diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala
index b6a3204ea..9f3742861 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ case class CommonOptions(
   @Value("organization:name:forcedVersion")
   @Short("V")
     forceVersion: List[String],
+  @Help("Exclude module")
+  @Value("organization:name")
+  @Short("E")
+    exclude: List[String],
   @Help("Maximum number of parallel downloads (default: 6)")
   @Short("n")
     parallel: Int = 6,
diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
index 1305f382e..f39dcc2db 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ class Helper(
     s"Cannot parse dependencies:\n" + modVerErrors.map("  "+_).mkString("\n")
   }
 
-  val dependencies = moduleVersions.map {
-    case (module, version) =>
-      Dependency(module, version, configuration = "default(compile)")
-  }
-
 
   val (forceVersionErrors, forceVersions0) = Parse.moduleVersions(forceVersion)
 
@@ -138,6 +133,38 @@ class Helper(
     grouped.map { case (mod, versions) => mod -> versions.last }
   }
 
+  val (excludeErrors, excludes0) = Parse.modules(exclude)
+
+  prematureExitIf(excludeErrors.nonEmpty) {
+    s"Cannot parse excluded modules:\n" +
+    excludeErrors
+      .map("  " + _)
+      .mkString("\n")
+  }
+
+  val (excludesNoAttr, excludesWithAttr) = excludes0.partition(_.attributes.isEmpty)
+
+  prematureExitIf(excludesWithAttr.nonEmpty) {
+    s"Excluded modules with attributes not supported:\n" +
+    excludesWithAttr
+      .map("  " + _)
+      .mkString("\n")
+  }
+
+  val excludes = excludesNoAttr.map { mod =>
+    (mod.organization, mod.name)
+  }.toSet
+
+  val dependencies = moduleVersions.map {
+    case (module, version) =>
+      Dependency(
+        module,
+        version,
+        configuration = "default(compile)",
+        exclusions = excludes
+      )
+  }
+
   val startRes = Resolution(
     dependencies.toSet,
     forceVersions = forceVersions,
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
index 07ec95fc5..0f0c03b76 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,58 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
 object Parse {
 
+  /**
+    * Parses a module like
+    *   org:name
+    *  possibly with attributes, like
+    *    org:name;attr1=val1;attr2=val2
+    */
+  def module(s: String): Either[String, Module] = {
+
+    val parts = s.split(":", 2)
+
+    parts match {
+      case Array(org, rawName) =>
+        val splitName = rawName.split(';')
+
+        if (splitName.tail.exists(!_.contains("=")))
+          Left(s"malformed attribute(s) in $s")
+        else {
+          val name = splitName.head
+          val attributes = splitName.tail.map(_.split("=", 2)).map {
+            case Array(key, value) => key -> value
+          }.toMap
+
+          Right(Module(org, name, attributes))
+        }
+
+      case _ =>
+        Left(s"malformed module: $s")
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def valuesAndErrors[L, R](f: String => Either[L, R], l: Seq[String]): (Seq[L], Seq[R]) = {
+
+    val errors = new ArrayBuffer[L]
+    val values = new ArrayBuffer[R]
+
+    for (elem <- l)
+      f(elem) match {
+        case Left(err) => errors += err
+        case Right(modVer) => values += modVer
+      }
+
+    (errors.toSeq, values.toSeq)
+  }
+
+  /**
+    * Parses a sequence of coordinates.
+    *
+    * @return Sequence of errors, and sequence of modules/versions
+    */
+  def modules(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[Module]) =
+    valuesAndErrors(module, l)
+
   /**
     * Parses coordinates like
     *   org:name:version
@@ -20,18 +72,9 @@ object Parse {
 
     parts match {
       case Array(org, rawName, version) =>
-        val splitName = rawName.split(';')
-
-        if (splitName.tail.exists(!_.contains("=")))
-          Left(s"Malformed attribute in $s")
-        else {
-          val name = splitName.head
-          val attributes = splitName.tail.map(_.split("=", 2)).map {
-            case Array(key, value) => key -> value
-          }.toMap
-
-          Right((Module(org, name, attributes), version))
-        }
+         module(s"$org:$rawName")
+           .right
+           .map((_, version))
 
       case _ =>
         Left(s"Malformed coordinates: $s")
@@ -43,19 +86,8 @@ object Parse {
     *
     * @return Sequence of errors, and sequence of modules/versions
     */
-  def moduleVersions(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String)]) = {
-
-    val errors = new ArrayBuffer[String]
-    val moduleVersions = new ArrayBuffer[(Module, String)]
-
-    for (elem <- l)
-      moduleVersion(elem) match {
-        case Left(err) => errors += err
-        case Right(modVer) => moduleVersions += modVer
-      }
-
-    (errors.toSeq, moduleVersions.toSeq)
-  }
+  def moduleVersions(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String)]) =
+    valuesAndErrors(moduleVersion, l)
 
   def repository(s: String): Repository =
     if (s == "central")