diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index b009b284f12237d0cda0f44d520168b4e6ee750a..71b0866d52f6e6c2837f474cf8732470ba974562 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ sc_prohibit_int_index:
 
 sc_prohibit_int_ijk:
 	@prohibit='\<(int|unsigned) ([^(=]* )*(i|j|k)\>(\s|,|;)'	\
+	exclude='exempt from syntax-check'				\
 	halt='use size_t, not int/unsigned int for loop vars i, j, k'	\
 	  $(_sc_search_regexp)