diff --git a/lib/libapse.lib.in b/lib/libapse.lib.in
index 16bce9d..a1a96ce 100644
--- a/lib/libapse.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libapse.lib.in
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>""
    -v, --pckurlverbatim  "$"URL with no variable expansion""
    -p, --proxy           "$"Proxy""
    -u, --proxy-user      "$"Proxy user""
+   -o, --autoupdate-off  "$"Indexes of apse sources to disable""
 
 "$"Operation modes"":
    -h, --help            "$"Print this help, then exit""
@@ -250,9 +251,9 @@ Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>""
  }
 
    local ARGS
-   ARGS=`LC_ALL=C getopt -o han:s:w:p:u: \
+   ARGS=`LC_ALL=C getopt -o han:s:w:p:u:o: \
       --long help,allurl,pckname:,specname:,pckurl:,pckurlverbatim:,\
-proxy:,proxy-user: \
+proxy:,proxy-user:,autoupdate-off: \
       -n "$FUNCNAME" -- "$@"`
    [ $? = 0 ] || notify.error $"\
 (bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error"
@@ -287,6 +288,10 @@ proxy:,proxy-user: \
          proxy_user="$2"; shift
          notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: proxy_user = \"***\""
       ;;
+      -o|--autoupdate-off)
+         autoupdate_off=($2); shift
+         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: autoupdate_off = ($autoupdate_off)"
+      ;;
       -h|--help)
          usage
          ${EXIT_FUNC:-"exit"}
@@ -317,6 +322,10 @@ proxy:,proxy-user: \
    local curr_curl_proxy_opts="\
 ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}"
 
+   for i in `seq 1 ${#autoupdate_off[*]}`; do
+      apse_enabled[${autoupdate_off[$i-1]}]="0"
+   done
+
    # SOURCE0 url based search (only if 'pckurl' is a valid url)
    if [ "${apse_enabled[0]}" = "0" ]; then
       notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: skipping ${apse_site_name[0]}"
diff --git a/lib/libspec.lib.in b/lib/libspec.lib.in
index 69de8e2..9769dfd 100644
--- a/lib/libspec.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libspec.lib.in
@@ -1253,12 +1253,20 @@ $FUNCNAME: SPEC_OBSOLETES = ( ${SPEC_OBSOLETES[*]} )"
          fi
          notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: $var = $SPEC_BUILDROOT"
       ;;
+      SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF)
+         [ "$SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF" ] && continue
+         SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF=($(sed -n "\
+            /^### AUTOUPDATE-OFF:/{
+               s,### AUTOUPDATE-OFF:[ \t]*,,;{p}}" \
+            $specfile))
+         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: $var = (${SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF[*]})"
+      ;;
       *) notify.error $"(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"bad arg \`$var'" ;;
       esac
 
       # note: some entries are not mandatory in a specfile
       case "$var" in
-      "SPEC_SOURCE"|"SPEC_PATCH"|\
+      "SPEC_SOURCE"|"SPEC_PATCH"|"SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF"| \
       "SPEC_OBSOLETES"|"SPEC_BUILDARCH"|"SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES")
       ;;
       *) if [[ "$var" = "SPEC_BUILDROOT" && \
diff --git a/plugins/pck-update.in b/plugins/pck-update.in
index bb52f77..ff83fb0 100644
--- a/plugins/pck-update.in
+++ b/plugins/pck-update.in
@@ -1057,13 +1057,17 @@ check if a new version is available""${NORM}"
          unset SPEC_SOURCE0_VERBATIM
          specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH --verbatim SPEC_SOURCE0
 
+         unset SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF
+         specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF
+
          apse.scrapeversion \
             --pckname "$SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME" \
             --pckurl "${SPEC_SOURCE[0]}" \
             --pckurlverbatim "${SPEC_SOURCE0_VERBATIM}" \
             --specname "$SPEC_NAME" \
             ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy} \
-            ${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}
+            ${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user} \
+            --autoupdate-off "${SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF[*]}"
 
          retval=$?