diff --git a/src/xrpld/overlay/Slot.h b/src/xrpld/overlay/Slot.h
index 63f7de6f09..eb117600e7 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/overlay/Slot.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/overlay/Slot.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~SquelchHandler()
     {
     }
-    /** Squelch handler
+    /** Squelch handler for a single peer
      * @param validator Public key of the source validator
      * @param id Peer's id to squelch
      * @param duration Squelch duration in seconds
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ public:
     virtual void
     squelch(PublicKey const& validator, Peer::id_t id, std::uint32_t duration)
         const = 0;
+
+    /** Squelch for all peers, the method must call slots.squelchValidator
+     * to register that a (validator,peer) was squelched
+     * @param validator Public key of the source validator
+     * @param duration Squelch duration in seconds
+     */
+    virtual void
+    squelchAll(PublicKey const& validator, std::uint32_t duration) = 0;
+
     /** Unsquelch handler
      * @param validator Public key of the source validator
      * @param id Peer's id to unsquelch
diff --git a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.cpp b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.cpp
index ae0fb2c4c0..d79ec621f5 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.cpp
@@ -1410,6 +1410,15 @@ OverlayImpl::squelch(
     }
 }
 
+void
+OverlayImpl::squelchAll(PublicKey const& validator, uint32_t squelchDuration)
+{
+    for_each([&](std::shared_ptr<PeerImp>&& p) {
+        slots_.squelchValidator(validator, p->id());
+        p->send(makeSquelchMessage(validator, true, squelchDuration));
+    });
+}
+
 void
 OverlayImpl::updateSlotAndSquelch(
     uint256 const& key,
diff --git a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.h b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.h
index f6bb172b6c..b27d4a2570 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/OverlayImpl.h
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ private:
         Peer::id_t const id,
         std::uint32_t squelchDuration) const override;
 
+    void
+    squelchAll(PublicKey const& validator, std::uint32_t squelchDuration)
+        override;
+
     void
     unsquelch(PublicKey const& validator, Peer::id_t id) const override;