Provided is an exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine capable of high-efficiency DPF regeneration processing. The exhaust emission control device comprises a DPF for collecting PMs in exhaust emissions, which is provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine, a fuel reformer for reforming fuel to manufacture a reducing gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide and supplying the reducing gas from an introduction port provided on the upstream side of the DPF of the exhaust pipe into the exhaust pipe, which is provided separately from the exhaust pipe, a catalyst converter for continuously oxidizing the reducing gas, which is provided between the introduction port and the DPF of the exhaust pipe, and a regeneration means for performing regeneration processing for burning the PMs collected by the DPF while the reducing gas is supplied into the exhaust pipe by the fuel reformer.