diff --git a/libmat2/office.py b/libmat2/office.py
index 372d69a11fe4ac738bb3ad04cd91693a501b57c6..54347ea4d45ae0b7b51e2c98a2f6962fa525e994 100644
--- a/libmat2/office.py
+++ b/libmat2/office.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class MSOfficeParser(ArchiveBasedAbstractParser):
             r'^docProps/custom\.xml$',
             r'^word/printerSettings/',
             r'^word/theme',
+            r'^word/people\.xml$',
 
             # we have a whitelist in self.files_to_keep,
             # so we can trash everything else