diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9355297..3248f10 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
   options = options || {}
 
   options.prefix = options.prefix || ''
+  options.exclude = options.exclude || []
 
   return function (req, res, next) {
+	if (options.exclude.some(rx => new RegExp(rx).test(req.url))) return next()
     req.originalUrl = req.url
     req.url = req.url.replace(options.prefix, '')
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 645084f..4598dc7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var versioning = require('restify-url-semver')
 var server = restify.createServer()
 
 // Add restify-url-semver middleware
-server.pre(versioning({ prefix: '/api' }))
+server.pre(versioning({ prefix: '/api', exclude: ['/web', '/static'] }))
 
 // [protocol]://[host]/api/v1/foo
 server.get({ path: '/foo', version: '1.0.0' }, function (req, res, next) {