diff --git a/excludes/windows_excludes b/excludes/windows_excludes
index 999c1a5..25b25c0 100644
--- a/excludes/windows_excludes
+++ b/excludes/windows_excludes
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
 ?:\$$recycle.bin
 ?:\System Volume Information
 
+# VSS mountpoints
+\\$?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy*
+
 # swap file (Windows XP, 7, 8)
 ?:\pagefile.sys