diff --git a/tsshbatch.py b/tsshbatch.py
index 99199c2..87b2ea7 100755
--- a/tsshbatch.py
+++ b/tsshbatch.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 CMDINCL      = PROGENV + "CMDS"
 HOSTINCL     = PROGENV + "HOSTS"
 
-CVSID        = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.215 2016/01/10 18:48:23 tundra Exp $"
+CVSID        = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.216 2016/01/10 19:38:29 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION      = CVSID.split()[2]
 CPRT         = "(c)"
 PROGDATE     = "2011-2016"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 HOSTNOISE   = '[%s]'
 HOSTLIST    = 'Hosts'
 INDENTWIDTH = 8
-OPTIONSLIST = 'EKG:H:NP:ST:aef:hkl:n:p:qstvxy'
+OPTIONSLIST = 'EKG:H:NP:ST:abef:hkl:n:p:qstvxy'
 PADWIDTH    = 12
 PATHDELIM   = ':'
 PATHSEP     = os.sep
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
     "            -S              Force prompting for sudo password\n"                      +\
     "            -T seconds      Timeout for ssh connection attempts (Default: 15 sec)\n"  +\
     "            -a              Don't abort program after failed file transfers\n"        +\
+    "            -b              Don't abort program after failed sudo command\n"          +\
     "            -e              Don't report remote host stderr output\n"                 +\
     "            -f cmdfile      Read commands from file\n"                                +\
     "            -h              Display help\n"                                           +\
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@
 # Options That Can Be Overriden By User
 ####
 
+ABORTBADSUDO   = True         # Abort after a sudo promotion error
 ABORTONFXERROR = True         # Abort after a file transfer error
 GETSUDOPW      = False        # Prompt for sudo password
 Hosts          = []           # List of hosts to target
@@ -474,9 +476,17 @@
                 sudonoise = " ".join(stderr.readline().split(SUDOPROMPT)).strip()
 
                 if sudonoise:                 # sudo had problems
+
                     PrintReport([host + " [%s]" % command, eCMDFAILURE % (eBADSUDO % sudonoise)] + ["\n"], HANDLER=PrintStderr)
-                    ssh.close()
-                    raise SystemExit
+
+                    # Abort program on sudo failure.  This is default behavior
+                    # but can be overriden on the command line.
+
+                    if ABORTBADSUDO:
+                        ssh.close()
+                        raise SystemExit
+                    else:
+                        break
                     
             cmdreport = " [%s]" % command
             if NOISELEVEL == QUIET:
@@ -772,6 +782,9 @@
     if opt == "-a":
         ABORTONFXERROR = False
         
+    if opt == "-b":
+        ABORTBADSUDO = False
+        
     if opt == "-e":
         REPORTERR = False