diff --git a/policies.go b/policies.go
index 8be5bcec3..8515c831c 100644
--- a/policies.go
+++ b/policies.go
@@ -948,19 +948,37 @@ func (host selectedHostPoolHost) Mark(err error) {
 }
 
 type dcAwareRR struct {
-	local           string
-	localHosts      cowHostList
-	remoteHosts     cowHostList
-	lastUsedHostIdx uint64
+	local            string
+	localHosts       cowHostList
+	remoteHosts      cowHostList
+	lastUsedHostIdx  uint64
+	disableDCFailover bool
+}
+
+type dcFailoverDisabledPolicy interface {
+	setDCFailoverDisabled()
+}
+
+type dcAwarePolicyOption func(p dcFailoverDisabledPolicy)
+
+func HostPolicyOptionDisableDCFailover(p dcFailoverDisabledPolicy) {
+	p.setDCFailoverDisabled()
 }
 
 // DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy is a host selection policies which will prioritize and
 // return hosts which are in the local datacentre before returning hosts in all
 // other datercentres
-func DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy(localDC string) HostSelectionPolicy {
-	return &dcAwareRR{local: localDC}
+func DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy(localDC string, opts ...dcAwarePolicyOption) HostSelectionPolicy {
+	p := &dcAwareRR{local: localDC, disableDCFailover: false}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(p)
+	}
+	return p
 }
 
+func (d *dcAwareRR) setDCFailoverDisabled() {
+	d.disableDCFailover = true
+}
 func (d *dcAwareRR) Init(*Session)                       {}
 func (d *dcAwareRR) Reset()                              {}
 func (d *dcAwareRR) KeyspaceChanged(KeyspaceUpdateEvent) {}
@@ -1035,7 +1053,12 @@ func roundRobbin(shift int, hosts ...[]*HostInfo) NextHost {
 
 func (d *dcAwareRR) Pick(q ExecutableQuery) NextHost {
 	nextStartOffset := atomic.AddUint64(&d.lastUsedHostIdx, 1)
-	return roundRobbin(int(nextStartOffset), d.localHosts.get(), d.remoteHosts.get())
+	if !d.disableDCFailover {
+		return roundRobbin(int(nextStartOffset), d.localHosts.get(), d.remoteHosts.get())
+	} else {
+		return roundRobbin(int(nextStartOffset), d.localHosts.get())
+	}
+
 }
 
 // RackAwareRoundRobinPolicy is a host selection policies which will prioritize and
@@ -1047,15 +1070,19 @@ type rackAwareRR struct {
 	// It is accessed atomically and needs to be aligned to 64 bits, so we
 	// keep it first in the struct. Do not move it or add new struct members
 	// before it.
-	lastUsedHostIdx uint64
-	localDC         string
-	localRack       string
-	hosts           []cowHostList
+	lastUsedHostIdx  uint64
+	localDC          string
+	localRack        string
+	hosts            []cowHostList
+	disableDCFailover bool
 }
 
-func RackAwareRoundRobinPolicy(localDC string, localRack string) HostSelectionPolicy {
-	hosts := make([]cowHostList, 3)
-	return &rackAwareRR{localDC: localDC, localRack: localRack, hosts: hosts}
+func RackAwareRoundRobinPolicy(localDC string, localRack string, opts ...dcAwarePolicyOption) HostSelectionPolicy {
+	p := &rackAwareRR{localDC: localDC, localRack: localRack, hosts: make([]cowHostList, 3), disableDCFailover: false}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(p)
+	}
+	return p
 }
 
 func (d *rackAwareRR) Init(*Session)                       {}
@@ -1067,6 +1094,10 @@ func (d *rackAwareRR) MaxHostTier() uint {
 	return 2
 }
 
+func (d *rackAwareRR) setDCFailoverDisabled() {
+	d.disableDCFailover = true
+}
+
 // Experimental, this interface and use may change
 func (d *rackAwareRR) SetTablets(tablets []*TabletInfo) {}
 
@@ -1101,7 +1132,12 @@ func (d *rackAwareRR) HostDown(host *HostInfo) { d.RemoveHost(host) }
 
 func (d *rackAwareRR) Pick(q ExecutableQuery) NextHost {
 	nextStartOffset := atomic.AddUint64(&d.lastUsedHostIdx, 1)
-	return roundRobbin(int(nextStartOffset), d.hosts[0].get(), d.hosts[1].get(), d.hosts[2].get())
+	if !d.disableDCFailover {
+		return roundRobbin(int(nextStartOffset), d.hosts[0].get(), d.hosts[1].get(), d.hosts[2].get())
+	} else {
+		return roundRobbin(int(nextStartOffset), d.hosts[0].get(), d.hosts[1].get())
+	}
+
 }
 
 // ReadyPolicy defines a policy for when a HostSelectionPolicy can be used. After
diff --git a/policies_test.go b/policies_test.go
index 60f043b19..d8e83f341 100644
--- a/policies_test.go
+++ b/policies_test.go
@@ -601,6 +601,37 @@ func TestHostPolicy_DCAwareRR(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestHostPolicy_DCAwareRR_wrongDc(t *testing.T) {
+	p := DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy("wrong_dc", HostPolicyOptionDisableDCFailover)
+
+	hosts := [...]*HostInfo{
+		{hostId: "0", connectAddress: net.ParseIP("10.0.0.1"), dataCenter: "local"},
+		{hostId: "1", connectAddress: net.ParseIP("10.0.0.2"), dataCenter: "local"},
+		{hostId: "2", connectAddress: net.ParseIP("10.0.0.3"), dataCenter: "remote"},
+		{hostId: "3", connectAddress: net.ParseIP("10.0.0.4"), dataCenter: "remote"},
+	}
+
+	for _, host := range hosts {
+		p.AddHost(host)
+	}
+
+	got := make(map[string]bool, len(hosts))
+
+	it := p.Pick(nil)
+	for h := it(); h != nil; h = it() {
+		id := h.Info().hostId
+
+		if got[id] {
+			t.Fatalf("got duplicate host %s", id)
+		}
+		got[id] = true
+	}
+
+	if len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d hosts got %d", 0, len(got))
+	}
+}
+
 // Tests of the token-aware host selection policy implementation with a
 // DC aware round-robin host selection policy fallback
 // with {"class": "NetworkTopologyStrategy", "a": 1, "b": 1, "c": 1} replication.