diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index d72914124..f35e4893c 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         request.add_option("--auth-file", dest="authFile",
                            help="HTTP authentication PEM cert/private key file")
 
+        request.add_option("--ignore-400", dest="ignore400", action="store_true",
+                          help="Suppress HTTP Error 400 (Bad Request)")
+
         request.add_option("--ignore-401", dest="ignore401", action="store_true",
                           help="Ignore HTTP Error 401 (Unauthorized)")
 
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 81977ec51..58688d640 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -621,8 +621,9 @@ class Connect(object):
                     else:
                         raise SqlmapConnectionException(warnMsg)
             else:
-                debugMsg = "got HTTP error code: %d (%s)" % (code, status)
-                logger.debug(debugMsg)
+		if ex.code == httplib.BAD_REQUEST and not conf.ignore400:
+			debugMsg = "got HTTP error code: %d (%s)" % (code, status)
+			logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
         except (urllib2.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, httplib.HTTPException, struct.error, binascii.Error, ProxyError, SqlmapCompressionException, WebSocketException, TypeError, ValueError):
             tbMsg = traceback.format_exc()