diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 5ae3b22ab113..710fbe0a7301 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -227,6 +227,14 @@ addresses and
 .It Fl arp
 Disable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol
 .Pq Xr arp 4 .
+.It Cm staticarp
+If the Address Resolution Protocol is enabled,
+the host will only reply to requests for its addresses,
+and will never send any requests.
+.It Fl staticarp
+If the Address Resolution Protocol is enabled,
+the host will perform normally,
+sending out requests and listening for replies.
 .It Cm broadcast
 (Inet only.)
 Specify the address to use to represent broadcasts to the
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
index b174c94f020e..907a5a7a4db9 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ struct	cmd {
 	{ "-link2",	-IFF_LINK2,	setifflags },
 	{ "monitor",	IFF_MONITOR,	setifflags },
 	{ "-monitor",	-IFF_MONITOR,	setifflags },
+	{ "staticarp",	IFF_STATICARP,	setifflags },
+	{ "-staticarp",	-IFF_STATICARP,	setifflags },
 #ifdef USE_IF_MEDIA
 	{ "media",	NEXTARG,	setmedia },
 	{ "mode",	NEXTARG,	setmediamode },
@@ -1037,7 +1039,7 @@ setifmtu(const char *val, int dummy __unused, int s,
 #define	IFFBITS \
 "\020\1UP\2BROADCAST\3DEBUG\4LOOPBACK\5POINTOPOINT\6SMART\7RUNNING" \
 "\10NOARP\11PROMISC\12ALLMULTI\13OACTIVE\14SIMPLEX\15LINK0\16LINK1\17LINK2" \
-"\20MULTICAST\023MONITOR"
+"\20MULTICAST\023MONITOR\024STATICARP"
 
 #define	IFCAPBITS \
 "\003\1RXCSUM\2TXCSUM\3NETCONS\4VLAN_MTU\5VLAN_HWTAGGING\6JUMBO_MTU"
diff --git a/sys/net/if.h b/sys/net/if.h
index 7c6349deff4b..44531d26ac2b 100644
--- a/sys/net/if.h
+++ b/sys/net/if.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ struct if_data {
 #define	IFF_POLLING	0x10000		/* Interface is in polling mode. */
 #define	IFF_PPROMISC	0x20000		/* user-requested promisc mode */
 #define	IFF_MONITOR	0x40000		/* user-requested monitor mode */
+#define	IFF_STATICARP	0x80000		/* static ARP */
 
 /* flags set internally only: */
 #define	IFF_CANTCHANGE \
diff --git a/sys/netinet/if_ether.c b/sys/netinet/if_ether.c
index a5b89e7aa642..05b47e843029 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/if_ether.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/if_ether.c
@@ -454,12 +454,12 @@ arpresolve(ifp, rt, m, dst, desten, rt0)
 		return 1;
 	}
 	/*
-	 * If ARP is disabled on this interface, stop.
+	 * If ARP is disabled or static on this interface, stop.
 	 * XXX
 	 * Probably should not allocate empty llinfo struct if we are
 	 * not going to be sending out an arp request.
 	 */
-	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_NOARP) {
+	if (ifp->if_flags & (IFF_NOARP | IFF_STATICARP)) {
 		m_freem(m);
 		return (0);
 	}
@@ -650,6 +650,8 @@ in_arpinput(m)
 		itaddr = myaddr;
 		goto reply;
 	}
+	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_STATICARP)
+		goto reply;
 	la = arplookup(isaddr.s_addr, itaddr.s_addr == myaddr.s_addr, 0);
 	if (la && (rt = la->la_rt) && (sdl = SDL(rt->rt_gateway))) {
 		/* the following is not an error when doing bridging */