diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
index a92a19835b6c..dca3b45b47ba 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
@@ -1534,6 +1534,16 @@ public function validateProhibitedUnless($attribute, $value, $parameters)
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Indicate that an attribute is excluded.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function validateExclude()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Indicate that an attribute should be excluded when another attribute has a given value.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
index 97ba126416b6..5381ae755e4a 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class Validator implements ValidatorContract
      *
      * @var string[]
      */
-    protected $excludeRules = ['ExcludeIf', 'ExcludeUnless', 'ExcludeWithout'];
+    protected $excludeRules = ['Exclude', 'ExcludeIf', 'ExcludeUnless', 'ExcludeWithout'];
 
     /**
      * The size related validation rules.
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
index 431167e18fa6..12e66a7a967c 100755
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
@@ -6243,6 +6243,49 @@ public function testExcludeIfWhenValidationFails($rules, $data, $expectedMessage
         $this->assertSame($expectedMessages, $validator->messages()->toArray());
     }
 
+    public function providesPassingExcludeData()
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                [
+                    'has_appointment' => ['required', 'bool'],
+                    'appointment_date' => ['exclude'],
+                ], [
+                    'has_appointment' => false,
+                    'appointment_date' => 'should be excluded',
+                ], [
+                    'has_appointment' => false,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider providesPassingExcludeData
+     */
+    public function testExclude($rules, $data, $expectedValidatedData)
+    {
+        $validator = new Validator(
+            $this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(),
+            $data,
+            $rules
+        );
+
+        $passes = $validator->passes();
+
+        if (! $passes) {
+            $message = sprintf("Validation unexpectedly failed:\nRules: %s\nData: %s\nValidation error: %s",
+                json_encode($rules, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES),
+                json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES),
+                json_encode($validator->messages()->toArray(), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)
+            );
+        }
+
+        $this->assertTrue($passes, $message ?? '');
+
+        $this->assertSame($expectedValidatedData, $validator->validated());
+    }
+
     public function testExcludingArrays()
     {
         $validator = new Validator(