diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 048fe14..c73c8d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ### Added
 - [#2138](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2138) export: add new module
 - [#2158](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2158) db: support emacsql-sqlite-builtin and emacsql-sqlite-module
+- [#2160](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2160) core: support a list of `org-roam-file-exclude-regexp`
 
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 - [#2156](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2157) capture: templates with functions are handled correctly to avoid signaling `char-or-string-p`
 
 ### Changed
+- [#2160](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2160) core: ignore files in `org-attach-id-dir` by default
 
 ## 2.2.1
 ### Breaking
diff --git a/org-roam.el b/org-roam.el
index 35efd02..4832af7 100644
--- a/org-roam.el
+++ b/org-roam.el
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 (require 'emacsql-sqlite)
 
 (require 'org)
+(require 'org-attach)                   ; To set `org-attach-id-dir'
 (require 'org-id)
 (require 'ol)
 (require 'org-element)
@@ -136,9 +137,11 @@ responsibility to ensure that."
   :type '(repeat string)
   :group 'org-roam)
 
-(defcustom org-roam-file-exclude-regexp nil
+(defcustom org-roam-file-exclude-regexp (list org-attach-id-dir)
   "Files matching this regular expression are excluded from the Org-roam."
   :type '(choice
+          (repeat
+           (string :tag "Regular expression matching files to ignore"))
           (string :tag "Regular expression matching files to ignore")
           (const :tag "Include everything" nil))
   :group 'org-roam)
@@ -193,14 +196,25 @@ FILE is an Org-roam file if:
          (ext (when path (org-roam--file-name-extension path)))
          (ext (if (string= ext "gpg")
                   (org-roam--file-name-extension (file-name-sans-extension path))
-                ext)))
+                ext))
+         (org-roam-dir-p (org-roam-descendant-of-p path org-roam-directory))
+         (valid-file-ext-p (member ext org-roam-file-extensions))
+         (match-exclude-regexp-p
+          (cond
+           ((not org-roam-file-exclude-regexp) nil)
+           ((stringp org-roam-file-exclude-regexp)
+            (string-match-p org-roam-file-exclude-regexp path))
+           ((listp org-roam-file-exclude-regexp)
+            (let (is-match)
+              (dolist (exclude-re org-roam-file-exclude-regexp)
+                (setq is-match (or is-match (string-match-p exclude-re path))))
+              is-match)))))
     (save-match-data
       (and
        path
-       (member ext org-roam-file-extensions)
-       (not (and org-roam-file-exclude-regexp
-                 (string-match-p org-roam-file-exclude-regexp path)))
-       (org-roam-descendant-of-p path (expand-file-name org-roam-directory))))))
+       org-roam-dir-p
+       valid-file-ext-p
+       (not match-exclude-regexp-p)))))
 
 (defun org-roam-list-files ()
   "Return a list of all Org-roam files under `org-roam-directory'.