diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
index de2c6bf355..8cca46bcfa 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ CHECK_SESSION_IP = True
 # # --no-human-readable: because rsync made things pretty by default in 3.1.x
 CRAWLER_RSYNC_PARAMETERS = '--no-motd --timeout 14400 --exclude=lost+found --no-human-readable'
 
+# This is a list of directories which MirrorManager will ignore while guessing
+# the version and architecture from a path.
+SKIP_PATHS_FOR_VERSION = ['pub/alt']
+
 ###
 # Configuration options used by the crons
 ###