diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 095fe27..5ddc9d9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ envlist = bashate
 [testenv:bashate]
 deps = bashate
 whitelist_externals = bash
-commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
-         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
-         -type f                              \
-         -not -name \*~                       \
-         -not -name \*.md                     \
-         -name \*.sh                          \
+commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir}             \
+         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \)    \
+         -not \( -type d -name contrib -prune \) \
+         -type f                                 \
+         -not -name \*~                          \
+         -not -name \*.md                        \
+         -name \*.sh                             \
          -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"