diff --git a/code/staticpublisher/FilesystemPublisher.php b/code/staticpublisher/FilesystemPublisher.php
index 68a17705..eb850cef 100644
--- a/code/staticpublisher/FilesystemPublisher.php
+++ b/code/staticpublisher/FilesystemPublisher.php
@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@ class FilesystemPublisher extends StaticPublisher {
 			$response = Director::test(str_replace('+', ' ', $url));
 			
 			Requirements::clear();
-			
-			
-			
+
 			singleton('DataObject')->flushCache();
 
+			//skip any responses with a 404 status code. We don't want to turn those into statically cached pages
+			if (!$response || $response->getStatusCode() == '404') continue;
+
 			// Generate file content			
 			// PHP file caching will generate a simple script from a template
 			if($this->fileExtension == 'php') {