tests/workflows/excluded.sh b/tests/workflows/excluded.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0d85f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/workflows/excluded.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Dummy file to test exclusion in beautysh workflow