diff --git a/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.cpp b/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.cpp
index 3b01c230e..addb29ac1 100644
--- a/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ namespace Mirall {
 
 SitecopyConfig::SitecopyConfig()
 {
+  // file patterns to be exclude
+  _ExcludePatterns.append("*.bak");
+  _ExcludePatterns.append("*~");
+  _ExcludePatterns.append(".*");
+  _ExcludePatterns.append("\"#*#\"");
 
 }
 
@@ -106,6 +111,10 @@ bool SitecopyConfig::sitecopyConfigToFile()
       out << "  " << configKey << " " << configs[configKey] << '\n';
       qDebug() << "  Setting: " << configKey << ": " << configs[configKey];
     }
+    foreach( QString pattern, _ExcludePatterns ) {
+      out << "  exclude " << pattern << '\n';
+    }
+
     out << '\n';
   }
   configFile.close();
diff --git a/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.h b/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.h
index fe9693a4a..41a558857 100644
--- a/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.h
+++ b/src/mirall/sitecopyconfig.h
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ private:
   QHash<QString, QHash<QString, QString> > _Sites;
   QHash<QString, QString>                  _CurrSite;
   // QHash<QString, QStringList>              _ChangesHash;
-  QString _CurrSiteName;
+  QStringList				   _ExcludePatterns;
+  QString                                  _CurrSiteName;
 };
+
 };
 
 #endif // SITECOPYCONFIG_H