diff --git a/forms/DropdownField.php b/forms/DropdownField.php
index e1d018936..5115f28fd 100644
--- a/forms/DropdownField.php
+++ b/forms/DropdownField.php
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
  * );
  * </code>
  * 
+ * <b>Disabling individual items</b>
+ * 
+ * Individual items can be disabled by feeding their array keys to setDisabledItems.
+ * 
+ * <code>
+ * $DrDownField->setDisabledItems( array( 'US', 'GEM' ) );
+ * </code>
+ * 
  * @see CheckboxSetField for multiple selections through checkboxes instead.
  * @see ListboxField for a single <select> box (with single or multiple selections).
  * @see TreeDropdownField for a rich and customizeable UI that can visualize a tree of selectable elements
@@ -103,6 +111,11 @@ class DropdownField extends FormField {
 	 */
 	protected $emptyString = '';
 	
+	/**
+	 * @var array $disabledItems The keys for items that should be disabled (greyed out) in the dropdown
+	 */
+	protected $disabledItems = array();
+	
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new dropdown field.
 	 * @param $name The field name
@@ -154,11 +167,17 @@ class DropdownField extends FormField {
 					$selected = ($value) ? $value == $this->value : $value === $this->value;
 					$this->isSelected = $selected;
 				}
+				
+				$disabled = false;
+				if(in_array($value, $this->disabledItems) && $title != $this->emptyString ){
+					$disabled = 'disabled';
+				}
 
 				$options[] = new ArrayData(array(
 					'Title' => $title,
 					'Value' => $value,
 					'Selected' => $selected,
+					'Disabled' => $disabled,
 				));
 			}
 		}
@@ -167,6 +186,24 @@ class DropdownField extends FormField {
 
 		return parent::Field($properties);
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Mark certain elements as disabled,
+	 * regardless of the {@link setDisabled()} settings.
+	 * 
+	 * @param array $items Collection of array keys, as defined in the $source array
+	 */
+	public function setDisabledItems($items){
+		$this->disabledItems = $items;
+		return $this;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return Array
+	 */
+	public function getDisabledItems(){
+		return $this->disabledItems;
+	}
 
 	public function getAttributes() {
 		return array_merge(
diff --git a/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php b/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
index 3ab4bab5b..3ba451880 100644
--- a/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
+++ b/forms/GroupedDropdownField.php
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@
  * )
  * </code>
  * 
+ * <b>Disabling individual items</b>
+ * 
+ * <code>
+ * $groupedDrDownField->setDisabledItems( 
+ *    array(
+ *       "numbers" => array(
+ *       		"1" => "1",
+ *       		"3" => "3"
+ *    		),
+ *       "letters" => array(
+ *       		"3" => "C"
+ *    		)
+ *    )
+ * )
+ * </code>
+ * 
  * @package forms
  * @subpackage fields-basic
  */
@@ -45,13 +61,23 @@ class GroupedDropdownField extends DropdownField {
 			if(is_array($title)) {
 				$options .= "<optgroup label=\"$value\">";
 				foreach($title as $value2 => $title2) {
+					$disabled = '';
+					if( array_key_exists($value, $this->disabledItems)
+							&& is_array($this->disabledItems[$value]) 
+							&& in_array($value2, $this->disabledItems[$value]) ){
+						$disabled = 'disabled="disabled"';
+					}
 					$selected = $value2 == $this->value ? " selected=\"selected\"" : "";
-					$options .= "<option$selected value=\"$value2\">$title2</option>";
+					$options .= "<option$selected value=\"$value2\" $disabled>$title2</option>";
 				}
 				$options .= "</optgroup>";
 			} else { // Fall back to the standard dropdown field
+				$disabled = '';
+				if( in_array($value, $this->disabledItems) ){
+					$disabled = 'disabled="disabled"';
+				}
 				$selected = $value == $this->value ? " selected=\"selected\"" : "";
-				$options .= "<option$selected value=\"$value\">$title</option>";
+				$options .= "<option$selected value=\"$value\" $disabled>$title</option>";
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/forms/DropdownFieldTest.php b/tests/forms/DropdownFieldTest.php
index 3c8760a87..ad0f669d2 100644
--- a/tests/forms/DropdownFieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/forms/DropdownFieldTest.php
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class DropdownFieldTest extends SapphireTest {
 	public function testNumberOfSelectOptionsAvailable() {
 		/* Create a field with a blank value */
 		$field = $this->createDropdownField('(Any)');
+		
+		/* 3 options are available */
 		$this->assertEquals(count($this->findOptionElements($field->Field())), 3, '3 options are available');
 		$selectedOptions = $this->findSelectedOptionElements($field->Field());
 		$this->assertEquals(count($selectedOptions), 1,
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ class DropdownFieldTest extends SapphireTest {
 		
 		/* Create a field without a blank value */
 		$field = $this->createDropdownField();
+		
+		/* 2 options are available */
 		$this->assertEquals(count($this->findOptionElements($field->Field())), 2, '2 options are available');
 		$selectedOptions = $this->findSelectedOptionElements($field->Field());
 		$this->assertEquals(count($selectedOptions), 0, 'There are no selected options');
@@ -127,6 +131,39 @@ class DropdownFieldTest extends SapphireTest {
 			'The selected option is "Cats and Kittens"');
 	}
 	
+	public function testNumberOfDisabledOptions() {
+		/* Create a field with a blank value & set 0 & 1 to disabled */
+		$field = $this->createDropdownField('(Any)');
+		$field->setDisabledItems(array(0,1));
+		
+		/* 3 options are available */
+		$this->assertEquals(count($this->findOptionElements($field->Field())), 3, '3 options are available');
+		
+		/* There are 2 disabled options */
+		$disabledOptions = $this->findDisabledOptionElements($field->Field());
+		$this->assertEquals(count($disabledOptions), 2, 'We have 2 disabled options');
+		
+		/* Create a field without a blank value & set 1 to disabled, then set none to disabled (unset) */
+		$field = $this->createDropdownField();
+		$field->setDisabledItems(array(1));
+		
+		/* 2 options are available */
+		$this->assertEquals(count($this->findOptionElements($field->Field())), 2, '2 options are available');
+		
+		/* get disabled items returns an array of one */
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$field->getDisabledItems(),
+			array( 1 )
+		);
+		
+		/* unset disabled items */
+		$field->setDisabledItems(array());
+		
+		/* There are no disabled options anymore */
+		$disabledOptions = $this->findDisabledOptionElements($field->Field());
+		$this->assertEquals(count($disabledOptions), 0, 'There are no disabled options');
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Create a test dropdown field, with the option to
 	 * set what source and blank value it should contain
@@ -186,4 +223,29 @@ class DropdownFieldTest extends SapphireTest {
 		return $foundSelected;
 	}
 	
-}
+	/**
+	 * Find all the <OPTION> elements from a
+	 * string of HTML that have the "disabled"
+	 * attribute.
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $html HTML to parse for elements
+	 * @return array of SimpleXMLElement objects
+	 */
+	public function findDisabledOptionElements($html) {
+		$options = $this->findOptionElements($html);
+		
+		/* Find any elements that have the "disabled" attribute and put them into a list */
+		$foundDisabled = array();
+		foreach($options as $option) {
+			$attributes = $option->attributes();
+			if($attributes) foreach($attributes as $attribute => $value) {
+				if($attribute == 'disabled') {
+					$foundDisabled[] = $option;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $foundDisabled;
+	}
+	
+}
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