diff --git a/squashfs.exclude b/squashfs.exclude
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59021cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/squashfs.exclude
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/20-systemd-ssh-proxy.conf
+etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/20-systemd-userdb.conf
+usr/lib/systemd/ssh_config.d
+usr/lib/systemd/sshd_config.d
+usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-ssh-generator