diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cac9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exclude_ips.txt
diff --git a/analyze.sh b/analyze.sh
index e41a003..c156972 100755
--- a/analyze.sh
+++ b/analyze.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 # Simple package download stats script
 TEMP="/tmp/access_log_temp"
+DIR="$PWD"
 ACCESS_LOG_DIR="/var/log/lighttpd"
 cd "$ACCESS_LOG_DIR"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,13 @@ cat_log() {
 	esac
 }
 
+if [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
+	echo "usage: analyze.sh [-e] [-h]"
+	echo "options::"
+	echo "  -e  use exclude_ips.txt"
+	echo "  -h  show this help"
+	exit 1
+fi
 
 echo "---"
 echo "Count of deb and rpm files accessed in /packages/osmocom,"
@@ -49,6 +57,11 @@ for file in $FILES; do
 	done
 done
 
+if [ "$1" = "-e" ]; then
+	python3 "$DIR"/exclude_ips.py "$DIR/exclude_ips.txt" "$TEMP" "$TEMP.2"
+	mv "$TEMP.2" "$TEMP"
+fi
+
 echo
 echo "Distributions:"
 distros="$(cat "$TEMP" \
diff --git a/exclude_ips.py b/exclude_ips.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96e3353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exclude_ips.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import ipaddress
+
+exclude_ips_txt = sys.argv[1]
+temp_in = sys.argv[2]
+temp_out = sys.argv[3]
+netmasks = []
+
+
+def ip_is_relevant(ip):
+    global netmasks
+
+    ip = ipaddress.ip_address(ip)
+
+    for netmask in netmasks:
+        if ip in netmask:
+            return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+with open(exclude_ips_txt, "r") as r:
+    for line in r:
+        line = line.rstrip()
+        if not line or line.startswith("==") or line.startswith("#"):
+            continue
+        netmasks += [ipaddress.ip_network(line)]
+
+print("")
+print(f"Excluding {len(netmasks)} netmasks:")
+
+lines_in = 0
+lines_out = 0
+with open(temp_in, "r") as r:
+    with open(temp_out, "w") as w:
+        for line in r:
+            ip = line.split(" ", 1)[0]
+            lines_in += 1
+
+            if ip_is_relevant(ip):
+                w.write(line)
+                lines_out += 1
+
+print("%7i lines in" % lines_in)
+print("%7i lines out" % lines_out)