diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c80114e..768f811 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ var convert = function (scssSettings, options) {
     sassSettings.files.include = scssSettings.scss_files;
   }
 
+  if (scssSettings.exclude) {
+    sassSettings.files.ignore = scssSettings.exclude;
+  }
+
   if (!scssSettings.linters) {
     scssSettings.linters = {};
   }
diff --git a/tests/main.js b/tests/main.js
index 9db3cb7..f7ea008 100644
--- a/tests/main.js
+++ b/tests/main.js
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ describe('Overall Conversion', function () {
     );
   });
 
+  it('exclude specified', function () {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      scss2sass.convert({ exclude: 'foo/bar.scss' }).files,
+      {
+        ignore: 'foo/bar.scss',
+        include: '**/*.s+(a|c)ss'
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
   it('unsupported linter', function () {
     assert.deepEqual(
       scss2sass.convert({ linters: { 'UnsupportedLinter': { enabled: true } } }, { debug: true }).unsupported,