diff --git a/lib/config/migration.js b/lib/config/migration.js
index edaade2289c714e1a5339aec3fc2ad0b2f6b7bab..0e4bbe3a5cfc3272422995496fbf867ec8a6c010 100644
--- a/lib/config/migration.js
+++ b/lib/config/migration.js
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ function migrateConfig(config, parentConfig) {
         p => migrateConfig(p).migratedConfig
       );
       delete migratedConfig.packages;
+    } else if (key === 'excludedPackageNames') {
+      isMigrated = true;
+      migratedConfig.excludePackageNames = val;
+      delete migratedConfig.excludedPackageNames;
     } else if (key === 'packageName') {
       isMigrated = true;
       migratedConfig.packageNames = [val];
diff --git a/test/config/__snapshots__/migration.spec.js.snap b/test/config/__snapshots__/migration.spec.js.snap
index f623d9c3da450b35ce7d26adadc40011ac79b85f..2df29bfda57215335614fe65fce072f250577aa7 100644
--- a/test/config/__snapshots__/migration.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/config/__snapshots__/migration.spec.js.snap
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Object {
   },
   "packageRules": Array [
     Object {
+      "excludePackageNames": "foo",
       "groupName": "angular packages",
       "packagePatterns": "^(@angular|typescript)",
     },
diff --git a/test/config/migration.spec.js b/test/config/migration.spec.js
index 57d8775cb95335da324407e43bcdadb46d5e708b..40d4e9a0eea18027c33c434a3efbfa1aff5e1ad6 100644
--- a/test/config/migration.spec.js
+++ b/test/config/migration.spec.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ describe('config/migration', () => {
           {
             packagePatterns: '^(@angular|typescript)',
             groupName: ['angular packages'],
+            excludedPackageNames: 'foo',
           },
           {
             packagePatterns: ['^foo'],