diff --git a/cgminer.c b/cgminer.c
index dad5e9bd..ddf0ebb5 100644
--- a/cgminer.c
+++ b/cgminer.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ int opt_api_port = 4028;
 bool opt_api_listen = false;
 bool opt_api_network = false;
 bool opt_delaynet = false;
+bool opt_disable_pool = true;
 
 char *opt_kernel_path;
 char *cgminer_path;
@@ -835,6 +836,9 @@ static struct opt_table opt_config_table[] = {
 			opt_hidden
 #endif
 	),
+	OPT_WITHOUT_ARG("--no-pool-disable",
+			opt_set_invbool, &opt_disable_pool,
+			"Do not automatically disable pools that continually reject shares"),
 	OPT_WITHOUT_ARG("--no-restart",
 			opt_set_invbool, &opt_restart,
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENCL
@@ -1653,6 +1657,7 @@ static bool submit_upstream_work(const struct work *work, CURL *curl)
 		cgpu->accepted++;
 		total_accepted++;
 		pool->accepted++;
+		pool->seq_rejects = 0;
 		cgpu->last_share_pool = pool->pool_no;
 		cgpu->last_share_pool_time = time(NULL);
 		applog(LOG_DEBUG, "PROOF OF WORK RESULT: true (yay!!!)");
@@ -1674,6 +1679,7 @@ static bool submit_upstream_work(const struct work *work, CURL *curl)
 		cgpu->rejected++;
 		total_rejected++;
 		pool->rejected++;
+		pool->seq_rejects++;
 		applog(LOG_DEBUG, "PROOF OF WORK RESULT: false (booooo)");
 		if (!QUIET) {
 			char where[17];
@@ -1704,6 +1710,22 @@ static bool submit_upstream_work(const struct work *work, CURL *curl)
 			       hashshow, cgpu->api->name, cgpu->device_id, where, reason);
 			sharelog(disposition, work);
 		}
+
+		/* Once we have more than a nominal amount of sequential rejects,
+		 * at least 10 and more than the current utility rate per minute,
+		 * disable the pool because some pool error is likely to have
+		 * ensued. */
+		if (pool->seq_rejects > 10 && opt_disable_pool && total_pools > 1) {
+			double utility = total_accepted / ( total_secs ? total_secs : 1 ) * 60;
+
+			if (pool->seq_rejects > utility) {
+				applog(LOG_WARNING, "Pool %d rejected %d sequential shares, disabling!",
+				       pool->pool_no, pool->seq_rejects);
+				pool->enabled = false;
+				if (pool == current_pool())
+					switch_pools(NULL);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	cgpu->utility = cgpu->accepted / ( total_secs ? total_secs : 1 ) * 60;
diff --git a/miner.h b/miner.h
index 85d4e7a2..27decf2d 100644
--- a/miner.h
+++ b/miner.h
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ struct pool {
 	int pool_no;
 	int prio;
 	int accepted, rejected;
+	int seq_rejects;
 
 	bool submit_fail;
 	bool idle;