diff --git a/plugins/Bigfile/BigfilePlugin.py b/plugins/Bigfile/BigfilePlugin.py
index 184c0865..484d2b6d 100644
--- a/plugins/Bigfile/BigfilePlugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Bigfile/BigfilePlugin.py
@@ -705,6 +705,14 @@ class PeerPlugin(object):
 class SitePlugin(object):
     def isFileDownloadAllowed(self, inner_path, file_info):
         if "piecemap" in file_info:
+            file_size_mb = file_info["size"] / 1024 / 1024
+            if config.bigfile_size_limit and file_size_mb > config.bigfile_size_limit:
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "Bigfile size %s too large: %sMB > %sMB, skipping..." %
+                    (inner_path, file_size_mb, config.bigfile_size_limit)
+                )
+                return False
+
             file_info = file_info.copy()
             file_info["size"] = file_info["piece_size"]
         return super(SitePlugin, self).isFileDownloadAllowed(inner_path, file_info)
@@ -754,5 +762,6 @@ class ConfigPlugin(object):
     def createArguments(self):
         group = self.parser.add_argument_group("Bigfile plugin")
         group.add_argument('--autodownload_bigfile_size_limit', help='Also download bigfiles smaller than this limit if help distribute option is checked', default=1, metavar="MB", type=int)
+        group.add_argument('--bigfile_size_limit', help='Maximum size of downloaded big files', default=False, metavar="MB", type=int)
 
         return super(ConfigPlugin, self).createArguments()