diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be6175ed231..0a5bffceab2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/apache2/sites-available/default</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/apache2/vhostexample.conf</exclude>
-              <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/dnsmasq.conf</exclude>
+              <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/dnsmasq.conf.tmpl</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/vpcdnsmasq.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/ssh/sshd_config</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/rsyslog.conf</exclude>