diff --git a/src/_locales/en/messages.json b/src/_locales/en/messages.json
index 3d42b62..bbae32c 100644
--- a/src/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/src/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@
   "OptIncognitoPerm": {
     "message": "Enable setting permanent permissions in incognito/private tabs.\nBEWARE: doing this can leak site information!"
   },
+  "OptAmnesticUpdates": {
+    "message": "Always forget temporary permissions across NoScript updates immediately, even if the browsers is not restarted"
+  },
+
   "KeepLocked": {
     "message": "Keep this element locked (recommended)"
   },
diff --git a/src/bg/Defaults.js b/src/bg/Defaults.js
index 1d55f6b..f9fa2eb 100644
--- a/src/bg/Defaults.js
+++ b/src/bg/Defaults.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var Defaults = {
         showCtxMenuItem: true,
         showCountBadge: true,
         showFullAddresses: false,
+        amnesticUpdates: false,
       },
       sync: {
         global: false,
diff --git a/src/bg/LifeCycle.js b/src/bg/LifeCycle.js
index 37c598d..51cbddf 100644
--- a/src/bg/LifeCycle.js
+++ b/src/bg/LifeCycle.js
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ var LifeCycle = (() => {
 
     async onUpdateAvailable(details) {
       try {
+        if (ns.local.amnesticUpdates) {
+          // user doesn't want us to remember temporary settings across updates: bail out
+          return;
+        }
         await include("/lib/Ver.js");
         if (Ver.is(details.version, "<", browser.runtime.getManifest().version)) {
           // downgrade: temporary survival might not be supported, and we don't care
diff --git a/src/ui/options.html b/src/ui/options.html
index bc40d3b..51bac06 100644
--- a/src/ui/options.html
+++ b/src/ui/options.html
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@
     </span>
   </div>
 
+  <div id="update-options" class="opt-group">
+    <span id="amnesticUpdates-opt">
+      <input type="checkbox" id="opt-amnesticUpdates">
+        <label for="opt-amnesticUpdates" id="lbl-opt-amnesticUpdates">__MSG_OptAmnesticUpdates__</label>
+    </span>
+  </div>
+
   <section id="debug" class="browser-style">
   <div class="opt-group">
     <span><input type="checkbox" id="opt-debug"><label id="label-debug" for="opt-debug">Debug</label></span>
diff --git a/src/ui/options.js b/src/ui/options.js
index 1a16e29..bc720ea 100644
--- a/src/ui/options.js
+++ b/src/ui/options.js
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
   opt("overrideTorBrowserPolicy");
 
+  opt("amnesticUpdates", "local");
+
   {
     document.querySelector("#btn-reset").addEventListener("click", async () => {
       if (confirm(_("reset_warning"))) {