diff --git a/cmd/zoekt-indexserver/config.go b/cmd/zoekt-indexserver/config.go
index e35fda6a..b9f2661e 100644
--- a/cmd/zoekt-indexserver/config.go
+++ b/cmd/zoekt-indexserver/config.go
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ func executeMirror(cfg []ConfigEntry, repoDir string, pendingRepos chan<- string
 			if c.CredentialPath != "" {
 				cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-token", c.CredentialPath)
 			}
+			if c.NoArchived {
+				cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-no_archived")
+			}
 		} else if c.GerritApiURL != "" {
 			cmd = exec.Command("zoekt-mirror-gerrit",
 				"-dest", repoDir, "-delete")
diff --git a/cmd/zoekt-mirror-gitlab/main.go b/cmd/zoekt-mirror-gitlab/main.go
index b37c18ca..55d3fee0 100644
--- a/cmd/zoekt-mirror-gitlab/main.go
+++ b/cmd/zoekt-mirror-gitlab/main.go
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ func main() {
 	namePattern := flag.String("name", "", "only clone repos whose name matches the given regexp.")
 	excludePattern := flag.String("exclude", "", "don't mirror repos whose names match this regexp.")
 	lastActivityAfter := flag.String("last_activity_after", "", "only mirror repos that have been active since this date (format: 2006-01-02).")
+	noArchived := flag.Bool("no_archived", false, "mirror only projects that are not archived")
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if *dest == "" {
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ func main() {
 		opt.LastActivityAfter = gitlab.Time(targetDate)
 	}
 
+	if *noArchived {
+		opt.Archived = gitlab.Bool(false)
+	}
+
 	var gitlabProjects []*gitlab.Project
 	for {
 		projects, _, err := client.Projects.ListProjects(opt)