diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax b/src/sbin/lorax
index 55871dbf..51a32ea2 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ def get_dnf_base_object(installroot, repositories, mirrorlists=None,
 
     # add the repositories
     for i, r in enumerate(repositories):
+        if "SRPM" in r or "srpm" in r:
+            log.info("Skipping source repo: %s" % r)
+            continue
         repo_name = "lorax-repo-%d" % i
         repo = dnf.repo.Repo(repo_name, cachedir)
         repo.baseurl = [r]
@@ -308,6 +311,9 @@ def get_dnf_base_object(installroot, repositories, mirrorlists=None,
 
     # add the mirrorlists
     for i, r in enumerate(mirrorlists):
+        if "SRPM" in r or "srpm" in r:
+            log.info("Skipping source repo: %s" % r)
+            continue
         repo_name = "lorax-mirrorlist-%d" % i
         repo = dnf.repo.Repo(repo_name, cachedir)
         repo.mirrorlist = r