diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5cc3274..645908b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ return [
                                 'pageSize' => 10
                             ],
                         ],
+                        'route' => [
+                            'class' => 'yii2mod\rbac\controllers\RouteController',
+                            // for example: exclude `api, debug and gii` modules from list of routes
+                            'modelClass' => [
+                                'class' => 'yii2mod\rbac\models\RouteModel',
+                                'excludeModules' => ['api', 'debug', 'gii'],
+                            ],
+                        ],
                     ]
                 ],
             ]
diff --git a/controllers/RouteController.php b/controllers/RouteController.php
index 99d8e6f..58df611 100755
--- a/controllers/RouteController.php
+++ b/controllers/RouteController.php
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
  */
 class RouteController extends Controller
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array route model class
+     */
+    public $modelClass = [
+        'class' => RouteModel::class,
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.
      *
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ public function behaviors()
      */
     public function actionIndex()
     {
-        $model = new RouteModel();
+        $model = Yii::createObject($this->modelClass);
 
         return $this->render('index', ['routes' => $model->getRoutes()]);
     }
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ public function actionIndex()
     public function actionAssign()
     {
         $routes = Yii::$app->getRequest()->post('routes', []);
-        $model = new RouteModel();
+        $model = Yii::createObject($this->modelClass);
         $model->addNew($routes);
 
         return $model->getRoutes();
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ public function actionAssign()
     public function actionRemove()
     {
         $routes = Yii::$app->getRequest()->post('routes', []);
-        $model = new RouteModel();
+        $model = Yii::createObject($this->modelClass);
         $model->remove($routes);
 
         return $model->getRoutes();
@@ -88,7 +95,7 @@ public function actionRemove()
      */
     public function actionRefresh()
     {
-        $model = new RouteModel();
+        $model = Yii::createObject($this->modelClass);
         $model->invalidate();
 
         return $model->getRoutes();
diff --git a/models/RouteModel.php b/models/RouteModel.php
index 22bf637..75a787c 100755
--- a/models/RouteModel.php
+++ b/models/RouteModel.php
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ class RouteModel extends Object
      */
     public $cacheDuration = 3600;
 
+    /**
+     * @var array list of module IDs that will be excluded
+     */
+    public $excludeModules = [];
+
     /**
      * @var \yii\rbac\ManagerInterface
      */
@@ -156,29 +161,31 @@ public function invalidate()
      */
     protected function getRouteRecursive($module, &$result)
     {
-        $token = "Get Route of '" . get_class($module) . "' with id '" . $module->uniqueId . "'";
-        Yii::beginProfile($token, __METHOD__);
+        if (!in_array($module->id, $this->excludeModules)) {
+            $token = "Get Route of '" . get_class($module) . "' with id '" . $module->uniqueId . "'";
+            Yii::beginProfile($token, __METHOD__);
+
+            try {
+                foreach ($module->getModules() as $id => $child) {
+                    if (($child = $module->getModule($id)) !== null) {
+                        $this->getRouteRecursive($child, $result);
+                    }
+                }
 
-        try {
-            foreach ($module->getModules() as $id => $child) {
-                if (($child = $module->getModule($id)) !== null) {
-                    $this->getRouteRecursive($child, $result);
+                foreach ($module->controllerMap as $id => $type) {
+                    $this->getControllerActions($type, $id, $module, $result);
                 }
-            }
 
-            foreach ($module->controllerMap as $id => $type) {
-                $this->getControllerActions($type, $id, $module, $result);
+                $namespace = trim($module->controllerNamespace, '\\') . '\\';
+                $this->getControllerFiles($module, $namespace, '', $result);
+                $all = '/' . ltrim($module->uniqueId . '/*', '/');
+                $result[$all] = $all;
+            } catch (\Exception $exc) {
+                Yii::error($exc->getMessage(), __METHOD__);
             }
 
-            $namespace = trim($module->controllerNamespace, '\\') . '\\';
-            $this->getControllerFiles($module, $namespace, '', $result);
-            $all = '/' . ltrim($module->uniqueId . '/*', '/');
-            $result[$all] = $all;
-        } catch (\Exception $exc) {
-            Yii::error($exc->getMessage(), __METHOD__);
+            Yii::endProfile($token, __METHOD__);
         }
-
-        Yii::endProfile($token, __METHOD__);
     }
 
     /**