diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index 9bdccfd32..e32f9fb30 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ RECURSIVE              = YES
 # Note that relative paths are relative to the directory from which doxygen is
 # run.
 
-EXCLUDE                = build
+EXCLUDE                = build, dpdk
 
 # The EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS tag can be used to select whether or not files or
 # directories that are symbolic links (a Unix file system feature) are excluded