diff --git a/lib/lepus/supervisor/config.rb b/lib/lepus/supervisor/config.rb
index 286aa70..5261973 100644
--- a/lib/lepus/supervisor/config.rb
+++ b/lib/lepus/supervisor/config.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def consumers=(vals)
       def consumers
         @consumers ||= Dir[Lepus.config.consumers_directory.join("**/*.rb")].map { |path| Pathname.new(path) }.map do |path|
           next unless path.extname == ".rb"
+          next if File.readlines(path.to_s).grep(/abstract_class\s*=\s*true/).any?
 
           path.relative_path_from(Lepus.config.consumers_directory).to_s.sub(/\.rb$/, "").split("/").map do |part|
             part.split("_").collect(&:capitalize).join
diff --git a/spec/lepus/supervisor/config_spec.rb b/spec/lepus/supervisor/config_spec.rb
index 0d13e70..30ffb9b 100644
--- a/spec/lepus/supervisor/config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lepus/supervisor/config_spec.rb
@@ -37,9 +37,16 @@
         allow(Dir).to receive(:[]).and_return([
           "/tmp/lepus/consumers/ignore.js",
           "/tmp/lepus/consumers/exclude",
+          "/tmp/lepus/consumers/application_consumer.rb",
           "/tmp/lepus/consumers/foo_consumer.rb",
           "/tmp/lepus/consumers/namespaced/bar_consumer.rb"
         ])
+        allow(File).to receive(:readlines).and_return([""])
+        expect(File).to receive(:readlines).with("/tmp/lepus/consumers/application_consumer.rb").and_return([
+          "class ApplicationConsumer < Lepus::Consumer",
+          "  self.abstract_class = true",
+          "end"
+        ])
       end
 
       it "returns the list of consumers" do