diff --git a/doc/htconfig.md b/doc/htconfig.md
index 1f1b62bd4..8562adc5f 100644
--- a/doc/htconfig.md
+++ b/doc/htconfig.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Example: To set the automatic database cleanup process add this line to your .ht
 * **diaspora_test** (Boolean) - For development only. Disables the message transfer.
 * **disable_email_validation** (Boolean) - Disables the check if a mail address is in a valid format and can be resolved via DNS.
 * **disable_url_validation** (Boolean) - Disables the DNS lookup of an URL.
+* **disable_password_exposed** (Boolean) - Disable the exposition check against the remote haveibeenpwned API on password change. Default value is false.
 * **dlogfile - location of the developer log file
 * **dlogip - restricts develop log writes to requests originating from this IP address
 * **frontend_worker_timeout** - Value in minutes after we think that a frontend task was killed by the webserver. Default value is 10.
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index 162597503..1473f6d42 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 			$err = true;
         }
 
-		if (User::isPasswordExposed($newpass)) {
+		if (!$a->getConfigValue('system', 'disable_password_exposed', false) && User::isPasswordExposed($newpass)) {
 			notice(L10n::t('The new password has been exposed in a public data dump, please choose another.') . EOL);
 			$err = true;
 		}