diff --git a/cmd/torrent/main.go b/cmd/torrent/main.go
index 3c7414f5..6b14691d 100644
--- a/cmd/torrent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/torrent/main.go
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ var flags = struct {
 	Quiet           bool `help:"discard client logging"`
 	Dht             bool
 
-	TcpPeers   bool
-	UtpPeers   bool
-	Webtorrent bool
+	TcpPeers        bool
+	UtpPeers        bool
+	Webtorrent      bool
+	DisableWebseeds bool
 
 	Ipv4 bool
 	Ipv6 bool
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ func downloadErr(args []string, parent *tagflag.Parser) error {
 	tagflag.ParseArgs(&flags, args, tagflag.Parent(parent))
 	defer envpprof.Stop()
 	clientConfig := torrent.NewDefaultClientConfig()
+	clientConfig.DisableWebseeds = flags.DisableWebseeds
 	clientConfig.DisableTCP = !flags.TcpPeers
 	clientConfig.DisableUTP = !flags.UtpPeers
 	clientConfig.DisableIPv4 = !flags.Ipv4
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index e419b412..ae9b4ea0 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	Extensions PeerExtensionBits
 
 	DisableWebtorrent bool
+	DisableWebseeds   bool
 }
 
 func (cfg *ClientConfig) SetListenAddr(addr string) *ClientConfig {
diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index c785575c..21859af3 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -2006,6 +2006,9 @@ func (t *Torrent) iterPeers(f func(*peer)) {
 }
 
 func (t *Torrent) addWebSeed(url string) {
+	if t.cl.config.DisableWebseeds {
+		return
+	}
 	if _, ok := t.webSeeds[url]; ok {
 		return
 	}