diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 371a614..fb69d6d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -145,6 +145,21 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-B</></term>
+      <term><option>--no-blobs</></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Exclude large objects in the dump.
+       </para>
+
+       <para>
+        When both <option>-b</> and <option>-B</> are given, the behavior
+        is dependent on which option is last on the command line.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-c</option></term>
       <term><option>--clean</option></term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
index 0e20985..f90c074 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ InitDumpOptions(DumpOptions *opts)
 {
 	memset(opts, 0, sizeof(DumpOptions));
 	/* set any fields that shouldn't default to zeroes */
+	opts->outputBlobs = true;
 	opts->include_everything = true;
 	opts->dumpSections = DUMP_UNSECTIONED;
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 4da297f..4d3e245 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	static struct option long_options[] = {
 		{"data-only", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
 		{"blobs", no_argument, NULL, 'b'},
+		{"no-blobs", no_argument, NULL, 'B'},
 		{"clean", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
 		{"create", no_argument, NULL, 'C'},
 		{"dbname", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	InitDumpOptions(&dopt);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "abcCd:E:f:F:h:j:n:N:oOp:RsS:t:T:U:vwWxZ:",
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "abBcCd:E:f:F:h:j:n:N:oOp:RsS:t:T:U:vwWxZ:",
 							long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (c)
@@ -392,6 +393,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				dopt.outputBlobs = true;
 				break;
 
+			case 'B':			/* Don't dump blobs */
+				dopt.outputBlobs = false;
+				break;
+
 			case 'c':			/* clean (i.e., drop) schema prior to create */
 				dopt.outputClean = 1;
 				break;
@@ -708,7 +713,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * Dumping blobs is now default unless we saw an inclusion switch or -s
 	 * ... but even if we did see one of these, -b turns it back on.
 	 */
-	if (dopt.include_everything && !dopt.schemaOnly)
+	if (dopt.include_everything && !dopt.schemaOnly && !dopt.outputBlobs)
 		dopt.outputBlobs = true;
 
 	/*
@@ -864,6 +869,7 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("\nOptions controlling the output content:\n"));
 	printf(_("  -a, --data-only              dump only the data, not the schema\n"));
 	printf(_("  -b, --blobs                  include large objects in dump\n"));
+	printf(_("  -B, --no-blobs               exclude large objects in dump\n"));
 	printf(_("  -c, --clean                  clean (drop) database objects before recreating\n"));
 	printf(_("  -C, --create                 include commands to create database in dump\n"));
 	printf(_("  -E, --encoding=ENCODING      dump the data in encoding ENCODING\n"));