diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf13edc..7ce7b28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ It also wraps calls to the linker in order to:
 Finally, the tool requires the use of the `-trimpath` build flag, to ensure the
 binary doesn't include paths from the current filesystem.
 
+### Exclude
+Identifiers can be excluded from garble by adding a comment in the form of a single line
+// Identifier garble:exclude
+
+or multiline
+
+// Identifier some documentation
+// garble:exclude
+
+comment before it.
+
 ### Options
 
 By default, the tool garbles the packages under the current module. If not
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d2498c..e4d9df0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ module mvdan.cc/garble
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.5.2
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200330040139-fa3cc9eebcfe
+	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200522201501-cb1345f3a375
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb11bd0..c2d9daf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORN
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.5.2 h1:qLvObTrvO/XRCqmkKxUlOBc48bI3efyDuAZe25QiF0w=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.5.2/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.0 h1:IZRgg4sfrDH7nsAD1Y/Nwj+GzIfEwpJSLjCaNC3SbsI=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.0/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200330040139-fa3cc9eebcfe h1:sOd+hT8wBUrIFR5Q6uQb/rg50z8NjHk96kC4adwvxjw=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200330040139-fa3cc9eebcfe/go.mod h1:Sl4aGygMT6LrqrWclx+PTx3U+LnKx/seiNR+3G19Ar8=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200522201501-cb1345f3a375 h1:SjQ2+AKWgZLc1xej6WSzL+Dfs5Uyd5xcZH1mGC411IA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200522201501-cb1345f3a375/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 53ae290..c717488 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -286,13 +286,10 @@ func transformCompile(args []string) ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// log.Printf("%#v", ids)
-	var files []*ast.File
-	for _, path := range paths {
-		file, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, path, nil, parser.ParseComments)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		files = append(files, file)
+
+	files, err := parseFilesFromPaths(paths)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	info := &types.Info{
@@ -304,6 +301,7 @@ func transformCompile(args []string) ([]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "garble-build")
+	log.Println(tempDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -473,6 +471,7 @@ func transformGo(file *ast.File, info *types.Info) *ast.File {
 			}
 			return true
 		}
+
 		pkg := obj.Pkg()
 		if pkg == nil {
 			return true // universe scope
@@ -484,12 +483,14 @@ func transformGo(file *ast.File, info *types.Info) *ast.File {
 			pkg = obj.Pkg()
 		}
 
-		if pkg.Name() == "main" && obj.Exported() && obj.Parent() == pkg.Scope() {
+		if pkg.Name() == "main" && obj.Exported() && obj.Parent() == pkg.Scope() || excludeObj(obj, origComments) {
 			// TODO: only do this when -buildmode is plugin? what
 			// about other -buildmode options?
+
+			log.Println("here", obj.Name())
 			return true // could be a Go plugin API
 		}
-		// log.Printf("%#v %T", node, obj)
+		//log.Printf("%#v %T", node, obj)
 		switch x := obj.(type) {
 		case *types.Var:
 			if x.IsField() && x.Exported() {
@@ -539,6 +540,7 @@ func transformGo(file *ast.File, info *types.Info) *ast.File {
 		// log.Printf("%q hashed with %q to %q", orig, buildID, node.Name)
 		return true
 	}
+
 	return astutil.Apply(file, pre, nil).(*ast.File)
 }
 
@@ -640,3 +642,45 @@ func flagSetValue(flags []string, name, value string) []string {
 	}
 	return append(flags, name+"="+value)
 }
+
+func parseFilesFromPaths(paths []string) (files []*ast.File, err error) {
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		file, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, path, nil, parser.ParseComments)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		files = append(files, file)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func excludeObj(obj types.Object, comments []*ast.CommentGroup) bool {
+	if obj.Exported() {
+		for _, commentGroup := range comments {
+			if commentGroup.Pos() > obj.Pos() {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			var groupHasObjName bool
+			var groupHasExclude bool
+			for _, comment := range commentGroup.List {
+				if strings.Contains(comment.Text, obj.Name()) {
+					groupHasObjName = true
+				}
+
+				if strings.Contains(comment.Text, "garble:exclude") {
+					groupHasExclude = true
+				}
+			}
+
+			if groupHasExclude && groupHasObjName {
+
+				log.Println("skipped", obj.Name())
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/testdata/scripts/imports.txt b/testdata/scripts/imports.txt
index 04b82d4..2795e99 100644
--- a/testdata/scripts/imports.txt
+++ b/testdata/scripts/imports.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ exec ./main
 cmp stdout main.stdout
 
 ! binsubstr main$exe 'ImportedVar' 'ImportedConst' 'ImportedFunc' 'ImportedType' 'main.go' 'imported.go'
+binsubstr main$exe 'ImportedAPI'
 
 [short] stop # checking that the build is reproducible is slow
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	_ "unsafe"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"test/main/imported"
 
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Println(imported.ImportedConst)
 	imported.ImportedFunc('x')
 	fmt.Println(imported.ImportedType(3))
+
+	api := new(imported.ImportedAPI)
+	fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(api))
 	linkedPrintln(nil)
 	fmt.Println(quote.Go())
 }
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 imported var value
 imported const value
 3
+*imported.ImportedAPI
 <nil>
 Don't communicate by sharing memory, share memory by communicating.
 -- imported/imported.go --
@@ -59,3 +65,6 @@ func ImportedFunc(param rune) string {
 }
 
 type ImportedType int
+
+// ImportedAPI garble:exclude
+type ImportedAPI int
\ No newline at end of file