diff --git a/zappa/cli.py b/zappa/cli.py
index 7ec92e5e5..0f1185ef4 100644
--- a/zappa/cli.py
+++ b/zappa/cli.py
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ def create_package(self):
                 self.lambda_name,
                 handler_file=handler_file,
                 use_precompiled_packages=self.stage_config.get('use_precompiled_packages', True),
-                exclude=self.stage_config.get('exclude', [])
+                exclude=self.stage_config.get('exclude', []),
                 exclude_conda_packages = self.stage_config.get('exclude_conda_packages',
                     ['pip','python','readline','sqlite','wheel', 'boto3', 'botocore'])
             )