diff --git a/config/alfresco/usage-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/usage-services-context.xml
index 95ec47f51a..0a49f83089 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/usage-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/usage-services-context.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
             <value>workspace://SpacesStore</value>
          </list>
       </property>
+      <property name="excludedTypes">
+          <list>
+              <value>{http://www.alfresco.org/model/download/1.0}download</value>
+          </list>
+      </property>
    </bean>
    
    <bean id="usageQuotaProtector" class="org.alfresco.repo.usage.UsageQuotaProtector" init-method="init">
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/usage/ContentUsageImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/usage/ContentUsageImpl.java
index 5b3af785f4..f00e0991fc 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/usage/ContentUsageImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/usage/ContentUsageImpl.java
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ public class ContentUsageImpl implements ContentUsageService,
     
     private List<String> stores;
     
+    private Set<QName> excludedTypes = new HashSet<QName>();
+    
     public void setNodeService(NodeService nodeService)
     {
         this.nodeService = nodeService;
@@ -122,6 +124,14 @@ public class ContentUsageImpl implements ContentUsageService,
         return this.stores;
     }
     
+    public void setExcludedTypes(List<String> excludedTypes)
+    {
+        for (String exType : excludedTypes)
+        {
+            this.excludedTypes.add(QName.createQName(exType));
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      * The initialise method
      */
@@ -431,7 +441,7 @@ public class ContentUsageImpl implements ContentUsageService,
     
     private void incrementUserUsage(String userName, long contentSize, NodeRef contentNodeRef)
     {
-        if (! authenticationContext.isSystemUserName(userName))
+        if (!authenticationContext.isSystemUserName(userName) && !excludedTypes.contains(nodeService.getType(contentNodeRef)))
         {
             // increment usage - add positive delta
             if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) logger.debug("incrementUserUsage: username="+userName+", contentSize="+contentSize+", contentNodeRef="+contentNodeRef);