diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts
index d981fddb..41eacc63 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/server.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ import { getColor } from 'tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/color'
 import * as culori from 'culori'
 import namedColors from 'color-name'
 import tailwindPlugins from './lib/plugins'
-import isExcluded from './util/isExcluded'
+import isExcluded, { isExcludedOnComplete } from './util/isExcluded'
 import { getFileFsPath, normalizeFileNameToFsPath } from './util/uri'
 import { equal } from 'tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/array'
 import preflight from 'tailwindcss/lib/css/preflight.css'
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ async function createProjectService(
         if (!document) return null
         let settings = await state.editor.getConfiguration(document.uri)
         if (!settings.tailwindCSS.suggestions) return null
-        if (await isExcluded(state, document)) return null
+        if (await isExcludedOnComplete(state, document, settings)) return null
         return doComplete(state, document, params.position, params.context)
       }, null)
     },
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/isExcluded.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/isExcluded.ts
index 80ce605c..7ff93de4 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/isExcluded.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/src/util/isExcluded.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import minimatch from 'minimatch'
 import * as path from 'path'
-import { State } from 'tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/state'
+import { Settings, State } from 'tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/state'
 import { TextDocument } from 'vscode-languageserver-textdocument'
 import { getFileFsPath } from './uri'
 
@@ -19,3 +19,18 @@ export default async function isExcluded(
 
   return false
 }
+
+export async function isExcludedOnComplete(
+  state: State,
+  document: TextDocument,
+  settings: Settings,
+  file: string = getFileFsPath(document.uri)
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  for (let pattern of settings.tailwindCSS.files.exclude) {
+    if (minimatch(file, path.join(state.editor.folder, pattern))) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false
+}