--- a/lib/success.js
+++ b/lib/success.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module.exports = async (pluginConfig, context) => {
     successComment,
     failComment,
     failTitle,
+    excludeCommentLabels,
     releasedLabels,
     addReleases,
   } = resolveConfig(pluginConfig, context);
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ module.exports = async (pluginConfig, context) => {
     const releaseInfos = releases.filter((release) => Boolean(release.name));
     const shas = commits.map(({hash}) => hash);
 
-    const searchQueries = getSearchQueries(`repo:${owner}/${repo}+type:pr+is:merged`, shas).map(
+    const labelQuery = excludeCommentLabels ? excludeCommentLabels.map((label) => `+-label:"${label}"`).join('') : '';
+    const searchQueries = getSearchQueries(`repo:${owner}/${repo}+type:pr+is:merged${labelQuery}`, shas).map(
       async (q) => (await github.search.issuesAndPullRequests({q})).data.items
     );