diff --git a/include/cantera/base/global.h b/include/cantera/base/global.h
index b96dc6fc3..b63b88c86 100644
--- a/include/cantera/base/global.h
+++ b/include/cantera/base/global.h
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ void suppress_deprecation_warnings();
 //! @copydoc Application::make_deprecation_warnings_fatal
 void make_deprecation_warnings_fatal();
 
+//! @copydoc Application::suppress_thermo_warnings
+void suppress_thermo_warnings(bool suppress=true);
+
+//! @copydoc Application::thermo_warnings_suppressed
+bool thermo_warnings_suppressed();
+
 //! @copydoc Application::Messages::setLogger
 void setLogger(Logger* logwriter);
 
diff --git a/include/cantera/clib/ct.h b/include/cantera/clib/ct.h
index 12cd51390..d679ab078 100644
--- a/include/cantera/clib/ct.h
+++ b/include/cantera/clib/ct.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ extern "C" {
     CANTERA_CAPI int ct_addCanteraDirectory(size_t buflen, const char* buf);
     CANTERA_CAPI int ct_getDataDirectories(int buflen, char* buf, const char* sep);
     CANTERA_CAPI int ct_getCanteraVersion(int buflen, char* buf);
+    CANTERA_CAPI int ct_suppress_thermo_warnings(int suppress);
     CANTERA_CAPI int ct_clearStorage();
 
     CANTERA_CAPI int ct_ck2cti(const char* in_file, const char* db_file,
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd b/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd
index 1ba15e817..9d72b94a7 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ cdef extern from "cantera/base/global.h" namespace "Cantera":
     cdef XML_Node* CxxGetXmlFile "Cantera::get_XML_File" (string) except +translate_exception
     cdef XML_Node* CxxGetXmlFromString "Cantera::get_XML_from_string" (string) except +translate_exception
     cdef void Cxx_make_deprecation_warnings_fatal "Cantera::make_deprecation_warnings_fatal" ()
+    cdef void Cxx_suppress_thermo_warnings "Cantera::suppress_thermo_warnings" (cbool)
 
 cdef extern from "<memory>":
     cppclass shared_ptr "std::shared_ptr" [T]:
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/utils.pyx b/interfaces/cython/cantera/utils.pyx
index 22daa43ea..b4e60db06 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/utils.pyx
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/utils.pyx
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ def appdelete():
 def make_deprecation_warnings_fatal():
     Cxx_make_deprecation_warnings_fatal()
 
+def suppress_thermo_warnings(pybool suppress=True):
+    Cxx_suppress_thermo_warnings(suppress)
+
 cdef Composition comp_map(X) except *:
     if isinstance(X, (str, unicode, bytes)):
         return parseCompString(stringify(X))
diff --git a/src/base/application.cpp b/src/base/application.cpp
index 0135e0c73..b6e06bb39 100644
--- a/src/base/application.cpp
+++ b/src/base/application.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ void Application::ThreadMessages::removeThreadMessages()
 
 Application::Application() :
     m_suppress_deprecation_warnings(false),
-    m_fatal_deprecation_warnings(false)
+    m_fatal_deprecation_warnings(false),
+    m_suppress_thermo_warnings(false)
 {
     // install a default logwriter that writes to standard
     // output / standard error
diff --git a/src/base/application.h b/src/base/application.h
index c1996eb01..9c5df3014 100644
--- a/src/base/application.h
+++ b/src/base/application.h
@@ -344,6 +344,17 @@ public:
         m_fatal_deprecation_warnings = true;
     }
 
+    //! Globally disable printing of warnings about problematic thermo data,
+    //! e.g. NASA polynomials with discontinuities at the midpoint temperature.
+    void suppress_thermo_warnings(bool suppress=true) {
+        m_suppress_thermo_warnings = suppress;
+    }
+
+    //! Returns `true` if thermo warnings should be suppressed.
+    bool thermo_warnings_suppressed() {
+        return m_suppress_thermo_warnings;
+    }
+
     //! @copydoc Messages::setLogger
     void setLogger(Logger* logwriter) {
         pMessenger->setLogger(logwriter);
@@ -400,6 +411,7 @@ protected:
 
     bool m_suppress_deprecation_warnings;
     bool m_fatal_deprecation_warnings;
+    bool m_suppress_thermo_warnings;
 
     ThreadMessages pMessenger;
 
diff --git a/src/base/global.cpp b/src/base/global.cpp
index edbab3862..686718c5a 100644
--- a/src/base/global.cpp
+++ b/src/base/global.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ void make_deprecation_warnings_fatal()
     app()->make_deprecation_warnings_fatal();
 }
 
+void suppress_thermo_warnings(bool suppress)
+{
+    app()->suppress_thermo_warnings(suppress);
+}
+
+bool thermo_warnings_suppressed()
+{
+    return app()->thermo_warnings_suppressed();
+}
+
 // **************** Global Data ****************
 
 Unit* Unit::s_u = 0;
diff --git a/src/clib/ct.cpp b/src/clib/ct.cpp
index cf6d48222..0a0efc692 100644
--- a/src/clib/ct.cpp
+++ b/src/clib/ct.cpp
@@ -1428,6 +1428,16 @@ extern "C" {
         }
     }
 
+    int ct_suppress_thermo_warnings(int suppress)
+    {
+        try {
+            suppress_thermo_warnings(static_cast<bool>(suppress));
+            return 0;
+        } catch (...) {
+            return handleAllExceptions(-1, ERR);
+        }
+    }
+
     int ct_setLogWriter(void* logger)
     {
         try {
diff --git a/src/thermo/NasaPoly2.cpp b/src/thermo/NasaPoly2.cpp
index 001dca560..628676a9a 100644
--- a/src/thermo/NasaPoly2.cpp
+++ b/src/thermo/NasaPoly2.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ namespace Cantera {
 
 void NasaPoly2::validate(const std::string& name)
 {
+    if (thermo_warnings_suppressed()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     double cp_low, h_low, s_low;
     double cp_high, h_high, s_high;
     mnp_low.updatePropertiesTemp(m_midT, &cp_low, &h_low, &s_low);