diff --git a/meshtastic/config.options b/meshtastic/config.options
index 9310cf0d..f08c37d4 100644
--- a/meshtastic/config.options
+++ b/meshtastic/config.options
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 # Max of three ignored nodes for our testing
 *LoRaConfig.ignore_incoming max_count:3
+*LoRaConfig.ignore_direct max_count:3
 
 *LoRaConfig.tx_power int_size:8
 *LoRaConfig.bandwidth int_size:16
diff --git a/meshtastic/config.proto b/meshtastic/config.proto
index aaf340bd..b05c48a2 100644
--- a/meshtastic/config.proto
+++ b/meshtastic/config.proto
@@ -1006,6 +1006,14 @@ message Config {
      * Sets the ok_to_mqtt bit on outgoing packets
      */
     bool config_ok_to_mqtt = 105;
+
+    /*
+     * For testing this simulate a node which cannot be heared directly.
+     * All comunications received from this node will be dropped.
+     * Due to space constraints in the header, only the last byte of
+     * the relayer is transmited, thus only the last byte can be checked.
+     */
+    repeated uint8 ignore_direct = 106;
   }
 
   message BluetoothConfig {