diff --git a/dev/codesniffer/ruleset.xml b/dev/codesniffer/ruleset.xml
index 9c4d5d4f09b..38ea1310d22 100755
--- a/dev/codesniffer/ruleset.xml
+++ b/dev/codesniffer/ruleset.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 	<exclude-pattern>*/conf.php</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>*/includes/*</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>*/documents/*</exclude-pattern>
-
+	<exclude-pattern>*/custom/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>*/nltechno*</exclude-pattern>
+		
 	<!-- List of all tests -->
 
 	<rule ref="Internal.NoCodeFound">