diff --git a/google_sitemap/config_lists.xml b/google_sitemap/config_lists.xml
index fa8d5ab2..f126644c 100644
--- a/google_sitemap/config_lists.xml
+++ b/google_sitemap/config_lists.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   <sitemap    path="/var/www/lists.xml.gz" />
 
   <filter  action="drop"  type="wildcard"  pattern="*~"           />
+  <filter  action="drop"  type="wildcard"  pattern="*/archives/*" />
   <filter  action="drop"  type="regexp"    pattern="/\.[^/]*"     />
 
 </site>