diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
index 1bd411deeb..63bbc23a83 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
@@ -721,6 +721,12 @@ DESCRIPTION
                      partition table. It may be useful for
                      bootloaders.
 
+         --exclude-path: This option is specific to wic. It excludes the given
+                         absolute path from the resulting image. If the path
+                         ends with a slash, only the content of the directory
+                         is omitted, not the directory itself. This option only
+                         has an effect with the rootfs source plugin.
+
          --extra-space: This option is specific to wic. It adds extra
                         space after the space filled by the content
                         of the partition. The final size can go
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py b/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
index 41d3cc667f..f0aa5d0389 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class KickStart():
         part.add_argument('mountpoint', nargs='?')
         part.add_argument('--active', action='store_true')
         part.add_argument('--align', type=int)
+        part.add_argument('--exclude-path', nargs='+')
         part.add_argument("--extra-space", type=sizetype)
         part.add_argument('--fsoptions', dest='fsopts')
         part.add_argument('--fstype')
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py b/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
index 754ad757d0..1221f691dc 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class Partition():
         self.disk = args.disk
         self.device = None
         self.extra_space = args.extra_space
+        self.exclude_path = args.exclude_path
         self.fsopts = args.fsopts
         self.fstype = args.fstype
         self.label = args.label
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py
index 9d959fa7d7..c57a4341d1 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@
 #
 
 import os
+import shutil
+
+from oe.path import copyhardlinktree
 
 from wic import msger
 from wic.pluginbase import SourcePlugin
-from wic.utils.misc import get_bitbake_var
+from wic.utils.misc import get_bitbake_var, exec_cmd
 
 class RootfsPlugin(SourcePlugin):
     """
@@ -78,6 +81,44 @@ class RootfsPlugin(SourcePlugin):
 
         real_rootfs_dir = cls.__get_rootfs_dir(rootfs_dir)
 
+        # Handle excluded paths.
+        if part.exclude_path is not None:
+            # We need a new rootfs directory we can delete files from. Copy to
+            # workdir.
+            new_rootfs = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(cr_workdir, "rootfs"))
+
+            if os.path.lexists(new_rootfs):
+                shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(new_rootfs))
+
+            copyhardlinktree(real_rootfs_dir, new_rootfs)
+
+            real_rootfs_dir = new_rootfs
+
+            for orig_path in part.exclude_path:
+                path = orig_path
+                if os.path.isabs(path):
+                    msger.error("Must be relative: --exclude-path=%s" % orig_path)
+
+                full_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(new_rootfs, path))
+
+                # Disallow climbing outside of parent directory using '..',
+                # because doing so could be quite disastrous (we will delete the
+                # directory).
+                if not full_path.startswith(new_rootfs):
+                    msger.error("'%s' points to a path outside the rootfs" % orig_path)
+
+                if path.endswith(os.sep):
+                    # Delete content only.
+                    for entry in os.listdir(full_path):
+                        full_entry = os.path.join(full_path, entry)
+                        if os.path.isdir(full_entry) and not os.path.islink(full_entry):
+                            shutil.rmtree(full_entry)
+                        else:
+                            os.remove(full_entry)
+                else:
+                    # Delete whole directory.
+                    shutil.rmtree(full_path)
+
         part.rootfs_dir = real_rootfs_dir
         part.prepare_rootfs(cr_workdir, oe_builddir,
                             real_rootfs_dir, native_sysroot)
diff --git a/scripts/wic b/scripts/wic
index 1b7d7dfa4e..10a03eeea6 100755
--- a/scripts/wic
+++ b/scripts/wic
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ from distutils import spawn
 scripts_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 lib_path = scripts_path + '/lib'
 sys.path.insert(0, lib_path)
+oe_lib_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(scripts_path), 'meta', 'lib')
+sys.path.insert(0, oe_lib_path)
 
 bitbake_exe = spawn.find_executable('bitbake')
 if bitbake_exe: