diff --git a/bridge/config/config.go b/bridge/config/config.go
index 18c60920..481a072c 100644
--- a/bridge/config/config.go
+++ b/bridge/config/config.go
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ type Protocol struct {
 	SkipVersionCheck       bool       // mattermost
 	StripNick              bool       // all protocols
 	StripMarkdown          bool       // irc
+	StripQuote             bool       // telegram
 	SyncTopic              bool       // slack
 	TengoModifyMessage     string     // general
 	Team                   string     // mattermost, keybase
diff --git a/bridge/telegram/handlers.go b/bridge/telegram/handlers.go
index ad41354e..b8c340f8 100644
--- a/bridge/telegram/handlers.go
+++ b/bridge/telegram/handlers.go
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ func (b *Btelegram) handleQuoting(rmsg *config.Message, message *tgbotapi.Messag
 			quote := message.ReplyToMessage.Text
 			if quote == "" {
 				quote = message.ReplyToMessage.Caption
+			} else if b.GetBool("StripQuote") {
+				quote = strings.ReplaceAll(quote, "\n", " ")
 			}
 			rmsg.Text = b.handleQuote(rmsg.Text, usernameReply, quote)
 		}
diff --git a/matterbridge.toml.sample b/matterbridge.toml.sample
index 97b27d73..633814ec 100644
--- a/matterbridge.toml.sample
+++ b/matterbridge.toml.sample
@@ -1146,6 +1146,10 @@ ShowJoinPart=false
 #OPTIONAL (default false)
 StripNick=false
 
+#Replace line breaks with spaces in quoted messages to avoid flooding
+#OPTIONAL (default false)
+StripQuote=false
+
 #Enable to show topic changes from other bridges
 #Only works hiding/show topic changes from slack bridge for now
 #OPTIONAL (default false)