diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 423c8d52..5771b37d 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -209,29 +209,33 @@ def get_libname(names):
     return ' '.join(reversed(vals))
 
 # -L needs to contain more paths than libs linked with -l would require
-def get_ldpathflags(names):
+def get_ldpathflags(names, exclude = []):
     deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required.jw', 'build',
             scope = 2, add_self=True, names_only=True)
     r = ''
     for m in deps:
+        if m in exclude:
+            continue
         libname = get_libname([m])
         if len(libname):
         	r = r + ' -L' + proj_dir(m) + '/lib'
     print(r[1:])
 
-def get_ldflags(names):
+def get_ldflags(names, exclude = []):
     #print(names)
     deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required.jw', 'build',
             scope = 1, add_self=False, names_only=True)
     #print(deps)
     r = ''
     for m in reversed(deps):
+        if m in exclude:
+            continue
         libname = get_libname([m])
         if len(libname):
             #r = r + ' -L' + proj_dir(m) + '/lib -l' + libname
             r = r + ' -l' + libname
     if len(r):
-	ldpathflags = get_ldpathflags(names)
+	ldpathflags = get_ldpathflags(names, exclude)
 	if ldpathflags:
 		r = ldpathflags + ' ' + r
         return r[1::]
@@ -309,8 +313,9 @@ def cmd_libname(args_):
 def cmd_ldflags(args_):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='ldlibpath')
     parser.add_argument('module', nargs='*', help='Modules')
+    parser.add_argument('--exclude', action='append', help='Exclude Modules', default=[])
     args=parser.parse_args(args_)
-    print(get_ldflags(args.module))
+    print(get_ldflags(args.module, args.exclude))
 
 def cmd_cflags(args_):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='cflags')