diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py b/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py
index 0878724a2..3a185b8f0 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py
@@ -3420,6 +3420,9 @@ def plot(parser, xml_parent, data):
 
     .. literalinclude:: /../../tests/publishers/fixtures/plot004.yaml
        :language: yaml
+
+    .. literalinclude:: /../../tests/publishers/fixtures/plot005.yaml
+       :language: yaml
     """
     top = XML.SubElement(xml_parent, 'hudson.plugins.plot.PlotPublisher')
     plots = XML.SubElement(top, 'plots')
@@ -3462,6 +3465,12 @@ def plot(parser, xml_parent, data):
                     inclusion_dict.get(inclusion_flag)
                 XML.SubElement(subserie, 'exclusionValues').text = \
                     serie.get('exclude', '')
+                if serie.get('exclude', ''):
+                    exclude_strings = serie.get('exclude', '').split(',')
+                    exclusionset = XML.SubElement(subserie, 'strExclusionSet')
+                    for exclude_string in exclude_strings:
+                        XML.SubElement(exclusionset, 'string').text = \
+                            exclude_string
                 XML.SubElement(subserie, 'url').text = serie.get('url', '')
                 XML.SubElement(subserie, 'displayTableFlag').text = \
                     str(plot.get('display-table', False)).lower()
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/plot005.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/plot005.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..071c7d97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/plot005.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project>
+  <publishers>
+    <hudson.plugins.plot.PlotPublisher>
+      <plots>
+        <hudson.plugins.plot.Plot>
+          <title>Sample graph</title>
+          <yaxis/>
+          <csvFileName>persisted.csv</csvFileName>
+          <series>
+            <hudson.plugins.plot.CSVSeries>
+              <file>data.csv</file>
+              <inclusionFlag>INCLUDE_BY_STRING</inclusionFlag>
+              <exclusionValues>Column 1,Column 2,Column 3</exclusionValues>
+              <strExclusionSet>
+                <string>Column 1</string>
+                <string>Column 2</string>
+                <string>Column 3</string>
+              </strExclusionSet>
+              <url/>
+              <displayTableFlag>false</displayTableFlag>
+              <fileType>csv</fileType>
+            </hudson.plugins.plot.CSVSeries>
+          </series>
+          <group>bench</group>
+          <useDescr>false</useDescr>
+          <exclZero>false</exclZero>
+          <logarithmic>false</logarithmic>
+          <keepRecords>false</keepRecords>
+          <numBuilds/>
+          <style>line</style>
+        </hudson.plugins.plot.Plot>
+      </plots>
+    </hudson.plugins.plot.PlotPublisher>
+  </publishers>
+</project>
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/plot005.yaml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/plot005.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1e3f4dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/plot005.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+publishers:
+  - plot:
+      - title: 'Sample graph'
+        yaxis: ''
+        csv-file-name: 'persisted.csv'
+        group: 'bench'
+        numbuilds: '1'
+        style: 'line'
+        use-description: false
+        series:
+          - file: 'data.csv'
+            format: 'csv'
+            inclusion-flag: 'include-by-string'
+            exclude: 'Column 1,Column 2,Column 3'