diff --git a/BlenderScripts/io_scene_mmobj/export_mmobj.py b/BlenderScripts/io_scene_mmobj/export_mmobj.py
index 6e88a61b..5a3b17d2 100644
--- a/BlenderScripts/io_scene_mmobj/export_mmobj.py
+++ b/BlenderScripts/io_scene_mmobj/export_mmobj.py
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ def findVertexGroupName(face, vWeightMap):
     # Get all meshes
     for ob_main in objects:
 
+        # skip objects flagged for exclusion by name prefix
+        if ob_main.name.startswith(("EXCL_", "EXCLUDE_")):
+            print(ob_main.name, 'is marked excluded - ignoring')
+            continue
+
         # ignore dupli children
         if ob_main.parent and ob_main.parent.dupli_type in {'VERTS', 'FACES'}:
             # XXX