diff --git a/cmd/thanos/store.go b/cmd/thanos/store.go
index ddf9893061..00ba48e65f 100644
--- a/cmd/thanos/store.go
+++ b/cmd/thanos/store.go
@@ -44,11 +44,19 @@ func registerStore(m map[string]setupFunc, app *kingpin.Application, name string
 	blockSyncConcurrency := cmd.Flag("block-sync-concurrency", "Number of goroutines to use when syncing blocks from object storage.").
 		Default("20").Int()
 
+	skipWindow := modelDuration(cmd.Flag("skip-window", "Time duration, which won't be reported to Thanos Query."))
+
 	m[name] = func(g *run.Group, logger log.Logger, reg *prometheus.Registry, tracer opentracing.Tracer, debugLogging bool) error {
 		peer, err := newPeerFn(logger, reg, false, "", false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "new cluster peer")
 		}
+
+		var skipWindowDur *time.Duration
+		if skipWindow != nil {
+			dur := time.Duration(*skipWindow)
+			skipWindowDur = &dur
+		}
 		return runStore(g,
 			logger,
 			reg,
@@ -67,6 +75,7 @@ func registerStore(m map[string]setupFunc, app *kingpin.Application, name string
 			debugLogging,
 			*syncInterval,
 			*blockSyncConcurrency,
+			skipWindowDur,
 		)
 	}
 }
@@ -91,6 +100,7 @@ func runStore(
 	verbose bool,
 	syncInterval time.Duration,
 	blockSyncConcurrency int,
+	skipWindow *time.Duration,
 ) error {
 	{
 		confContentYaml, err := objStoreConfig.Content()
@@ -119,6 +129,7 @@ func runStore(
 			chunkPoolSizeBytes,
 			verbose,
 			blockSyncConcurrency,
+			skipWindow,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "create object storage store")
diff --git a/pkg/store/bucket.go b/pkg/store/bucket.go
index 775210e3a1..34b2e35a21 100644
--- a/pkg/store/bucket.go
+++ b/pkg/store/bucket.go
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ type BucketStore struct {
 	blockSyncConcurrency int
 
 	partitioner partitioner
+	skipWindow  *time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewBucketStore creates a new bucket backed store that implements the store API against
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ func NewBucketStore(
 	maxChunkPoolBytes uint64,
 	debugLogging bool,
 	blockSyncConcurrency int,
+	skipWindow *time.Duration,
 ) (*BucketStore, error) {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
@@ -429,6 +431,14 @@ func (s *BucketStore) TimeRange() (mint, maxt int64) {
 // Info implements the storepb.StoreServer interface.
 func (s *BucketStore) Info(context.Context, *storepb.InfoRequest) (*storepb.InfoResponse, error) {
 	mint, maxt := s.TimeRange()
+
+	if s.skipWindow != nil {
+		//TODO: is TimeRange really a Unix timestamp?
+		newt := time.Now().Add(-*s.skipWindow).Unix()
+		if maxt > newt {
+			maxt = newt
+		}
+	}
 	// Store nodes hold global data and thus have no labels.
 	return &storepb.InfoResponse{
 		StoreType: component.Store.ToProto(),