diff --git a/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs b/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
index b5e66f3b8..87df68731 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
@@ -1,58 +1,58 @@
-using System;
-using Coverlet.Core;
-using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
-using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
-
-namespace Coverlet.MSbuild.Tasks
-{
-    public class InstrumentationTask : Task
-    {
-        private static Coverage _coverage;
-        private string _path;
-        private string _filter;
-        private string _exclude;
-
-        internal static Coverage Coverage
-        {
-            get { return _coverage; }
-        }
-
-        [Required]
-        public string Path
-        {
-            get { return _path; }
-            set { _path = value; }
-        }
-        
-        public string Filter
-        {
-            get { return _filter; }
-            set { _filter = value; }
-        }
-
-        public string Exclude
-        {
-            get { return _exclude; }
-            set { _exclude = value; }
-        }
-
-        public override bool Execute()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var excludes = _exclude?.Split(',');
-                var filters = _filter?.Split(',');
-
-                _coverage = new Coverage(_path, Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), filters, excludes);
-                _coverage.PrepareModules();
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Log.LogErrorFromException(ex);
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-}
+using System;
+using Coverlet.Core;
+using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
+
+namespace Coverlet.MSbuild.Tasks
+{
+    public class InstrumentationTask : Task
+    {
+        private static Coverage _coverage;
+        private string _path;
+        private string _filter;
+        private string _excludeByFile;
+
+        internal static Coverage Coverage
+        {
+            get { return _coverage; }
+        }
+
+        [Required]
+        public string Path
+        {
+            get { return _path; }
+            set { _path = value; }
+        }
+        
+        public string Filter
+        {
+            get { return _filter; }
+            set { _filter = value; }
+        }
+
+        public string ExcludeByFile
+        {
+            get { return _excludeByFile; }
+            set { _excludeByFile = value; }
+        }
+
+        public override bool Execute()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var excludes = _excludeByFile?.Split(',');
+                var filters = _filter?.Split(',');
+
+                _coverage = new Coverage(_path, Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), filters, excludes);
+                _coverage.PrepareModules();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Log.LogErrorFromException(ex);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.props b/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.props
index ca421a614..53fea8e8c 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.props
+++ b/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.props
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
     <CoverletOutputName Condition=" '$(CoverletOutputName)' == '' ">coverage</CoverletOutputName>
     <CoverletOutput>$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash('$(CoverletOutputDirectory)'))$(CoverletOutputName)</CoverletOutput>
     <Filter Condition="$(Filter) == ''"></Filter>
-    <Exclude Condition="$(Exclude) == ''"></Exclude>
+    <ExcludeByFile Condition="$(ExcludeByFile) == ''"></ExcludeByFile>
     <Threshold Condition="$(Threshold) == ''">0</Threshold>
     <ThresholdType Condition="$(ThresholdType) == ''">line,branch,method</ThresholdType>
     <CollectCoverage Condition="$(CollectCoverage) == ''">false</CollectCoverage>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.targets b/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.targets
index a2cdc7382..8324ee7b1 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.targets
+++ b/src/coverlet.msbuild/coverlet.msbuild.targets
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <Target Name="InstrumentModulesNoBuild" BeforeTargets="VSTest">
     <Coverlet.MSbuild.Tasks.InstrumentationTask
       Condition="'$(VSTestNoBuild)' == 'true' and $(CollectCoverage) == 'true'"
-      Exclude="$(Exclude)"
+      ExcludeByFile="$(ExcludeByFile)"
       Path="$(TargetPath)" />
   </Target>
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <Coverlet.MSbuild.Tasks.InstrumentationTask
       Condition="'$(VSTestNoBuild)' != 'true' and $(CollectCoverage) == 'true'"
       Filter="$(Filter)"
-      Exclude="$(Exclude)"
+      ExcludeByFile="$(ExcludeByFile)"
       Path="$(TargetPath)" />
   </Target>