diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 89d6dd7..398d59e 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -6644,6 +6644,11 @@
 
   Supported in default-server: Yes
 
+non-stick
+  Never add connections allocated to this sever to a stick-table.
+  This may be used in conjunction with backup to ensure that
+  stick-table persistence is disabled for backup servers.
+
 observe <mode>
   This option enables health adjusting based on observing communication with
   the server. By default this functionality is disabled and enabling it also
diff --git a/include/types/server.h b/include/types/server.h
index 1a9d60d..f829399 100644
--- a/include/types/server.h
+++ b/include/types/server.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #define SRV_TPROXY_DYN	0x0400	/* bind to a dynamically computed non-local address */
 #define SRV_TPROXY_MASK	0x0700	/* bind to a non-local address to reach this server */
 #define SRV_SEND_PROXY	0x0800	/* this server talks the PROXY protocol */
+#define SRV_NON_STICK	0x1000	/* never add connections allocated to this server to a stick table */
 
 /* function which act on servers need to return various errors */
 #define SRV_STATUS_OK       0   /* everything is OK. */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 7b46df0..145d21f 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -4139,6 +4139,10 @@
 				newsrv->state |= SRV_BACKUP;
 				cur_arg ++;
 			}
+			else if (!defsrv && !strcmp(args[cur_arg], "non-stick")) {
+				newsrv->state |= SRV_NON_STICK;
+				cur_arg ++;
+			}
 			else if (!defsrv && !strcmp(args[cur_arg], "send-proxy")) {
 				newsrv->state |= SRV_SEND_PROXY;
 				cur_arg ++;
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 56d0c8f..ae720cf 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,12 @@
 		struct stksess *ts;
 		void *ptr;
 
+		if (target_srv(&s->target) && target_srv(&s->target)->state & SRV_NON_STICK) {
+			stksess_free(s->store[i].table, s->store[i].ts);
+			s->store[i].ts = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		ts = stktable_lookup(s->store[i].table, s->store[i].ts);
 		if (ts) {
 			/* the entry already existed, we can free ours */