diff --git a/nextcloud-integritycheck-exclusion.patch b/nextcloud-integritycheck-exclusion.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..766cf1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nextcloud-integritycheck-exclusion.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 9f38c6300712a23ccdc75e140143a1c461e15705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andrew Bauer <zonexpertconsulting@outlook.com>
+Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:11:23 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] silence integrity check for excluded files
+
+---
+ lib/private/IntegrityCheck/Checker.php | 13 +++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/private/IntegrityCheck/Checker.php b/lib/private/IntegrityCheck/Checker.php
+index a6de3cf6030d7..3974483601b08 100644
+--- a/lib/private/IntegrityCheck/Checker.php
++++ b/lib/private/IntegrityCheck/Checker.php
+@@ -337,7 +337,20 @@ private function verify(string $signaturePath, string $basePath, string $certifi
+ 		$differencesB = array_diff($currentInstanceHashes, $expectedHashes);
+ 		$differences = array_unique(array_merge($differencesA, $differencesB));
+ 		$differenceArray = [];
++
++		# Nasty hack to silence the integrity checker for files patched during the build process or files we simply don't care about
++		$excludedFilenames = [
++//sedplaceholder			];
++
+ 		foreach ($differences as $filename => $hash) {
++
++			# Skip if the file in question matches our exclusion list
++			foreach ($excludedFilenames as $excludedFilename) {
++			  if (strpos($filename, $excludedFilename)!==false) {
++			    break 2;
++			  }
++			}
++
+ 			// Check if file should not exist in the new signature table
+ 			if (!array_key_exists($filename, $expectedHashes)) {
+ 				$differenceArray['EXTRA_FILE'][$filename]['expected'] = '';
diff --git a/nextcloud.spec b/nextcloud.spec
index 727c609..d71b993 100644
--- a/nextcloud.spec
+++ b/nextcloud.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Source303:      %{name}-MIGRATION.fedora
 Patch0:         0000-disable-update-version-check.patch
 # Change occ shebang to /usr/bin/php
 Patch1:         0001-mangle-shebang.patch
+# Add the ability to exclude files we specify from the nextcloud integrity checker
+Patch2:         nextcloud-integritycheck-exclusion.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
@@ -328,6 +330,39 @@ find -wholename "*/composer/LICENSE" -exec mv {} composer-LICENSE \;
 find . -mindepth 2 \( -name '*LICENSE*' -o -name '*LICENCE*' \) | { while read a ; do mv "$a" $(echo $a | sed "s_^./__" | tr "/ " "__" )-LICENSE ; done ; }
 find . -mindepth 2 -name '*COPYING*' | { while read a ; do mv "$a" $(echo $a | sed "s_^./__" | tr "/ " "__" )-COPYING ; done ; }
 
+# case-sensitive list of partial matches to exclude from the nextcloud integrity checker
+# include readme, license, other docs, and any files we move or patch during the build
+excludedFilenames="
+README
+readme
+LICENSE
+LICENCE
+license
+copying
+COPYING
+AUTHORS
+htaccess
+gitignore
+user.ini
+update.admin.php
+Updater.php
+occ
+Checker.php
+"
+
+# nextcloud source files use tabs rather than spaces, ew
+tabs="				"
+cr="
+"
+
+# Add quotes, commas, and escaped newlines
+for f in $excludedFilenames; do
+  formattedlist="$formattedlist$tabs'$f',\\$cr"
+done
+
+# look for our sed placeholder we patched in earlier, then insert our formatted list of keywords
+sed -i "s|//sedplaceholder|${formattedlist}|" lib/private/IntegrityCheck/Checker.php
+
 %check
 # Make sure there are no license files left over
 : Check for leftover license files