diff --git a/modules/programs/borgmatic.nix b/modules/programs/borgmatic.nix
index a8817c5f..75bb2b8e 100644
--- a/modules/programs/borgmatic.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/borgmatic.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  configModule = types.submodule {
+  configModule = types.submodule ({ config, ... }: {
+    config.location.extraConfig.exclude_from =
+      mkIf config.location.excludeHomeManagerSymlinks
+      (mkAfter [ (toString hmExcludeFile) ]);
     options = {
       location = {
         sourceDirectories = mkOption {
@@ -59,6 +62,18 @@ let
             literalExpression ''["ssh://myuser@myrepo.myserver.com/./repo"]'';
         };
 
+        excludeHomeManagerSymlinks = mkOption {
+          type = types.bool;
+          description = ''
+            Whether to exclude Home Manager generated symbolic links from
+            the backups. This facilitates restoring the whole home
+            directory when the Nix store doesn't contain the latest
+            Home Manager generation.
+          '';
+          default = false;
+          example = true;
+        };
+
         extraConfig = extraConfigOption;
       };
 
@@ -120,10 +135,18 @@ let
         extraConfig = extraConfigOption;
       };
     };
-  };
+  });
 
   removeNullValues = attrSet: filterAttrs (key: value: value != null) attrSet;
 
+  hmFiles = builtins.attrValues config.home.file;
+  hmSymlinks = (lib.filter (file: !file.recursive) hmFiles);
+  hmExcludePattern = file: ''
+    ${config.home.homeDirectory}/${file.target}
+  '';
+  hmExcludePatterns = lib.concatMapStrings hmExcludePattern hmSymlinks;
+  hmExcludeFile = pkgs.writeText "hm-symlinks.txt" hmExcludePatterns;
+
   writeConfig = config:
     generators.toYAML { } {
       location = removeNullValues {
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/default.nix
index 721c4823..53ea9be8 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-{ borgmatic-program-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix; }
+{
+  borgmatic-program-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix;
+  borgmatic-program-include-hm-symlinks = ./include-hm-symlinks.nix;
+  borgmatic-program-exclude-hm-symlinks = ./exclude-hm-symlinks.nix;
+  borgmatic-program-exclude-hm-symlinks-nothing-else =
+    ./exclude-hm-symlinks-nothing-else.nix;
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/exclude-hm-symlinks-nothing-else.nix b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/exclude-hm-symlinks-nothing-else.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3556cf5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/exclude-hm-symlinks-nothing-else.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  backups = config.programs.borgmatic.backups;
+  excludeFile = pkgs.writeText "excludeFile.txt" "/foo/bar";
+in {
+  config = {
+    programs.borgmatic = {
+      enable = true;
+      backups = {
+        main = {
+          location = {
+            sourceDirectories = [ "/my-stuff-to-backup" ];
+            repositories = [ "/mnt/disk1" ];
+            excludeHomeManagerSymlinks = true;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    test.stubs.borgmatic = { };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      config_file=$TESTED/home-files/.config/borgmatic.d/main.yaml
+      assertFileExists $config_file
+
+      yq=${pkgs.yq-go}/bin/yq
+
+      hmExclusionsFile=$($yq '.location.exclude_from[0]' $config_file)
+      expected_content='/home/hm-user/.config/borgmatic.d/main.yaml'
+
+      grep --quiet "$expected_content" "$hmExclusionsFile"
+
+      if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Expected to find $expected_content in file $hmExclusionsFile but didn't" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/exclude-hm-symlinks.nix b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/exclude-hm-symlinks.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba46e3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/exclude-hm-symlinks.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  backups = config.programs.borgmatic.backups;
+  excludeFile = pkgs.writeText "excludeFile.txt" "/foo/bar";
+in {
+  config = {
+    programs.borgmatic = {
+      enable = true;
+      backups = {
+        main = {
+          location = {
+            sourceDirectories = [ "/my-stuff-to-backup" ];
+            repositories = [ "/mnt/disk1" ];
+            excludeHomeManagerSymlinks = true;
+            extraConfig = { exclude_from = [ (toString excludeFile) ]; };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    test.stubs.borgmatic = { };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      config_file=$TESTED/home-files/.config/borgmatic.d/main.yaml
+      assertFileExists $config_file
+
+      declare -A expectations
+
+      expectations[location.exclude_from[0]]="${excludeFile}"
+
+      yq=${pkgs.yq-go}/bin/yq
+
+      for filter in "''${!expectations[@]}"; do
+        expected_value="''${expectations[$filter]}"
+        actual_value="$($yq ".$filter" $config_file)"
+
+        if [[ "$actual_value" != "$expected_value" ]]; then
+          fail "Expected '$filter' to be '$expected_value' but was '$actual_value'"
+        fi
+      done
+
+      hmExclusionsFile=$($yq '.location.exclude_from[1]' $config_file)
+      expected_content='/home/hm-user/.config/borgmatic.d/main.yaml'
+
+      grep --quiet "$expected_content" "$hmExclusionsFile"
+
+      if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Expected to find $expected_content in file $hmExclusionsFile but didn't" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/include-hm-symlinks.nix b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/include-hm-symlinks.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d6163bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/borgmatic/include-hm-symlinks.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  backups = config.programs.borgmatic.backups;
+  excludeFile = pkgs.writeText "excludeFile.txt" "/foo/bar";
+in {
+  config = {
+    programs.borgmatic = {
+      enable = true;
+      backups = {
+        main = {
+          location = {
+            sourceDirectories = [ "/my-stuff-to-backup" ];
+            repositories = [ "/mnt/disk1" ];
+            excludeHomeManagerSymlinks = false;
+            extraConfig = { exclude_from = [ (toString excludeFile) ]; };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    test.stubs.borgmatic = { };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      config_file=$TESTED/home-files/.config/borgmatic.d/main.yaml
+      assertFileExists $config_file
+
+      declare -A expectations
+
+      expectations[location.exclude_from[0]]="${excludeFile}"
+
+      yq=${pkgs.yq-go}/bin/yq
+
+      for filter in "''${!expectations[@]}"; do
+        expected_value="''${expectations[$filter]}"
+        actual_value="$($yq ".$filter" $config_file)"
+
+        if [[ "$actual_value" != "$expected_value" ]]; then
+          fail "Expected '$filter' to be '$expected_value' but was '$actual_value'"
+        fi
+      done
+
+    '';
+  };
+}