diff --git a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Console/Command/DiCompileCommand.php b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Console/Command/DiCompileCommand.php
index 014d699cb239d..0d3466fb343d1 100644
--- a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Console/Command/DiCompileCommand.php
+++ b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Console/Command/DiCompileCommand.php
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ class DiCompileCommand extends Command
      */
     private $componentRegistrar;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \Magento\Framework\Event\ManagerInterface
+     */
+    private $eventManager;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ class DiCompileCommand extends Command
      * @param Filesystem $filesystem
      * @param DriverInterface $fileDriver
      * @param \Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar $componentRegistrar
+     * @param \Magento\Framework\Event\ManagerInterface $eventManager
      */
     public function __construct(
         DeploymentConfig $deploymentConfig,
@@ -90,7 +96,8 @@ public function __construct(
         ObjectManagerProvider $objectManagerProvider,
         Filesystem $filesystem,
         DriverInterface $fileDriver,
-        ComponentRegistrar $componentRegistrar
+        ComponentRegistrar $componentRegistrar,
+        \Magento\Framework\Event\ManagerInterface $eventManager = null
     ) {
         $this->deploymentConfig = $deploymentConfig;
         $this->directoryList    = $directoryList;
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->filesystem       = $filesystem;
         $this->fileDriver       = $fileDriver;
         $this->componentRegistrar  = $componentRegistrar;
+        $this->eventManager = $eventManager;
         parent::__construct();
     }
 
@@ -162,6 +170,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'application' => $this->getExcludedModulePaths($modulePaths),
             'framework' => $this->getExcludedLibraryPaths($libraryPaths),
             'setup' => $this->getExcludedSetupPaths($setupPath),
+            'custom-paths' => $this->getExcludedCustomPaths($modulePaths),
         ];
         $this->configureObjectManager($output);
 
@@ -400,4 +409,22 @@ private function getOperationsConfiguration(
 
         return $operations;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Exclude custom directories
+     *
+     * @param array $modulePaths
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getExcludedCustomPaths(array $modulePaths) {
+        $excludedCustomPaths = [];
+
+        /** @var \Magento\Framework\Event\ManagerInterface $eventManager */
+        if (!$this->eventManager) {
+            return $excludedCustomPaths;
+        }
+        $this->eventManager->dispatch('setup_di_compile_excluded_patterns', array('modulePaths' => $modulePaths, 'excludedPaths' => &$excludedCustomPaths));
+        return $excludedCustomPaths;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Console/Command/DiCompileCommandTest.php b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Console/Command/DiCompileCommandTest.php
index ca94a1b6fd559..4fe28c2eb9954 100644
--- a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Console/Command/DiCompileCommandTest.php
+++ b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Console/Command/DiCompileCommandTest.php
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ class DiCompileCommandTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
     /** @var  \Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
     private $componentRegistrarMock;
 
+    /** @var  \Magento\Framework\Event\ManagerInterface|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
+    private $eventManageMock;
+
     /** @var  \Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
     private $outputMock;
 
@@ -85,6 +88,15 @@ public function setUp()
             [ComponentRegistrar::LIBRARY, ['/path/to/library/one', '/path (1)/to/library/two']],
         ]);
 
+        $this->eventManageMock = $this->createMock(\Magento\Framework\Event\ManagerInterface::class);
+        $this->eventManageMock->expects($this->any())->method('dispatch')->with(
+            'setup_di_compile_excluded_patterns', array(
+            'modulePaths' => ['/path/to/module/one', '/path (1)/to/module/two'],
+            'excludedPaths' => []
+            ))->willReturnMap([
+                ['#^(?:/custom/path/to)/exclude#']
+        ]);
+
         $this->outputFormatterMock = $this->createMock(
             \Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatterInterface::class
         );
@@ -99,7 +111,8 @@ public function setUp()
             $objectManagerProviderMock,
             $this->filesystemMock,
             $this->fileDriverMock,
-            $this->componentRegistrarMock
+            $this->componentRegistrarMock,
+            $this->eventManageMock
         );
     }