diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 9c8453a..c88700d 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+    add exclude_filename option to exclude some more files by Git::GatherDir
 
 0.004     2022-09-28 11:51:02+00:00 UTC
     fix bump version problem
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/PluginBundle/Author/DERIV.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/PluginBundle/Author/DERIV.pm
index f76cebd..d95f159 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/PluginBundle/Author/DERIV.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/PluginBundle/Author/DERIV.pm
@@ -57,12 +57,19 @@ has allow_dirty => (
     default => sub {shift->payload->{allow_dirty} // [] },
 );
 
-sub mvp_multivalue_args{ qw(allow_dirty) }
+has exclude_filename => (
+    is     => 'ro',
+    lazy   => 1,
+    default => sub {shift->payload->{exclude_filename} // [] },
+);
+
+
+sub mvp_multivalue_args{ qw(allow_dirty exclude_filename) }
 
 sub configure {
     my $self = shift;
     my @copy_from_build     = qw(LICENSE Makefile.PL);
-    my @gather_exclude      = (@copy_from_build, qw(README.md));
+    my @gather_exclude      = (@copy_from_build, qw(README.md), @{$self->exclude_filename});
     my @no_index            = qw(eg share shares t xt);
     my @allow_dirty         = (@copy_from_build, @{$self->allow_dirty}, qw(Changes LICENSE README.md));
     my @git_remotes         = qw(github origin);