diff --git a/src/etc/sbopkg/blacklist b/src/etc/sbopkg/blacklist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf b/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf
index dd59a75..6044597 100644
--- a/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf
+++ b/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LOGFILE=${LOGFILE:-/var/log/sbopkg/sbopkg-build-log}
 QUEUEDIR=${QUEUEDIR:-/var/lib/sbopkg/queues}
 REPO_ROOT=${REPO_ROOT:-/var/lib/sbopkg}
 SRCDIR=${SRCDIR:-/var/cache/sbopkg}
+BLACKLISTFILE=${BLACKLISTFILE:-/etc/sbopkg/blacklist}
 # sbopkg's temporary directory (where its internal temporary files are
 # kept and where packages are made prior to being moved to OUTPUT)
 # defaults to /tmp/sbopkg.XXXXXX where 'XXXXXX' is a random string. If
diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
index 0ff4a60..43f2144 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ EOF
     # Some configuration options are mandatory
     for VAR in REPO_ROOT QUEUEDIR SRCDIR REPO_NAME REPO_BRANCH \
         KEEPLOG CLEANUP LOGFILE DEBUG_UPDATES TMP OUTPUT RSYNCFLAGS \
-        WGETFLAGS DIFF DIFFOPTS SBOPKG_REPOS_D ALLOW_MULTI; do
+        WGETFLAGS DIFF DIFFOPTS SBOPKG_REPOS_D ALLOW_MULTI BLACKLISTFILE; do
         if [[ -z "${!VAR}" ]]; then
             MISSING+="$VAR "
         fi
@@ -735,7 +735,21 @@ check_for_updates() {
     UPDATELIST=$SBOPKGTMP/sbopkg_updatelist
     rm -f $UPDATELIST $ERRORMSG
     cd /var/log/packages
-    PKGS=$(ls *$REPO_TAG 2> /dev/null)
+
+    # Check if blacklist file exists
+    if [[ -s $BLACKLISTFILE ]]; then
+       # Remove comments (lines starting with #) and empty lines
+       # If there exists content(s), we will filter that out
+       # Otherwise, do a normal check for update procedure
+       BLKFILE=$(grep -v "^#" $BLACKLISTFILE | grep -v "^$")
+       if [[ ! -z $BLKFILE ]]; then
+         PKGS=$(ls *$REPO_TAG | grep -v $BLKFILE 2> /dev/null)
+       else
+         PKGS=$(ls *$REPO_TAG 2> /dev/null)
+       fi
+    else
+       PKGS=$(ls *$REPO_TAG 2> /dev/null)
+    fi
     NUMPKGS=$(wc -w <<< "$PKGS")
     VERSION_FILE=$SBOPKGTMP/sbopkg-script-version
     PROGRESSBAR_INTERRUPTED=$SBOPKGTMP/sbopkg_progressbar-interrupted
diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
index 22bd86f..ac79d00 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
+++ b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SBOPKG NEWS
 
-sbopkg-dev (2018-01-12 00:52:10 UTC)
+sbopkg-dev (2018-01-14 10:17:13 UTC)
     FEATURES
 	* sqg: Parallelize building of single and all packages by option -j.
 	  Requires GNU Parallel.
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ sbopkg-dev (2018-01-12 00:52:10 UTC)
         * sqg: Added manual page for sqg.
 	* sbopkg: No need to do complete check for old sources if no sources available
 	  Initial patch by Loki Harfagr
-        * sbopkg: Added support for Slackware 15.0
+	* sbopkg: Added support for Slackware 15.0
+	* sbopkg: Added new option in sbopkg.conf: BLACKLISTFILE
+          This is used to define blacklisted package(s)
+          Feature Request by khronosschoty
+
 
     MODIFICATIONS
 	* bash-completion: Complete -i and -b when git repo is used