diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/activities/DiscoveryActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/activities/DiscoveryActivity.java
index b71591bba..3d0e9f82c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/activities/DiscoveryActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/activities/DiscoveryActivity.java
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ public class DiscoveryActivity extends AbstractGBActivity implements AdapterView
     private Scanning isScanning = Scanning.SCANNING_OFF;
     private GBDeviceCandidate bondingDevice;
 
+    private boolean ignoreBonded = true;
+
+
     private enum Scanning {
         SCANNING_BT,
         SCANNING_BTLE,
@@ -269,6 +272,8 @@ public class DiscoveryActivity extends AbstractGBActivity implements AdapterView
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
+        ignoreBonded = GBApplication.getPrefs().getBoolean("ignore_bonded_devices", true);
+
         disableNewBLEScanning = GBApplication.getPrefs().getBoolean("disable_new_ble_scanning", false);
         if (disableNewBLEScanning) {
             LOG.info("new BLE scanning disabled via settings, using old method");
@@ -377,8 +382,9 @@ public class DiscoveryActivity extends AbstractGBActivity implements AdapterView
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (device.getBondState() == BluetoothDevice.BOND_BONDED) {
-            return true; // ignore already bonded devices
+
+        if (device.getBondState() == BluetoothDevice.BOND_BONDED && ignoreBonded) {
+            return true; // Ignore already bonded devices
         }
 
         GBDeviceCandidate candidate = new GBDeviceCandidate(device, rssi, uuids);
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index c4a18b16a..0480eb41a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -632,6 +632,12 @@
             android:defaultValue="false"
             android:key="log_to_file"
             android:title="@string/pref_write_logfiles" />
+        <CheckBoxPreference
+            android:layout="@layout/preference_checkbox"
+            android:defaultValue="true"
+            android:key="ignore_bonded_devices"
+            android:summary="@string/ignore_bonded_devices_description"
+            android:title="@string/ignore_bonded_devices" />
         <CheckBoxPreference
             android:layout="@layout/preference_checkbox"
             android:defaultValue="false"