diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
index a843699..3281bac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
@@ -991,13 +991,21 @@ public class StorageService extends MetricsMBean implements StorageServiceMBean,
      *            the host id to remove
      */
     @Override
-    public void removeNode(String hostIdString) {
-        log(" removeNode(String token)");
+    public void removeNode(String hostIdString, String ignoreNodes) {
+        log(" removeNode(String token, String ignoreNodes)");
         MultivaluedMap<String, String> queryParams = new MultivaluedHashMap<String, String>();
         APIClient.set_query_param(queryParams, "host_id", hostIdString);
+        if (ignoreNodes != null) {
+            APIClient.set_query_param(queryParams, "ignore_nodes", ignoreNodes);
+        }
         client.post("/storage_service/remove_node", queryParams);
     }
 
+    public void removeNode(String hostIdString) {
+        String ignoreNodes = null;
+        removeNode(hostIdString, ignoreNodes);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the status of a token removal.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java
index 3aa9957..915bfd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java
@@ -514,8 +514,11 @@ public interface StorageServiceMBean extends NotificationEmitter {
      * removeToken removes token (and all data associated with enpoint that had
      * it) from the ring
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void removeNode(String token);
 
+    public void removeNode(String token, String ignoreNodes);
+
     /**
      * Get the status of a token removal.
      */