diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/default.nix
index 0773ab9e0554..f916e9e89a08 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 
   : List of file extensions to compress. Example: `["txt" "svg" "xml"]`.
 
+  `extraFindOperands` (String)
+
+  : Extra command line parameters to pass to the find command.
+    This can be used to exclude certain files.
+    For example: `-not -iregex ".*(\/apps\/.*\/l10n\/).*"`
+
   `compressors` ( { ${fileExtension} :: String })
 
   : Map a desired extension (e.g. `gz`) to a compress program.
@@ -47,7 +53,11 @@
   :::
 */
 drv:
-{ formats, compressors }:
+{
+  formats,
+  compressors,
+  extraFindOperands ? "",
+}:
 let
   validProg =
     ext: prog:
@@ -61,10 +71,10 @@ let
     ext: prog:
     assert validProg ext prog;
     ''
-      find -L $out -type f -regextype posix-extended -iregex '.*\.(${formatsPipe})' -print0 \
+      find -L $out -type f -regextype posix-extended -iregex '.*\.(${formatsPipe})' ${extraFindOperands} -print0 \
         | xargs -0 -P$NIX_BUILD_CORES -I{} ${prog}
     '';
-  formatsPipe = builtins.concatStringsSep "|" formats;
+  formatsPipe = lib.concatStringsSep "|" formats;
 in
 runCommand "${drv.name}-compressed" { } ''
   mkdir $out
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/web.nix b/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/web.nix
index 462cd0811bb4..17deb1c0e3bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/compress-drv/web.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
     Defaults to common formats that compress well.
 
+  `extraFindOperands` (String)
+
+  : See compressDrv for details.
+
   `extraFormats` ([ String ])
 
   : Extra extensions to compress in addition to `formats`.
@@ -132,8 +136,10 @@ drv:
     # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332752#issuecomment-2275110390
     zstd = "${lib.getExe zstd} --force --keep --quiet -19 {}";
   },
+  extraFindOperands ? "",
 }:
 compressDrv drv {
   formats = formats ++ extraFormats;
   compressors = compressors;
+  inherit extraFindOperands;
 }