diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 85dc803c..07345571 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ inputs:
   dir_names_max_depth:
     description: "Maximum depth of directories to output. e.g `test/test1/test2` with max depth of `2` returns `test/test1`."
     required: false
+  dir_names_exclude_root:
+    description: "Exclude the root directory from the output. **NOTE:** This would exclude `.` from the output."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
   json:
     description: "Output list of changed files in a JSON formatted string which can be used for matrix jobs."
     required: false
@@ -245,6 +249,7 @@ runs:
         INPUT_DIFF_RELATIVE: ${{ inputs.diff_relative }}
         INPUT_DIR_NAMES: ${{ inputs.dir_names }}
         INPUT_DIR_NAMES_MAX_DEPTH: ${{ inputs.dir_names_max_depth }}
+        INPUT_DIR_NAMES_EXCLUDE_ROOT: ${{ inputs.dir_names_exclude_root }}
         INPUT_JSON: ${{ inputs.json }}
         INPUT_HAS_CUSTOM_PATTERNS: ${{ steps.glob.outputs.has-custom-patterns }}
         INPUT_JSON_RAW_FORMAT: ${{ inputs.json_raw_format }}
diff --git a/get-changed-paths.sh b/get-changed-paths.sh
index 363d6576..5cf7fd2f 100755
--- a/get-changed-paths.sh
+++ b/get-changed-paths.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ function get_dirname_max_depth() {
       depth=$((depth + 1))
     done
 
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES_EXCLUDE_ROOT" == "true" && "$output" == "." ]]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
     echo "$output"
   done < <(uniq)
 }