diff --git a/bot/job_options_parser.rb b/bot/job_options_parser.rb
index b7c96954..76b8fe61 100644
--- a/bot/job_options_parser.rb
+++ b/bot/job_options_parser.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class JobOptionsParser
   def initialize
     @parser = Trollop::Parser.new do
       opt :no_offsite_links, 'Do not fetch offsite links'
+      opt :no_cookies, 'Do not use cookies'
       opt :youtube_dl, 'Use youtube-dl on grabbed pages'
       opt :ignore_sets, 'Ignore sets to apply', :type => :string
       opt :pipeline, 'Run job on this pipeline', :type => :string
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ def parse(str)
         b[0] = (case b[0]
                when '--ignoresets','--ignore_sets','--ignoreset','--ignore-set','--ignore_set','--ig-set','--igset' then '--ignore-sets'
                when '--nooffsitelinks','--no-offsite','--nooffsite' then '--no-offsite-links'
+               when '--nocookies' then '--no-cookies'
                when '--useragentalias','--user-agent','--useragent' then '--user-agent-alias'
                when '--concurrent' then '--concurrency'
                when '--reason' then '--explain'
diff --git a/bot/pipeline_options.rb b/bot/pipeline_options.rb
index 03b2db54..e1b6be6c 100644
--- a/bot/pipeline_options.rb
+++ b/bot/pipeline_options.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ def run_post_registration_hooks(m, job, params)
       messages << 'offsite links: no'
     end
 
+    if params[:no_cookies]
+      job.no_cookies!
+      messages << 'use cookies: no'
+    end
+
     if !messages.empty?
       reply m, "Options: #{messages.join('; ')}"
     end
diff --git a/doc/commands.rst b/doc/commands.rst
index ba192dd9..b1765811 100644
--- a/doc/commands.rst
+++ b/doc/commands.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Accepted parameters
 
     Aliases: ``--nooffsitelinks``, ``--no-offsite``, ``--nooffsite``
 
+``--no-cookies``
+    do not use cookies for each request
+
 ``--user-agent-alias ALIAS``
     specify a user-agent to use::
 
diff --git a/lib/job.rb b/lib/job.rb
index 48ecc4db..cb6ffcc3 100644
--- a/lib/job.rb
+++ b/lib/job.rb
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ def no_offsite_links!
     redis.hset(ident, 'no_offsite_links', true)
   end
 
+  def no_cookies!
+    redis.hset(ident, 'no_cookies', true)
+  end
+
   def yahoo
     silently do
       set_delay(0, 0)
diff --git a/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/tasks.py b/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/tasks.py
index 022fa5df..9b31932e 100644
--- a/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/tasks.py
+++ b/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/tasks.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ def process(self, item):
                 item['url_file'] = job_data.get('url_file')
                 item['user_agent'] = job_data.get('user_agent')
                 item['no_offsite_links'] = job_data.get('no_offsite_links')
+                item['no_cookies'] = job_data.get('no_cookies')
                 item['youtube_dl'] = job_data.get('youtube_dl')
 
                 item.log_output('Received item %s.' % ident)
diff --git a/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/wpull.py b/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/wpull.py
index 48fa0659..c2a8d7a6 100644
--- a/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/wpull.py
+++ b/pipeline/archivebot/seesaw/wpull.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def make_args(item, default_user_agent, wpull_exe, youtube_dl_exe, finished_warc
         '-o', '%(item_dir)s/wpull.log' % item,
         '--database', '%(item_dir)s/wpull.db' % item,
         '--html-parser', 'libxml2-lxml',
-        '--save-cookies', '%(cookie_jar)s' % item,
         '--no-check-certificate',
         '--no-strong-crypto',
         '--delete-after',
@@ -51,6 +50,11 @@ def make_args(item, default_user_agent, wpull_exe, youtube_dl_exe, finished_warc
         '--youtube-dl-exe', youtube_dl_exe
     ]
 
+    if item.get('no_cookies'):
+        args.append('--no-cookies')
+    else:
+        add_args(args, ['--save-cookies', '%(cookie_jar)s'], item)
+
     if item['url'].startswith("http://www.reddit.com/") or \
        item['url'].startswith("https://www.reddit.com/"):
         add_args(args, ['--header', 'Cookie: over18=1'], item)
diff --git a/spec/bot/job_options_parser_spec.rb b/spec/bot/job_options_parser_spec.rb
index ed03b877..9039af68 100644
--- a/spec/bot/job_options_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bot/job_options_parser_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
     expect(parser.parse('--concurrency=4')[:concurrency]).to eq(4)
   end
 
+  it 'recognizes --no-cookies' do
+    expect(parser.parse('--no-cookies')[:no_cookies]).to eq(true)
+  end
+
   describe 'when unknown options are present' do
     it 'raises UnknownOptionError' do
       expect(lambda { parser.parse('--foo=bar') }).to raise_error(JobOptionsParser::UnknownOptionError)