diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cecd4a6..01225ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.18.0 - 2024-08-03
+
+-   added config option `excluded_symbols` (a.k.a. Doxygen's `EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS`) (#36) (@Guekka)
+
 ## v0.17.2 - 2024-06-16
 
 -   fixed qualified return types appearing squashed together without whitespace in some circumstances
diff --git a/src/poxy/project.py b/src/poxy/project.py
index 53ed9eb..1f4f232 100644
--- a/src/poxy/project.py
+++ b/src/poxy/project.py
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ class Context(object):
             Optional(r'description'): Stripped(str),
             Optional(r'examples'): FilteredInputs.schema,
             Optional(r'extra_files'): ValueOrArray(str, name=r'extra_files'),
+            Optional(r'excluded_symbols'): ValueOrArray(str, name=r'excluded_symbols'),
             Optional(r'favicon'): Stripped(str),
             Optional(r'generate_tagfile'): bool,
             Optional(r'github'): Stripped(str),
@@ -1781,6 +1782,13 @@ def add_internal_asset(p) -> str:
                         self.inline_namespaces.add(namespace)
             self.verbose_value(r'Context.inline_namespaces', self.inline_namespaces)
 
+            self.excluded_symbols = set()
+            if 'excluded_symbols' in config:
+                for symbol in coerce_collection(config['excluded_symbols']):
+                    symbol = symbol.strip()
+                    if symbol:
+                        self.excluded_symbols.add(symbol)
+
             # implementation headers
             self.implementation_headers = []
             if 'implementation_headers' in config:
diff --git a/src/poxy/run.py b/src/poxy/run.py
index 8a24b72..765645b 100644
--- a/src/poxy/run.py
+++ b/src/poxy/run.py
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ def preprocess_doxyfile(context: Context):
 
         df.set_value(r'USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE', context.main_page)
 
+        if context.excluded_symbols:
+            df.set_value(r'EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS', context.excluded_symbols)
+
         df.append()
         df.append(r'# context.warnings', end='\n\n')  # ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/poxy/version.txt b/src/poxy/version.txt
index c3d16c1..6633391 100644
--- a/src/poxy/version.txt
+++ b/src/poxy/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.17.2
+0.18.0