diff --git a/squashfs.exclude b/squashfs.exclude
index 675e922..fe914f3 100644
--- a/squashfs.exclude
+++ b/squashfs.exclude
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ usr/share/polkit-1
 usr/share/portage
 usr/share/selinux/*/include
 usr/share/zsh
+var/.updated
 var/cache/edb
 var/db/Makefile
 var/db/pkg