diff --git a/includes/DoubleRedirectJob.php b/includes/DoubleRedirectJob.php
index dd6549ce17d..889beecfe73 100644
--- a/includes/DoubleRedirectJob.php
+++ b/includes/DoubleRedirectJob.php
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ class DoubleRedirectJob extends Job {
 			return true;
 		}
 
+		# Check for a suppression tag (used e.g. in periodically archived discussions)
+		$mw = MagicWord::get( 'staticredirect' );
+		if ( $mw->match( $text ) ) {
+			wfDebug( __METHOD__.": skipping: suppressed with __STATICREDIRECT__\n" );
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		# Find the current final destination
 		$newTitle = self::getFinalDestination( $this->redirTitle );
 		if ( !$newTitle ) {
diff --git a/includes/MagicWord.php b/includes/MagicWord.php
index ca2a1133070..cabd3942997 100644
--- a/includes/MagicWord.php
+++ b/includes/MagicWord.php
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class MagicWord {
 		'hiddencat',
 		'index',
 		'noindex',
+		'staticredirect',
 	);
 
 
diff --git a/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php b/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
index 1b692ac01e3..c75bec0a00a 100644
--- a/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
+++ b/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ $magicWords = array(
 	'pagesize'               => array( 1,    'PAGESIZE'               ),
 	'index'                  => array( 1,    '__INDEX__'              ),
 	'noindex'                => array( 1,    '__NOINDEX__'            ),
+	'staticredirect'         => array( 1,    '__STATICREDIRECT__'     ),
 );
 
 /**