diff --git a/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/__tests__/url-set-builder/create-url-set.test.ts b/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/__tests__/url-set-builder/create-url-set.test.ts
index ec517902..230fa6be 100644
--- a/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/__tests__/url-set-builder/create-url-set.test.ts
+++ b/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/__tests__/url-set-builder/create-url-set.test.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,40 @@ describe('UrlSetBuilder', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  test('createUrlSet: With async exclusion', async () => {
+    const sleep = (ms: number) =>
+      new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
+    const builder = new UrlSetBuilder(
+      {
+        ...sampleConfig,
+        exclude: async () => {
+          await sleep(10)
+          return ['/', '/page-0', '/page-2']
+        },
+      },
+      sampleManifest
+    )
+
+    await expect(builder.createUrlSet()).resolves.toStrictEqual([
+      {
+        changefreq: 'daily',
+        lastmod: expect.any(String),
+        priority: 0.7,
+        loc: 'https://example.com/page-1',
+        alternateRefs: [],
+        trailingSlash: false,
+      },
+      {
+        changefreq: 'daily',
+        lastmod: expect.any(String),
+        priority: 0.7,
+        loc: 'https://example.com/page-3',
+        alternateRefs: [],
+        trailingSlash: false,
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
   test('createUrlSet: Without trailing slash', async () => {
     const builder = new UrlSetBuilder(
       {
diff --git a/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/url-set-builder.ts b/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/url-set-builder.ts
index eea2949f..0281fe3c 100644
--- a/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/url-set-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/next-sitemap/src/builders/url-set-builder.ts
@@ -87,8 +87,13 @@ export class UrlSetBuilder {
     }
 
     // Remove the urls based on this.config?.exclude array
-    if (this.config?.exclude && this.config?.exclude.length > 0) {
-      urlSet = removeIfMatchPattern(urlSet, this.config?.exclude)
+    if (this.config?.exclude) {
+      if (typeof this.config.exclude === 'function') {
+        const asyncExcludes = await this.config.exclude()
+        urlSet = removeIfMatchPattern(urlSet, asyncExcludes)
+      } else {
+        urlSet = removeIfMatchPattern(urlSet, this.config?.exclude)
+      }
     }
 
     urlSet = [...new Set(urlSet)]
diff --git a/packages/next-sitemap/src/interface.ts b/packages/next-sitemap/src/interface.ts
index 09f4acb0..797ba0ff 100644
--- a/packages/next-sitemap/src/interface.ts
+++ b/packages/next-sitemap/src/interface.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export interface IConfig {
    * Apart from this option next-sitemap also offers a custom transform option which could be used to exclude urls that match specific patterns
    * @example ['/page-0', '/page-*', '/private/*']
    */
-  exclude?: string[]
+  exclude?: string[] | (() => Promise<string[]>)
 
   alternateRefs?: Array<IAlternateRef>