diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 530dac8d..771ab4c3 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -122,6 +122,24 @@ piholeEnable() {
     #Disable Pihole
     sed -i 's/^addn-hosts/#addn-hosts/' /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf
     echo "::: Blocking has been disabled!"
+    if [[ $# > 1 ]] ; then
+      if [[ ${2} == *"s"* ]] ; then
+        tt=${2%"s"}
+        echo "::: Blocking will be re-enabled in ${tt} seconds"
+        nohup bash -c "sleep ${tt}; pihole enable" </dev/null &>/dev/null &
+      elif [[ ${2} == *"m"* ]] ; then
+        tt=${2%"m"}
+        echo "::: Blocking will be re-enabled in ${tt} minutes"
+        tt=$((${tt}*60))
+        nohup bash -c "sleep ${tt}; pihole enable" </dev/null &>/dev/null &
+      else
+        echo "::: Unknown format for delayed reactivation of the blocking!"
+        echo "::: Example:"
+        echo ":::    pihole disable 5s    -    will disable blocking for 5 seconds"
+        echo ":::    pihole disable 7m    -    will disable blocking for 7 minutes"
+        echo "::: Blocking will not automatically be re-enabled!"
+      fi
+    fi
   else
     #Enable pihole
     echo "::: Blocking has been enabled!"
@@ -205,6 +223,8 @@ helpFunc() {
 :::  status                   Is Pi-Hole Enabled or Disabled
 :::  enable                   Enable Pi-Hole DNS Blocking
 :::  disable                  Disable Pi-Hole DNS Blocking
+:::                           Blocking can also be disabled only temporarily, e.g.,
+:::                           pihole disable 5m - will disable blocking for 5 minutes
 :::  restartdns               Restart dnsmasq
 EOM
   exit 1
@@ -231,7 +251,7 @@ case "${1}" in
   "-l" | "logging"              ) piholeLogging "$@";;
   "uninstall"                   ) uninstallFunc;;
   "enable"                      ) piholeEnable 1;;
-  "disable"                     ) piholeEnable 0;;
+  "disable"                     ) piholeEnable 0 $2;;
   "status"                      ) piholeStatus "$2";;
   "restartdns"                  ) restartDNS;;
   "-a" | "admin"                ) webpageFunc "$@";;