diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/yandex-disk.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/yandex-disk.nix
index 982b6ca5ea7..4de20664133 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/yandex-disk.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/yandex-disk.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ in
         description = "The directory to use for Yandex.Disk storage";
       };
 
+      excludes = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        type = types.string;
+        example = "data,backup";
+        description = ''
+          Comma-separated list of directories which are excluded from synchronization.
+        '';
+      };
+
     };
 
   };
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ in
         chown ${u} ${dir}
 
         if ! test -d "${cfg.directory}" ; then
-          mkdir -p -m 755 ${cfg.directory} ||
+          (mkdir -p -m 755 ${cfg.directory} && chown ${u} ${cfg.directory}) ||
             exit 1
         fi
 
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ in
           -c '${pkgs.yandex-disk}/bin/yandex-disk token -p ${cfg.password} ${cfg.username} ${dir}/token'
 
         ${pkgs.su}/bin/su -s ${pkgs.stdenv.shell} ${u} \
-          -c '${pkgs.yandex-disk}/bin/yandex-disk start --no-daemon -a ${dir}/token -d ${cfg.directory}'
+          -c '${pkgs.yandex-disk}/bin/yandex-disk start --no-daemon -a ${dir}/token -d ${cfg.directory} --exclude-dirs=${cfg.excludes}'
       '';
 
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/yandex-disk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/yandex-disk/default.nix
index 1658a428920..77302f3d4a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/yandex-disk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/yandex-disk/default.nix
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ let
   p = if stdenv.is64bit then {
       arch = "x86_64";
       gcclib = "${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib64";
-      sha256 = "0k05ybvnv0zx4vfx55jyhia38qqysaj68mapq0gwgf74k3a943g2";
+      sha256 = "1skbzmrcjbw00a3jnbl2llqwz3ahsgvq74mjav68s2hw1wjidvk6";
     }
     else {
       arch = "i386";
       gcclib = "${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib";
-      sha256 = "09z9idmp7idcq0alwkla9kal9h82dx11jqh678lc4rviqggxzxhp";
+      sha256 = "09h71i3k9d24ki81jdwhnav63fqbc44glbx228s9g3cr4ap41jcx";
     };
 in 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   name = "yandex-disk-${version}";
-  version = "0.1.5.948";
+  version = "0.1.5.978";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/rpm/stable/${p.arch}/${name}-1.fedora.${p.arch}.rpm";