diff --git a/40-PicoSearch.php b/40-PicoSearch.php
index 9ba752a..7360ca3 100644
--- a/40-PicoSearch.php
+++ b/40-PicoSearch.php
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ class PicoSearch extends AbstractPicoPlugin
                 });
             }
 
+            $pico = $this->getPico();
+            $excludes = $pico->getConfig('search_excludes');
+            if (!empty($excludes)) {
+                foreach ($excludes as $exclude_path) {
+                    unset($pages[$exclude_path]);
+                }
+            }
+
             if (isset($this->search_terms)) {
                 $pages = array_filter($pages, function ($page) {
                     return (stripos($page['title'], $this->search_terms) !== false)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 426f1a7..f7f2e79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,4 +57,13 @@ template file or on a specific page.
         e.preventDefault();
     });
 </script>
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+## Configuration options
+
+You can exclude certain pages from being included in the search results by using the configuration option `search_excludes`.
+Set it to an array of pages you'd like to exclude, where each page is specified as its path relative to the content root:
+
+```
+$config['search_excludes'] = ['search', 'some/other/page'];
+```