diff --git a/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml
index 788d313c6d..1d7cb4c3cb 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/borg-backup/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 borg_backup_excludes:
+  - '/etc/puppet*'
   - '/home/*.cache/*'
   - '/var/cache/*'
   - '/var/tmp/*'
+  - '/var/lib/lxcfs/*'
+  - '/var/lib/docker/*'
 borg_backup_excludes_extra: []
 
 borg_backup_dirs: