diff --git a/config/backup/exclude b/config/backup/exclude
index bd15ceb21..41ae8b576 100644
--- a/config/backup/exclude
+++ b/config/backup/exclude
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /var/ipfire/proxy/calamaris/bin/*
 /var/ipfire/qos/bin/qos.pl
 /var/ipfire/urlfilter/blacklists/*/*.db
+/var/ipfire/forward/bin/*