diff --git a/mysql_xtrabackup.sh b/mysql_xtrabackup.sh
index 5a24cc4..489f7e5 100755
--- a/mysql_xtrabackup.sh
+++ b/mysql_xtrabackup.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ usage()
 	    echo "-n | --name :: backup name"
         echo "-c | --copies :: number of copies to store (default: 10)"
         echo "-e | --email :: notification email"
+        echo "-i | --ignore-database"
         echo "--compress-threads :: number of worker threads to compress. (default: 2)"
         echo "-q | --quiet :: silent mode"
         echo "--pid-file :: pid file default ${pidfile}"
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ while [ "${1}" != "" ]; do
 	    -e | --email )          shift
                                 email=${1} ;
                                 ;;
+        -i | --ignore-database )shift
+                                ignore-database=${1} ;
+                                ;;
         --compress-threads )    shift
                                 compress_threads=${1}
                                 ;;
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ fi
 
 dump_file_name="`realpath ${dir}`/${prefix}.`date +\"%y%m%d.%H%M%S\"`" ;
 
-xtrabackup --backup --compress --compress-threads=${compress_threads} --target-dir=${dump_file_name} > /dev/null;
+xtrabackup --backup --compact --compress --rsync --slave-info --compress-threads=${compress_threads} --databases-exclude=${ignore-database}--target-dir=${dump_file_name} > /dev/null;
 
 if [ ! "${quiet}" ] ; then
     echo "Dump completed (`date +\"%H:%M:%S\"`)..." ;