diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44b3f6d..4200150 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ OPTIONS
  -s <gzip|lzo|xz>   Compression type for the squashfs image (default: xz)
  -o <file>          Output file name for the ISO image (default: automatic)
  -p "<pkg> ..."     Install additional packages in the ISO image
+ -g "<pkg> ..."     Ignore packages when building the ISO image
  -I <includedir>    Include directory structure under given path in the ROOTFS
  -S "<service> ..." Enable services in the ISO image
  -C "<arg> ..."     Add additional kernel command line arguments
diff --git a/mklive.sh b/mklive.sh
index a1d4a5c..2ea3d09 100755
--- a/mklive.sh
+++ b/mklive.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ usage() {
 	 -s <gzip|lzo|xz>   Compression type for the squashfs image (default: xz)
 	 -o <file>          Output file name for the ISO image (default: automatic)
 	 -p "<pkg> ..."     Install additional packages in the ISO image
+	 -g "<pkg> ..."     Ignore packages when building the ISO image
 	 -I <includedir>    Include directory structure under given path in the ROOTFS
 	 -S "<service> ..." Enable services in the ISO image
 	 -C "<arg> ..."     Add additional kernel command line arguments
@@ -139,6 +140,13 @@ install_packages() {
     rm -rf "$ROOTFS"/var/cache/* "$ROOTFS"/run/* "$ROOTFS"/var/run/*
 }
 
+ignore_packages() {
+	mkdir -p "$ROOTFS"/etc/xbps.d
+	for pkg in $IGNORE_PKGS; do
+		echo "ignorepkg=$pkg" >> "$ROOTFS"/etc/xbps.d/mklive-ignore.conf
+	done
+}
+
 enable_services() {
     SERVICE_LIST="$*"
     for service in $SERVICE_LIST; do
@@ -302,28 +310,29 @@ generate_iso_image() {
 #
 # main()
 #
-while getopts "a:b:r:c:C:T:Kk:l:i:I:S:s:o:p:v:Vh" opt; do
-    case $opt in
-        a) BASE_ARCH="$OPTARG";;
-        b) BASE_SYSTEM_PKG="$OPTARG";;
-        r) XBPS_REPOSITORY="--repository=$OPTARG $XBPS_REPOSITORY";;
-        c) XBPS_CACHEDIR="$OPTARG";;
-        K) readonly KEEP_BUILDDIR=1;;
-        k) KEYMAP="$OPTARG";;
-        l) LOCALE="$OPTARG";;
-        i) INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION="$OPTARG";;
-        I) INCLUDE_DIRS+=("$OPTARG");;
-        S) SERVICE_LIST="$SERVICE_LIST $OPTARG";;
-        s) SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="$OPTARG";;
-        o) OUTPUT_FILE="$OPTARG";;
-        p) PACKAGE_LIST="$PACKAGE_LIST $OPTARG";;
-        C) BOOT_CMDLINE="$OPTARG";;
-        T) BOOT_TITLE="$OPTARG";;
-        v) LINUX_VERSION="$OPTARG";;
-        V) version; exit 0;;
-        h) usage; exit 0;;
-        *) usage >&2; exit 1;;
-    esac
+while getopts "a:b:r:c:C:T:Kk:l:i:I:S:s:o:p:g:v:Vh" opt; do
+	case $opt in
+		a) BASE_ARCH="$OPTARG";;
+		b) BASE_SYSTEM_PKG="$OPTARG";;
+		r) XBPS_REPOSITORY="--repository=$OPTARG $XBPS_REPOSITORY";;
+		c) XBPS_CACHEDIR="$OPTARG";;
+		g) IGNORE_PKGS="$IGNORE_PKGS $OPTARG" ;;
+		K) readonly KEEP_BUILDDIR=1;;
+		k) KEYMAP="$OPTARG";;
+		l) LOCALE="$OPTARG";;
+		i) INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION="$OPTARG";;
+		I) INCLUDE_DIRS+=("$OPTARG");;
+		S) SERVICE_LIST="$SERVICE_LIST $OPTARG";;
+		s) SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="$OPTARG";;
+		o) OUTPUT_FILE="$OPTARG";;
+		p) PACKAGE_LIST="$PACKAGE_LIST $OPTARG";;
+		C) BOOT_CMDLINE="$OPTARG";;
+		T) BOOT_TITLE="$OPTARG";;
+		v) LINUX_VERSION="$OPTARG";;
+		V) version; exit 0;;
+		h) usage; exit 0;;
+		*) usage >&2; exit 1;;
+	esac
 done
 shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 XBPS_REPOSITORY="$XBPS_REPOSITORY --repository=https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current --repository=https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/musl"
@@ -372,6 +381,7 @@ GRUB_DIR="$BOOT_DIR/grub"
 CURRENT_STEP=0
 STEP_COUNT=10
 [ "${#INCLUDE_DIRS[@]}" -gt 0 ] && STEP_COUNT=$((STEP_COUNT+1))
+[ -n "${IGNORE_PKGS}" ] && STEP_COUNT=$((STEP_COUNT+1))
 
 : ${SYSLINUX_DATADIR:="$VOIDHOSTDIR"/usr/lib/syslinux}
 : ${GRUB_DATADIR:="$VOIDHOSTDIR"/usr/share/grub}
@@ -420,6 +430,11 @@ mkdir -p "$ROOTFS"/etc
 [ -s data/motd ] && cp data/motd "$ROOTFS"/etc
 [ -s data/issue ] && cp data/issue "$ROOTFS"/etc
 
+if [ -n "$IGNORE_PKGS" ]; then
+	print_step "Ignoring packages in the rootfs: ${IGNORE_PKGS} ..."
+	ignore_packages
+fi
+
 print_step "Installing void pkgs into the rootfs: ${PACKAGE_LIST} ..."
 install_packages