diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.cpp b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
index da4cc5278..9d0f47a25 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
@@ -365,8 +365,10 @@ std::set<std::string> Preprocessor::getConfigs(const simplecpp::TokenList &token
 
     ::getConfigs(tokens, defined, _settings.userDefines, _settings.userUndefs, ret);
 
-    for (std::map<std::string, simplecpp::TokenList*>::const_iterator it = tokenlists.begin(); it != tokenlists.end(); ++it)
-        ::getConfigs(*(it->second), defined, _settings.userDefines, _settings.userUndefs, ret);
+    for (std::map<std::string, simplecpp::TokenList*>::const_iterator it = tokenlists.begin(); it != tokenlists.end(); ++it) {
+        if (!_settings.configurationExcluded(it->first))
+            ::getConfigs(*(it->second), defined, _settings.userDefines, _settings.userUndefs, ret);
+    }
 
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/lib/settings.h b/lib/settings.h
index ccef10a45..9be0d4d9f 100644
--- a/lib/settings.h
+++ b/lib/settings.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public:
     ImportProject project;
 
     /**
-     * @brief return true if a file is to be excluded from configuration checking
+     * @brief return true if a included file is to be excluded in Preprocessor::getConfigs
      * @return true for the file to be excluded.
      */
     bool configurationExcluded(const std::string &file) const {