diff --git a/builder/patternlab.js b/builder/patternlab.js
index eef0ddbb3..b61151ee9 100644
--- a/builder/patternlab.js
+++ b/builder/patternlab.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-/* 
- * patternlab-node - v0.13.0 - 2015 
- * 
+/*
+ * patternlab-node - v0.13.0 - 2015
+ *
  * Brian Muenzenmeyer, and the web community.
- * Licensed under the MIT license. 
- * 
- * Many thanks to Brad Frost and Dave Olsen for inspiration, encouragement, and advice. 
+ * Licensed under the MIT license.
+ *
+ * Many thanks to Brad Frost and Dave Olsen for inspiration, encouragement, and advice.
  *
  */
 
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ var patternlab_engine = function () {
 
   function buildFrontEnd(){
     var pattern_assembler = new pa(),
-    media_hunter = new mh();
+        media_hunter = new mh(),
+        styleGuideExcludes = patternlab.config.styleGuideExcludes,
+        styleguidePatterns = []
+    ;
     patternlab.buckets = [];
     patternlab.bucketIndex = [];
     patternlab.patternPaths = {};
@@ -155,9 +158,23 @@ var patternlab_engine = function () {
     //find mediaQueries
     media_hunter.find_media_queries('./source/css', patternlab);
 
+    // check if patterns are excluded, if not add them to styleguidePatterns
+    if (styleGuideExcludes.length) {
+        for (i = 0; i < patternlab.patterns.length; i++) {
+            var key = patternlab.patterns[i].key;
+            var typeKey = key.substring(0, key.indexOf('-'));
+            var isExcluded = (styleGuideExcludes.indexOf(typeKey) > -1);
+            if (!isExcluded) {
+                styleguidePatterns.push(patternlab.patterns[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        styleguidePatterns = patternlab.patterns;
+    }
+
     //build the styleguide
     var styleguideTemplate = fs.readFileSync('./source/_patternlab-files/styleguide.mustache', 'utf8'),
-    styleguideHtml = pattern_assembler.renderPattern(styleguideTemplate, {partials: patternlab.patterns});
+    styleguideHtml = pattern_assembler.renderPattern(styleguideTemplate, {partials: styleguidePatterns});
     fs.outputFileSync('./public/styleguide/html/styleguide.html', styleguideHtml);
 
     //build the viewall pages
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index ff787019b..9ba9f591e 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  		"source" : "./source/_patterns/",
  		"public" : "./public/patterns/"
  	},
+	"styleGuideExcludes": [
+		"templates",
+		"pages"
+	],
  	"ignored-extensions" : ["scss", "DS_Store", "less"],
  	"ignored-directories" : ["scss"],
  	"debug": false,
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@
  		"tools-docs": true
  	},
   "patternStates": {
-      "homepage-emergency" : "inprogress"
+	  "homepage-emergency" : "inprogress"
   },
   "patternExportKeys": [],
   "patternExportDirectory": "./pattern_exports/",