diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 8bc8d3f..3d6befa 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ inputs:
   bucket:
     description: 'specify bucket name of the cloud platform'
     required: true
+  exclude:
+    description: 'specify exclude the given comma separated directories'
+    required: false
   dist:
-    description: 'dist'
+    description: 'specify dist of the local directory'
     required: true
 
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'
-  args:
-    - ${{ inputs.driver }}
-    - ${{ inputs.region }}
-    - ${{ inputs.bucket }}
-    - ${{ inputs.dist }}
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index caaed53..86a74fc 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const (
 	uploaderFlagAccessKey    = "access_key"
 	uploaderFlagAccessSecret = "access_secret"
 	uploaderFlagBucket       = "bucket"
+	uploaderFlagExclude      = "exclude"
 
 	// uploader environments
 	uploaderEnvAccessKey    = "UPTOC_UPLOADER_AK"
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ var (
 			Usage:    "specify bucket name of the cloud platform",
 			Required: true,
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  uploaderFlagExclude,
+			Usage: "specify exclude the given comma separated directories (example: --exclude=.cache,test)",
+		},
 	}
 )
 
@@ -85,18 +90,15 @@ func action(c *cli.Context) {
 	accessKey := c.String(uploaderFlagAccessKey)
 	accessSecret := c.String(uploaderFlagAccessSecret)
 	bucketName := c.String(uploaderFlagBucket)
+	exclude := c.String(uploaderFlagExclude)
 	uploadDriver, err := uploader.New(driver, region, accessKey, accessSecret, bucketName)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
 	dirPath := c.Args().First()
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(dirPath, "/") {
-		dirPath += "/"
-	}
-
 	e := core.NewEngine(uploadDriver)
-	if err := e.LoadAndCompareObjects(dirPath); err != nil {
+	if err := e.LoadAndCompareObjects(dirPath, strings.Split(exclude, ",")...); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/engine.go b/core/engine.go
index c048a2a..07e014c 100644
--- a/core/engine.go
+++ b/core/engine.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ func NewEngine(uploadDriver uploader.Driver) *Engine {
 }
 
 // LoadAndCompareObjects loads local files and compare with the remote objects
-func (e *Engine) LoadAndCompareObjects(localDir string) error {
-	localObjects, err := loadLocalObjects(localDir)
+func (e *Engine) LoadAndCompareObjects(localDir string, excludePaths ...string) error {
+	localObjects, err := loadLocalObjects(localDir, excludePaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -108,10 +108,28 @@ func objectNotMatch(object uploader.Object, objects []uploader.Object) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func loadLocalObjects(dirPath string) ([]uploader.Object, error) {
+func shouldExclude(dirPath, filePath string, excludePaths []string) bool {
+	for _, ePath := range excludePaths {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(filePath, dirPath+strings.TrimPrefix(ePath, "/")) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func loadLocalObjects(dirPath string, excludePaths []string) ([]uploader.Object, error) {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(dirPath, "/") {
+		dirPath += "/"
+	}
+
 	localObjects := make([]uploader.Object, 0)
 	visitor := func(filePath string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-		if info.IsDir() {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if info.IsDir() || shouldExclude(dirPath, filePath, excludePaths) {
 			return nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/core/engine_test.go b/core/engine_test.go
index b47e5ad..a97f829 100644
--- a/core/engine_test.go
+++ b/core/engine_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package core
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -34,16 +35,25 @@ func TestEngine(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, os.RemoveAll(tmp))
 	assert.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(tmp, os.FileMode(0755)))
 	files := map[string]string{
-		"abc1.txt": "abcabc",
-		"abc2.txt": "112233",
-		"abc3.txt": "445566",
+		"abc1.txt":         "abcabc",
+		"abc2.txt":         "112233",
+		"abc3.txt":         "445566",
+		"exclude/test.txt": "abc123",
 	}
 	for name, content := range files {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "exclude") {
+			os.Mkdir(tmp+"exclude", os.FileMode(0744))
+		}
 		assert.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(tmp+name, []byte(content), os.FileMode(0644)))
 	}
 
 	// test
 	e := NewEngine(&mockUploader{})
-	assert.NoError(t, e.LoadAndCompareObjects(tmp))
+	assert.NoError(t, e.LoadAndCompareObjects(tmp, "/exclude"))
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Sync())
 }
+
+func TestNOTExistDir(t *testing.T) {
+	e := NewEngine(&mockUploader{})
+	assert.Error(t, e.LoadAndCompareObjects("tmp233", "/exclude"))
+}
diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index 86c56c8..e1b3ce4 100755
--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh -l
 
-uptoc --driver "$1" --region "$2" --bucket "$3" "$4"
+ARGS="--driver ${INPUT_DRIVER} --region ${INPUT_REGION} --bucket ${INPUT_BUCKET}"
+if [ "$INPUT_EXCLUDE" ]; then
+  ARGS+=" --exclude $INPUT_EXCLUDE"
+fi
+ARGS+=" $INPUT_DIST"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+uptoc ${ARGS}