diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5cde8f..cad2a11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Extra Java Module Info Gradle Plugin - Changelog
 
 ## Version 1.14
-* [Fixed] [#179](https://github.com/gradlex-org/extra-java-module-info/issues/179) - Combine 'preserveExisting' and 'exports'
-* [Fixed] [#219](https://github.com/gradlex-org/extra-java-module-info/issues/219) - Combine 'preserveExisting' and 'removePackage'
+* [New] [#207](https://github.com/gradlex-org/extra-java-module-info/issues/207) - Add 'exportAllPackagesExcept("org.exception", ...)' (Thanks [Tim Hurman](https://github.com/timhamoni) for contributing)
+* [Fixed] [#179](https://github.com/gradlex-org/extra-java-module-info/issues/179) - Combine 'preserveExisting' and 'exports' (Thanks to [JabRef](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref) for providing a use case)
+* [Fixed] [#219](https://github.com/gradlex-org/extra-java-module-info/issues/219) - Combine 'preserveExisting' and 'removePackage' (Thanks to [stewue](https://github.com/stewue) for providing a use case)
 * [Fixed] [#223](https://github.com/gradlex-org/extra-java-module-info/issues/223) - Combine 'preserveExisting' and 'ignoreServiceProvider'
 * [Fixed] [#227](https://github.com/gradlex-org/extra-java-module-info/issues/227) - Stable order for the mergeJar path input
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f57770..1e44fc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ extraJavaModuleInfo {
     // skipLocalJars = true
     module("commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils", "org.apache.commons.beanutils") {
         exports("org.apache.commons.beanutils")
-        // or granuarly allowing access to a package by specific modules
+        // or granularly allowing access to a package by specific modules
         // exports("org.apache.commons.beanutils",
         //         "org.mycompany.server", "org.mycompany.client")
         // or simply export all packages
         // exportAllPackages()
+        // or export all packages except specific named ones
+        // exportAllPackagesExcept("org.mycompany.notgood1", "org.mycompany.notgood2")
         
         requiresTransitive("org.apache.commons.logging")
         requires("java.sql")
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java
index 8ad570b..744d169 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ExtraJavaModuleInfoTransform.java
@@ -337,12 +337,17 @@ private void addModuleDescriptor(File originalJar, File moduleJar, ModuleInfo mo
                         providers,
                         packages);
                 mergeJars(moduleInfo, outputStream, providers, packages);
+                if (moduleInfo.exportAllPackages) {
+                    moduleInfo.exportAllPackagesExceptions.forEach(it -> packages.remove(packageToPath(it)));
+                } else {
+                    packages.clear();
+                }
                 outputStream.putNextEntry(newReproducibleEntry("module-info.class"));
                 outputStream.write(addModuleInfo(
                         moduleInfo,
                         providers,
                         versionFromFilePath(originalJar.toPath()),
-                        moduleInfo.exportAllPackages ? packages : emptySet(),
+                        packages,
                         moduleInfo.getRemovedPackages(),
                         moduleInfo.ignoreServiceProviders,
                         existingModuleInfo));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java
index b4e0792..73ca225 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/ModuleInfo.java
@@ -2,18 +2,19 @@
 package org.gradlex.javamodule.moduleinfo;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory;
-import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * Data class to hold the information that should be added as module-info.class to an existing Jar file.
  */
-@NullMarked
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class ModuleInfo extends ModuleSpec {
 
     @Nullable
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public class ModuleInfo extends ModuleSpec {
     final Set<String> requiresStaticTransitive = new LinkedHashSet<>();
     final Map<String, Set<String>> ignoreServiceProviders = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     final Set<String> uses = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+    final Set<String> exportAllPackagesExceptions = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
     boolean exportAllPackages;
     boolean requireAllDefinedDependencies;
@@ -120,7 +122,24 @@ public String getModuleVersion() {
      * Automatically export all packages of the Jar. Can be used instead of individual 'exports()' statements.
      */
     public void exportAllPackages() {
+        exportAllPackagesExcept(Collections.emptyList());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Automatically export all packages of the Jar. Can be used instead of individual 'exports()' statements.
+     * @param exceptions A list of packages not to export
+     */
+    public void exportAllPackagesExcept(String... exceptions) {
+        exportAllPackagesExcept(Arrays.asList(exceptions));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Automatically export all packages of the Jar. Can be used instead of individual 'exports()' statements.
+     * @param exceptions A list of packages not to export
+     */
+    public void exportAllPackagesExcept(List<String> exceptions) {
         this.exportAllPackages = true;
+        exportAllPackagesExceptions.addAll(exceptions);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/test/EdgeCasesFunctionalTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/test/EdgeCasesFunctionalTest.groovy
index 6f6f644..6b12338 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/test/EdgeCasesFunctionalTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/org/gradlex/javamodule/moduleinfo/test/EdgeCasesFunctionalTest.groovy
@@ -177,6 +177,53 @@ class EdgeCasesFunctionalTest extends Specification {
         run().task(':run').outcome == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
     }
 
+    def "can automatically export all packages except specified of a legacy Jar"() {
+        given:
+        file("src/main/java/org/gradle/sample/app/Main.java") << """
+            package org.gradle.sample.app;
+            
+            import javax.json.JsonString;
+            import javax.json.JsonValue;
+            
+            public class Main {
+                public static void main(String[] args) {
+                    JsonString jsonString = new JsonString() {
+                        public boolean equals(Object obj) { return false; }
+                        public CharSequence getChars() { return null; }
+                        public String getString() { return null; }
+                        public int hashCode() { return 0; }
+                        public JsonValue.ValueType getValueType() { return null; }
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+        """
+
+        file("src/main/java/module-info.java") << """
+            module org.gradle.sample.app {
+                exports org.gradle.sample.app;
+                
+                requires java.json;
+            }
+        """
+        buildFile << """          
+            dependencies {
+                implementation("org.glassfish:jakarta.json:1.1.6")
+                implementation("jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api:1.1.6")
+            }
+            
+            extraJavaModuleInfo {
+                module("org.glassfish:jakarta.json", "java.json") {
+                    // exportAllPackages()
+                    exportAllPackagesExcept("javax.json", "javax.json.spi", "javax.json.stream")
+                }
+            }
+        """
+
+        expect:
+        def result = failRun()
+        result.output.contains("error: package javax.json is not visible")
+    }
+
     def "deriveAutomaticModuleNamesFromFileNames produces a build time error for invalid module names"() {
         given:
         buildFile << """