diff --git a/tests/test_writer.py b/tests/test_writer.py
index 126932a..2675393 100644
--- a/tests/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/test_writer.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ USA.
 import os
 import fcntl
 from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import pytest
 import re
 from warcprox.mitmproxy import ProxyingRecorder
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def test_special_dont_write_prefix():
             wwt.join()
 
         wwt = warcprox.writerthread.WarcWriterProcessor(
-                Options(writer_threads=1))
+                Options(writer_threads=1, blackout_period=60, prefix='foo'))
         wwt.inq = warcprox.TimestampedQueue(maxsize=1)
         wwt.outq = warcprox.TimestampedQueue(maxsize=1)
         try:
@@ -158,6 +158,42 @@ def test_special_dont_write_prefix():
             recorded_url = wwt.outq.get(timeout=10)
             assert not recorded_url.warc_records
             assert wwt.outq.empty()
+
+            # test blackout_period option. Write first revisit record because
+            # its outside the blackout_period (60). Do not write the second
+            # because its inside the blackout_period.
+            recorder = ProxyingRecorder(io.BytesIO(b'test1'), None)
+            recorder.read()
+            old = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(0, 3600)
+            ru = RecordedUrl(
+                url='http://example.com/yes',
+                # content_type=hanzo.httptools.ResponseMessage.CONTENT_TYPE,
+                content_type='text/plain',
+                status=200, client_ip='127.0.0.2', request_data=b'abc',
+                response_recorder=recorder, remote_ip='127.0.0.3',
+                timestamp=datetime.utcnow(),
+                payload_digest=recorder.block_digest)
+            ru.dedup_info = dict(id=b'1', url=b'http://example.com/dup',
+                                 date=old.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ').encode('utf-8'))
+            wwt.inq.put(ru)
+            recorded_url = wwt.outq.get(timeout=10)
+            recorder = ProxyingRecorder(io.BytesIO(b'test2'), None)
+            recorder.read()
+            recent = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(0, 5)
+            ru = RecordedUrl(
+                url='http://example.com/yes', content_type='text/plain',
+                status=200, client_ip='127.0.0.2', request_data=b'abc',
+                response_recorder=recorder, remote_ip='127.0.0.3',
+                timestamp=datetime.utcnow(),
+                payload_digest=recorder.block_digest)
+            ru.dedup_info = dict(id=b'2', url=b'http://example.com/dup',
+                                 date=recent.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ').encode('utf-8'))
+            wwt.inq.put(ru)
+            assert recorded_url.warc_records
+            recorded_url = wwt.outq.get(timeout=10)
+            assert not recorded_url.warc_records
+            assert wwt.outq.empty()
+
         finally:
             wwt.stop.set()
             wwt.join()
diff --git a/warcprox/main.py b/warcprox/main.py
index 5f45a13..2ba996c 100644
--- a/warcprox/main.py
+++ b/warcprox/main.py
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ def _build_arg_parser(prog='warcprox'):
     # Warcprox-Meta HTTP header. By default, we dedup all requests.
     arg_parser.add_argument('--dedup-only-with-bucket', dest='dedup_only_with_bucket',
                             action='store_true', default=False, help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+    arg_parser.add_argument('--blackout-period', dest='blackout_period',
+                            type=int, default=0,
+                            help='skip writing a revisit record if its too close to the original capture')
     arg_parser.add_argument('--queue-size', dest='queue_size', type=int,
             default=500, help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     arg_parser.add_argument('--max-threads', dest='max_threads', type=int,
diff --git a/warcprox/writerthread.py b/warcprox/writerthread.py
index ef0bd2d..83f4485 100644
--- a/warcprox/writerthread.py
+++ b/warcprox/writerthread.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import logging
 import time
 import warcprox
 from concurrent import futures
+from datetime import datetime
 import threading
 
 class WarcWriterProcessor(warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor):
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class WarcWriterProcessor(warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor):
                 max_workers=options.writer_threads or 1,
                 max_queued=10 * (options.writer_threads or 1))
         self.batch = set()
+        self.blackout_period = options.blackout_period or 0
 
     def _startup(self):
         self.logger.info('%s warc writer threads', self.pool._max_workers)
@@ -112,9 +114,32 @@ class WarcWriterProcessor(warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor):
                   if recorded_url.warcprox_meta
                      and 'warc-prefix' in recorded_url.warcprox_meta
                   else self.options.prefix)
+        res = (prefix != '-' and not recorded_url.do_not_archive
+                and self._filter_accepts(recorded_url)
+                and not self._in_blackout(recorded_url))
+
         # special warc name prefix '-' means "don't archive"
         return (prefix != '-' and not recorded_url.do_not_archive
-                and self._filter_accepts(recorded_url))
+                and self._filter_accepts(recorded_url)
+                and not self._in_blackout(recorded_url))
+
+    def _in_blackout(self, recorded_url):
+        """If --blackout-period=N (sec) is set, check if duplicate record
+        datetime is close to the original. If yes, we don't write it to WARC.
+        The aim is to avoid having unnecessary `revisit` records.
+        Return Boolean
+        """
+        if self.blackout_period and hasattr(recorded_url, "dedup_info") and \
+                recorded_url.dedup_info:
+            dedup_date = recorded_url.dedup_info.get('date')
+            if dedup_date:
+                try:
+                    dt = datetime.strptime(dedup_date.decode('utf-8'),
+                                           '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+                    return (datetime.utcnow() - dt).total_seconds() <= self.blackout_period
+                except ValueError:
+                    return False
+        return False
 
     def _log(self, recorded_url, records):
         try: