diff --git a/src/Readme.txt b/src/Readme.txt
index b8fa47ac..76fc1629 100644
--- a/src/Readme.txt
+++ b/src/Readme.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 4.1.6.0
 
     * New: Issue #239: Added link back to the summary page
+    * New: Issue #242: Added option to remove risk hotspots section
 
 4.1.5.0
 
diff --git a/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds.cs b/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds.cs
index 8c1efa3f..1d61fb7b 100644
--- a/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds.cs
+++ b/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
     /// </summary>
     public class RiskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether risk hotspots should be disabled or not.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool DisableRiskHotspots { get; set; } = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the threshold for cylomatic complexity.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalyzer.cs b/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalyzer.cs
index 7af72344..dae955fc 100644
--- a/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/ReportGenerator.Core/CodeAnalysis/RiskHotspotsAnalyzer.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ namespace Palmmedia.ReportGenerator.Core.CodeAnalysis
     /// </summary>
     internal class RiskHotspotsAnalyzer : IRiskHotspotsAnalyzer
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates whether risk hotspots should be disabled or not.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly bool disabled;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The thresholds of the various metrics.
         /// </summary>
@@ -21,6 +26,8 @@ internal class RiskHotspotsAnalyzer : IRiskHotspotsAnalyzer
         /// <param name="riskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds">The metric thresholds.</param>
         public RiskHotspotsAnalyzer(RiskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds riskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds)
         {
+            this.disabled = riskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds.DisableRiskHotspots;
+
             this.thresholdsByMetricName = new Dictionary<string, decimal>()
             {
                 { ReportResources.CyclomaticComplexity, riskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds.MetricThresholdForCyclomaticComplexity },
@@ -37,6 +44,12 @@ public RiskHotspotsAnalyzer(RiskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds riskHotspotsAnalysisT
         public RiskHotspotAnalysisResult PerformRiskHotspotAnalysis(IEnumerable<Assembly> assemblies)
         {
             var riskHotspots = new List<RiskHotspot>();
+
+            if (this.disabled)
+            {
+                return new RiskHotspotAnalysisResult(riskHotspots, false);
+            }
+
             decimal threshold = -1;
 
             bool codeCodeQualityMetricsAvailable = false;
diff --git a/src/ReportGenerator.Core/appsettings.json b/src/ReportGenerator.Core/appsettings.json
index 3428d8a3..adac3c7d 100644
--- a/src/ReportGenerator.Core/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/ReportGenerator.Core/appsettings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "riskHotspotsAnalysisThresholds": {
+    "disableRiskHotspots": false,
     "metricThresholdForCyclomaticComplexity": 30,
     "metricThresholdForCrapScore": 15,
     "metricThresholdForNPathComplexity": 200