diff --git a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
index 55a430d..23ff64f 100644
--- a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
+++ b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
   { "echo",                 no_argument,             NULL, 'E'},
   { "dryrun",		    no_argument,	     NULL, 'C'},
   { "help",                 no_argument,             NULL, 'h'},
+  { "noerror",		    no_argument,	     NULL, 'n'},
   { 0 }
 };
 
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@
   } *cmd = NULL;
   struct cmd_rec *tail = NULL;
   int echo_command = 0;
+  int no_error = 0;
 
   /* Preserve name of myself. */
   progname = ((p = strrchr (argv[0], '/')) ? ++p : argv[0]);
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@
   /* Option handling. */
   while (1) 
     {
-      opt = getopt_long (argc, argv, "be:c:d:EhC", longopts, 0);
+      opt = getopt_long (argc, argv, "be:c:d:nEhC", longopts, 0);
     
       if (opt == EOF)
 	break;
@@ -261,6 +263,9 @@
 	case 'd':
 	  daemon_name = optarg;
 	  break;
+	case 'n':
+	  no_error = 1;
+	  break;
 	case 'E':
 	  echo_command = 1;
 	  break;
@@ -300,6 +305,10 @@
   if(dryrun)
     return(0);
   
+  /* Ignore error messages */
+  if (no_error)
+    freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
+
   /* Make sure we pass authentication before proceeding. */
   vtysh_auth ();
 
@@ -332,9 +341,10 @@
 		log_it(cmd->line);
 
 	      ret = vtysh_execute_no_pager(cmd->line);
-	      if (ret != CMD_SUCCESS 
-		  && ret != CMD_SUCCESS_DAEMON
-		  && ret != CMD_WARNING)
+	      if (!no_error &&
+		  ! (ret == CMD_SUCCESS ||
+		     ret == CMD_SUCCESS_DAEMON ||
+		     ret == CMD_WARNING))
 		exit(1);
 
 	      cmd->line = eol+1;
@@ -347,9 +357,10 @@
 	    log_it(cmd->line);
 
 	  ret = vtysh_execute_no_pager(cmd->line);
-	  if (ret != CMD_SUCCESS 
-	      && ret != CMD_SUCCESS_DAEMON
-	      && ret != CMD_WARNING)
+	  if (!no_error &&
+	      ! (ret == CMD_SUCCESS ||
+		 ret == CMD_SUCCESS_DAEMON ||
+		 ret == CMD_WARNING))
 	    exit(1);
 
 	  {