diff --git a/internal/paths/paths.go b/internal/paths/paths.go
index 9348f5d..2343a9b 100644
--- a/internal/paths/paths.go
+++ b/internal/paths/paths.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/phrase/phraseapp-client/internal/shared"
 )
 
+var YamlConfigName = ".phraseapp.yml"
+
 func Validate(file, formatName, formatExtension string) error {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(file) == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("File patterns may not be empty!\nFor more information see %s", shared.DocsConfigUrl)
@@ -56,3 +58,7 @@ func Segments(s string) []string {
 
 	return strings.FieldsFunc(filepath.Clean(s), func(c rune) bool { return c == filepath.Separator })
 }
+
+func IsPhraseAppYmlConfig(path string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(filepath.Base(path), YamlConfigName)
+}
diff --git a/internal/paths/paths_test.go b/internal/paths/paths_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ab7413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/paths/paths_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package paths
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIsPhraseAppYamlConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		test   string
+		expect bool
+	}{
+		{
+			test:   "abc/*/.phraseapp.yml",
+			expect: true,
+		}, {
+			test:   "abc/*/abc.phraseapp.yml",
+			expect: true,
+		}, {
+			test:   "abc/*/.phraseapp.yml/lol.yml",
+			expect: false,
+		}, {
+			test:   "abc/*/.phraseapp.yml/.yml",
+			expect: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		was := IsPhraseAppYmlConfig(test.test)
+		if was != test.expect {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %q to yield %v, but was: %v", test.test, test.expect, was)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/push.go b/push.go
index 866a4e0..982b891 100644
--- a/push.go
+++ b/push.go
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ func (source *Source) LocaleFiles() (LocaleFiles, error) {
 
 	var localeFiles LocaleFiles
 	for _, path := range filePaths {
+		if paths.IsPhraseAppYmlConfig(path) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		localeFile := new(LocaleFile)
 		localeFile.fillFromPath(path, source.File)
 
diff --git a/push_test.go b/push_test.go
index 2df1482..677aba1 100644
--- a/push_test.go
+++ b/push_test.go
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ func setupLocalesFiles(t *testing.T) (dir string) {
 		"b/YY/c/d.txt",
 		"b/YY/foo.bar.json",
 		"b/YY/foo.json",
+		"b/XX/.phraseapp.yml",
+		"b/XX/en.yml",
 	}
 	files = append(files, []string{
 		"config/locales/application.en.yml",
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ func TestLocaleFiles(t *testing.T) {
 			{"b/YY/foo.json", "", "foo", "", false},
 			{"b/YY/foo.bar.json", "", "foo.bar", "", false}, // weird locale!
 		}},
+		{"b/XX/<locale_name>.yml", []localeFile{{"b/XX/en.yml", "", "en", "", false}}},
 	}
 
 	for _, tti := range tt {