diff --git a/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml b/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml
index 9b13046c15..0cbf2f4613 100644
--- a/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
     when: global_backup_targets is defined
 
   - name: run rdiff-backup hitting all the host targets
-    local_action: "shell rdiff-backup --create-full-path --print-statistics ${inventory_hostname}::${item} /fedora_backups/${inventory_hostname}/`basename ${item}` | mail -r sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org -s 'rdiff-backup: ${inventory_hostname}:${item}' sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org"
+    local_action: "shell rdiff-backup --exclude='**.snapshot/' --create-full-path --print-statistics ${inventory_hostname}::${item} /fedora_backups/${inventory_hostname}/`basename ${item}` | mail -r sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org -s 'rdiff-backup: ${inventory_hostname}:${item}' sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org"
     with_items: $host_backup_targets
     when: host_backup_targets is defined