diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/DefaultOptionHandler.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/DefaultOptionHandler.java
index f6e4f9cb454f..9ad9c2fc7bae 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/DefaultOptionHandler.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/DefaultOptionHandler.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.graalvm.compiler.options.OptionType;
 
@@ -151,6 +152,18 @@ public boolean consume(ArgumentQueue args) {
                 args.poll();
                 NativeImage.showWarning("Ignoring server-mode native-image argument " + headArg + ".");
                 return true;
+            case "--exclude-config":
+                args.poll();
+                String excludeJar = args.poll();
+                if (excludeJar == null) {
+                    NativeImage.showError(headArg + " requires two arguments: a jar regular expression and a resource regular expression");
+                }
+                String excludeConfig = args.poll();
+                if (excludeConfig == null) {
+                    NativeImage.showError(headArg + " requires resource regular expression");
+                }
+                nativeImage.addExcludeConfig(Pattern.compile(excludeJar), Pattern.compile(excludeConfig));
+                return true;
         }
 
         String debugAttach = "--debug-attach";
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java
index 54c00951aaa1..0fc80ee447cf 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.driver/src/com/oracle/svm/driver/NativeImage.java
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ private static <T> String oR(OptionKey<T> option) {
     final Registry optionRegistry;
     private LinkedHashSet<EnabledOption> enabledLanguages;
 
+    private final List<ExcludeConfig> excludedConfigs = new ArrayList<>();
+
     public static final String nativeImagePropertiesFilename = "native-image.properties";
     public static final String nativeImageMetaInf = "META-INF/native-image";
 
@@ -978,6 +980,11 @@ private void processNativeImageMetaInf(Path classpathEntry, Path nativeImageMeta
                                 .filter(p -> p.endsWith(fileType.fileName))
                                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
                 for (Path nativeImageMetaInfFile : nativeImageMetaInfFiles) {
+                    boolean excluded = isExcluded(nativeImageMetaInfFile, classpathEntry);
+                    if (excluded) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     Path resourceRoot = nativeImageMetaInfBase.getParent().getParent();
                     Function<String, String> resolver = str -> {
                         Path componentDirectory = resourceRoot.relativize(nativeImageMetaInfFile).getParent();
@@ -1000,6 +1007,16 @@ private void processNativeImageMetaInf(Path classpathEntry, Path nativeImageMeta
         }
     }
 
+    public void addExcludeConfig(Pattern jarPattern, Pattern resourcePattern) {
+        excludedConfigs.add(new ExcludeConfig(jarPattern, resourcePattern));
+    }
+
+    private boolean isExcluded(Path resourcePath, Path classpathEntry) {
+        return excludedConfigs.stream()
+                        .filter(e -> e.jarPattern.matcher(classpathEntry.toString()).find())
+                        .anyMatch(e -> e.resourcePattern.matcher(resourcePath.toString()).find());
+    }
+
     static String injectHostedOptionOrigin(String option, String origin) {
         if (origin != null && option.startsWith(oH)) {
             String optionOriginSeparator = "@";
@@ -1925,4 +1942,14 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
             NativeImage.main(args);
         }
     }
+
+    private static final class ExcludeConfig {
+        final Pattern jarPattern;
+        final Pattern resourcePattern;
+
+        private ExcludeConfig(Pattern jarPattern, Pattern resourcePattern) {
+            this.jarPattern = jarPattern;
+            this.resourcePattern = resourcePattern;
+        }
+    }
 }