diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 650f5027..12232b82 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ exports.getBenchmarksSchema = function(performanceYear = Constants.currentPerfor
   return YAML.load(path.join(__dirname, 'benchmarks', performanceYear.toString(), 'benchmarks-schema.yaml'));
 };
 
+/**
+ * @return {Array<Any>}
+ */
+exports.getBenchmarksExclusionReasons = function(performanceYear = Constants.currentPerformanceYear) {
+  return JSON.parse(
+    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'benchmarks', performanceYear.toString(), 'benchmark-exclusion-reasons.json')));
+};
+
 /**
  * @return {Array<Measure>}
  */