diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f6b3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    // Verwendet IntelliSense zum Ermitteln möglicher Attribute.
+    // Zeigen Sie auf vorhandene Attribute, um die zugehörigen Beschreibungen anzuzeigen.
+    // Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "bashdb",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Bash-Debug (simplest configuration)",
+            "program": "${file}"
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eeb99ff..46d24a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ can use the same relative file names as within the `.pdsc` file.
 
    If no changelog text can be retrieved pack generation is aborted.
 
+1. Replace `<list file patterns here>` for `PACK_CHECKSUM_EXCLUDE` wit glob patterns to exclude files from the
+   checksum file, or provide `*` (match all pattern) to skip checksum file creation completely.
+
 1. Put custom commands to be executed before/after populating the pack build folder
    into the `preprocess` and `postprocess` functions. The working directory (`pwd`) for
    both functions is the base folder containing the pack description file. The first
diff --git a/gen-pack b/gen-pack
index b823599..2bb2c19 100644
--- a/gen-pack
+++ b/gen-pack
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
-GEN_PACK_LIB_VERSION="0.10.0"
+GEN_PACK_LIB_VERSION="0.11.0"
 GEN_PACK_LIB_SOURCE="$(realpath "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 GEN_PACK_SCRIPT_SOURCE="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ check_placeholder "PACK_PATCH_FILES"
 check_placeholder "PACKCHK_DEPS"
 PACK_CHANGELOG_MODE="${PACK_CHANGELOG_MODE:-full}"
 check_placeholder "PACK_CHANGELOG_MODE"
+check_placeholder "PACK_CHECKSUM_EXCLUDE"
 
 #
 # Add directories listed in PACK_DIRS to build folder.
@@ -296,6 +297,9 @@ function check_pack {
 # Create checksum file for the pack content
 # The checksum file is placed to <build>/<vendor>.<pack>.sha1
 #
+# By default all packaged files are considered.
+# Files matching a pattern specified in PACK_CHECKSUM_EXCLUDE are excluded.
+#
 # Usage: create_sha1 <build> <vendor> <pack>
 #   <build>   Pack build folder
 #   <vendor>  Pack vendor name
@@ -303,8 +307,24 @@ function check_pack {
 #
 function create_sha1 {
   pushd "$1" > /dev/null || exit
-  find . -type f -exec "${UTILITY_SHA1SUM}" -b {} + > "${TEMP:-/tmp}/$2.$3.sha1"
-  mv "${TEMP:-/tmp}/$2.$3.sha1" "$2.$3.sha1"
+  
+  local ignore
+  local find_args=()
+  mapfile -t ignore <<< "${PACK_CHECKSUM_EXCLUDE:-}"
+  for p in "${ignore[@]}"; do
+    p="${p#"${p%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    p="${p%"${p##*[![:space:]]}"}"
+    if [ -n "$p" ]; then
+      find_args+=("-not" "-path" "*$p")
+    fi
+  done
+
+  find . -type f "${find_args[@]}" -exec "${UTILITY_SHA1SUM}" -b {} + > "${TEMP:-/tmp}/$2.$3.sha1"
+
+  if [ -s "${TEMP:-/tmp}/$2.$3.sha1" ]; then
+    mv "${TEMP:-/tmp}/$2.$3.sha1" "$2.$3.sha1"
+  fi
+
   popd > /dev/null || exit
 }
 
diff --git a/template/gen_pack.sh b/template/gen_pack.sh
index a4f14d4..8c7ddeb 100755
--- a/template/gen_pack.sh
+++ b/template/gen_pack.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Version: 3.0
-# Date: 2023-11-06
+# Version: 3.1
+# Date: 2024-04-17
 # This bash script generates a CMSIS Software Pack:
 #
 
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ DEFAULT_ARGS=()
 #
 # PACK_CHANGELOG_MODE="<full|release|tag>"
 
+# Specify file patterns to be excluded from the checksum file
+# Default: <empty>
+# Values:
+# - empty          All files packaged are included in the checksum file
+# - glob pattern   One glob pattern per line. Files matching a given pattern are excluded
+#                  from the checksum file
+# - "*"            The * (match all pattern) can be used to skip checksum file creating completely.
+# 
+# PACK_CHECKSUM_EXCLUDE="
+#   <list file patterns here>
+# "
+
 #
 # custom pre-processing steps
 #
diff --git a/test/tests_gen_pack.sh b/test/tests_gen_pack.sh
index f5d8b80..dec07c5 100755
--- a/test/tests_gen_pack.sh
+++ b/test/tests_gen_pack.sh
@@ -586,12 +586,50 @@ test_create_sha1() {
 
   create_sha1 "${PACK_BUILD}" "ARM" "GenPack"
 
-  assertTrue     "[ -f \"${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1\" ]"
-  assertContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file11.txt"
-  assertContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file12.txt"
-  assertContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file13.txt"
+  assertTrue        "[ -f \"${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1\" ]"
+  assertContains    "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file11.txt"
+  assertContains    "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file12.txt"
+  assertContains    "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file13.txt"
   assertNotContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input2"
   assertNotContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input3"
 }
 
+test_create_sha1_with_ignore() {
+  createTestData
+
+  cp -r --parents "input1" "${PACK_BUILD}"
+  cp -r --parents "input2" "${PACK_BUILD}"
+
+  UTILITY_SHA1SUM="sha1sum"
+  PACK_CHECKSUM_EXCLUDE="
+    input1/file11.txt
+    input2/*  
+  "
+
+  create_sha1 "${PACK_BUILD}" "ARM" "GenPack"
+
+  assertTrue        "[ -f \"${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1\" ]"
+  assertNotContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file11.txt"
+  assertContains    "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file12.txt"
+  assertContains    "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input1/file13.txt"
+  assertNotContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input2"
+  assertNotContains "$(cat "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1")" "./input3"
+}
+
+test_create_sha1_with_ignore_all() {
+  createTestData
+
+  cp -r --parents "input1" "${PACK_BUILD}"
+
+  UTILITY_SHA1SUM="sha1sum"
+  PACK_CHECKSUM_EXCLUDE="*"
+
+  create_sha1 "${PACK_BUILD}" "ARM" "GenPack"
+
+  ls -lah "${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1"
+
+  assertFalse       "[ -f \"${PACK_BUILD}/ARM.GenPack.sha1\" ]"
+}
+
+
 . "$(dirname "$0")/shunit2/shunit2"