diff --git a/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go b/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go
index 61f6834d60..4779198a51 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go
@@ -203,21 +203,35 @@ func (ib *itemBackupper) backupItemInternal(logger logrus.FieldLogger, obj runti
 			// any volumes that use a PVC that we've already backed up (this would be in a read-write-many scenario,
 			// where it's been backed up from another pod), since we don't need >1 backup per PVC.
 			includedVolumes, optedOutVolumes := pdvolumeutil.GetVolumesByPod(pod, boolptr.IsSetToTrue(ib.backupRequest.Spec.DefaultVolumesToFsBackup))
-			for _, volume := range includedVolumes {
-				// track the volumes that are PVCs using the PVC snapshot tracker, so that when we backup PVCs/PVs
-				// via an item action in the next step, we don't snapshot PVs that will have their data backed up
-				// with pod volume backup.
-				ib.podVolumeSnapshotTracker.Track(pod, volume)
-
-				if found, pvcName := ib.podVolumeSnapshotTracker.TakenForPodVolume(pod, volume); found {
-					log.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
-						"podVolume": volume,
-						"pvcName":   pvcName,
-					}).Info("Pod volume uses a persistent volume claim which has already been backed up from another pod, skipping.")
-					continue
+			includedVolumesLoop:
+				for _, volume := range includedVolumes {
+					// track the volumes that are PVCs using the PVC snapshot tracker, so that when we backup PVCs/PVs
+					// via an item action in the next step, we don't snapshot PVs that will have their data backed up
+					// with pod volume backup.
+					ib.podVolumeSnapshotTracker.Track(pod, volume)
+
+					if found, pvcName := ib.podVolumeSnapshotTracker.TakenForPodVolume(pod, volume); found {
+						log.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
+							"podVolume": volume,
+							"pvcName":   pvcName,
+						}).Info("Pod volume uses a persistent volume claim which has already been backed up from another pod, skipping.")
+						continue
+					}
+					if ( !ib.backupRequest.ResourceIncludesExcludes.ShouldInclude(kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims.String()) ) {
+
+						for _, podVolume := range pod.Spec.Volumes {
+							if podVolume.Name != volume {
+								continue
+							}
+
+							if podVolume.PersistentVolumeClaim != nil {
+								log.Infof("Skipping volume %s because it's a %s type and this resource excluded in the backup.", volume, kuberesource.PersistentVolumeClaims.String())
+								continue includedVolumesLoop
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					pvbVolumes = append(pvbVolumes, volume)
 				}
-				pvbVolumes = append(pvbVolumes, volume)
-			}
 			for _, optedOutVol := range optedOutVolumes {
 				ib.podVolumeSnapshotTracker.Optout(pod, optedOutVol)
 			}