diff --git a/config.php.default b/config.php.default
index 8dbe127f6..f02197070 100755
--- a/config.php.default
+++ b/config.php.default
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ $config['allow_entity_sensor']['specialEnum'] = 1;
 $config['ignore_mount'] = array("/kern", "/mnt/cdrom", "/dev", "/dev/pts", "/proc/bus/usb");
 $config['ignore_mount_regexp'] = array();
 $config['ignore_mount_string'] = array("/.*\/dev\/?$/");
+$config['ignore_mount_removable'] = 0; # Ignore removable disk storage
 
 ### Hardcoded ASN descriptions
 
diff --git a/includes/discovery/storage.php b/includes/discovery/storage.php
index 8c27ac5c3..0cb643e02 100755
--- a/includes/discovery/storage.php
+++ b/includes/discovery/storage.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     foreach($config['ignore_mount'] as $bi) { if($bi == $descr) { $allow = 0; if ($debug) echo("$bi == $descr \n"); } }
     foreach($config['ignore_mount_string'] as $bi) { if(strpos($descr, $bi) !== FALSE) { $allow = 0; if ($debug) echo("$descr, $bi \n"); } }
     foreach($config['ignore_mount_regexp'] as $bi) { if(preg_match($bi, $descr)) { $allow = 0; if ($debug) echo("$bi, $descr \n"); } }
+    if (isset($config['ignore_mount_removable']) && $config['ignore_mount_removable'] && $fstype == "hrStorageRemovableDisk") { $allow = 0; if ($debug) echo("removable, skipping\n"); }
     $descr = str_replace("mounted on: ", "", $descr);
     $descr = str_replace(": var file system", "", $descr);