diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2b040bc35..1680da43ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
   "diff3" conflict style, meaning it is more likely to work with external tools,
   but it doesn't support conflicts with more than 2 sides.
 
+* `jj diff` now accepts a `-x` / `--exclude` flag (can be repeated), to remove
+  files from the view. Explicitly excluded files take precedence over included
+  files.
+
 ### Fixed bugs
 
 * `jj config unset <TABLE-NAME>` no longer removes a table (such as `[ui]`.)
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/diff.rs b/cli/src/commands/diff.rs
index 446c796c49..d708da4fde 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/diff.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/diff.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ pub(crate) struct DiffArgs {
     /// Restrict the diff to these paths
     #[arg(value_hint = clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)]
     paths: Vec<String>,
+    /// Exclude these paths from the diff
+    #[arg(short = 'x', long, value_hint = clap::ValueHint::AnyPath)]
+    exclude: Vec<String>,
     #[command(flatten)]
     format: DiffFormatArgs,
 }
@@ -72,6 +75,11 @@ pub(crate) fn cmd_diff(
     let workspace_command = command.workspace_helper(ui)?;
     let repo = workspace_command.repo();
     let fileset_expression = workspace_command.parse_file_patterns(ui, &args.paths)?;
+    let fileset_expression = if args.exclude.is_empty() {
+        fileset_expression
+    } else {
+        fileset_expression.difference(workspace_command.parse_file_patterns(ui, &args.exclude)?)
+    };
     let matcher = fileset_expression.to_matcher();
     let resolve_revision = |r: &Option<RevisionArg>| {
         workspace_command.resolve_single_rev(ui, r.as_ref().unwrap_or(&RevisionArg::AT))