diff --git a/files/etc/bup-excludes b/files/etc/bup-excludes
index d60c0e8..52db6f8 100644
--- a/files/etc/bup-excludes
+++ b/files/etc/bup-excludes
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 /root/.bup
 /etc/puppet/modules/*
 /etc/puppet/hieradata/*
+/var/cache/*
 /var/lib/puppet/reports/*