diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 3c625760..84d31297 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 #include "ketopt.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.22-r1101"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.22-r1105-dirty"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static ko_longopt_t long_options[] = {
 	{ "rmq",            ko_optional_argument, 347 },
 	{ "qstrand",        ko_no_argument,       348 },
 	{ "cap-kalloc",     ko_required_argument, 349 },
+	{ "q-occ-frac",     ko_required_argument, 350 },
 	{ "help",           ko_no_argument,       'h' },
 	{ "max-intron-len", ko_required_argument, 'G' },
 	{ "version",        ko_no_argument,       'V' },
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		else if (c == 346) opt.mask_len = mm_parse_num(o.arg); // --mask-len
 		else if (c == 348) opt.flag |= MM_F_QSTRAND | MM_F_NO_INV; // --qstrand
 		else if (c == 349) opt.cap_kalloc = mm_parse_num(o.arg); // --cap-kalloc
+		else if (c == 350) opt.q_occ_frac = atof(o.arg); // --q-occ-frac
 		else if (c == 330) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "[WARNING] \033[1;31m --lj-min-ratio has been deprecated.\033[0m\n");
 		} else if (c == 314) { // --frag
diff --git a/map.c b/map.c
index 9c4ad64a..7da9a49c 100644
--- a/map.c
+++ b/map.c
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ void mm_map_frag(const mm_idx_t *mi, int n_segs, const int *qlens, const char **
 	hash  = __ac_Wang_hash(hash);
 
 	collect_minimizers(b->km, opt, mi, n_segs, qlens, seqs, &mv);
+	if (opt->q_occ_frac > 0.0f) mm_seed_mz_flt(b->km, &mv, opt->mid_occ, opt->q_occ_frac);
 	if (opt->flag & MM_F_HEAP_SORT) a = collect_seed_hits_heap(b->km, opt, opt->mid_occ, mi, qname, &mv, qlen_sum, &n_a, &rep_len, &n_mini_pos, &mini_pos);
 	else a = collect_seed_hits(b->km, opt, opt->mid_occ, mi, qname, &mv, qlen_sum, &n_a, &rep_len, &n_mini_pos, &mini_pos);
 
diff --git a/minimap.h b/minimap.h
index a7a886bd..2204b6cd 100644
--- a/minimap.h
+++ b/minimap.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	int pe_ori, pe_bonus;
 
 	float mid_occ_frac;  // only used by mm_mapopt_update(); see below
+	float q_occ_frac;
 	int32_t min_mid_occ, max_mid_occ;
 	int32_t mid_occ;     // ignore seeds with occurrences above this threshold
 	int32_t max_occ, max_max_occ, occ_dist;
diff --git a/minimap2.1 b/minimap2.1
index 86454716..8e57e446 100644
--- a/minimap2.1
+++ b/minimap2.1
@@ -151,10 +151,16 @@ Lower and upper bounds of k-mer occurrences [10,1000000]. The final k-mer occurr
 .BR -f }}.
 This option prevents excessively small or large
 .B -f
-estimated from the input reference. It deprecates
+estimated from the input reference. Available since r1034 and deprecating
 .B --min-occ-floor
 in earlier versions of minimap2.
 .TP
+.BI --q-occ-frac \ FLOAT
+Discard a query minimizer if its occurrence is higher than
+.I FLOAT
+fraction of query minimizers and than the reference occurrence threshold
+[0.02]. Set 0 to disable. Available since r1105.
+.TP
 .BI -e \ INT
 Sample a high-frequency minimizer every
 .I INT
diff --git a/mmpriv.h b/mmpriv.h
index 933e41f5..a2b5a80d 100644
--- a/mmpriv.h
+++ b/mmpriv.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ uint32_t ks_ksmall_uint32_t(size_t n, uint32_t arr[], size_t kk);
 void mm_sketch(void *km, const char *str, int len, int w, int k, uint32_t rid, int is_hpc, mm128_v *p);
 
 mm_seed_t *mm_collect_matches(void *km, int *_n_m, int qlen, int max_occ, int max_max_occ, int dist, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm128_v *mv, int64_t *n_a, int *rep_len, int *n_mini_pos, uint64_t **mini_pos);
+void mm_seed_mz_flt(void *km, mm128_v *mv, int32_t q_occ_max, float q_occ_frac);
 
 double mm_event_identity(const mm_reg1_t *r);
 int mm_write_sam_hdr(const mm_idx_t *mi, const char *rg, const char *ver, int argc, char *argv[]);
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 97347be0..e62515d6 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ void mm_mapopt_init(mm_mapopt_t *opt)
 	opt->min_mid_occ = 10;
 	opt->max_mid_occ = 1000000;
 	opt->sdust_thres = 0; // no SDUST masking
+	opt->q_occ_frac = 0.02f;
 
 	opt->min_cnt = 3;
 	opt->min_chain_score = 40;
diff --git a/python/cmappy.pxd b/python/cmappy.pxd
index b3016746..5eedb901 100644
--- a/python/cmappy.pxd
+++ b/python/cmappy.pxd
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ cdef extern from "minimap.h":
 		int pe_ori, pe_bonus
 
 		float mid_occ_frac
+		float q_occ_frac
 		int32_t min_mid_occ
 		int32_t mid_occ
 		int32_t max_occ
diff --git a/seed.c b/seed.c
index baf1b208..08fe5ad8 100644
--- a/seed.c
+++ b/seed.c
@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 #include "kalloc.h"
 #include "ksort.h"
 
+void mm_seed_mz_flt(void *km, mm128_v *mv, int32_t q_occ_max, float q_occ_frac)
+{
+	mm128_t *a;
+	size_t i, j, st;
+	if (mv->n <= q_occ_max || q_occ_frac <= 0.0f || q_occ_max <= 0) return;
+	KMALLOC(km, a, mv->n);
+	for (i = 0; i < mv->n; ++i)
+		a[i].x = mv->a[i].x, a[i].y = i;
+	radix_sort_128x(a, a + mv->n);
+	for (st = 0, i = 1; i <= mv->n; ++i) {
+		if (i == mv->n || a[i].x != a[st].x) {
+			int32_t cnt = i - st;
+			if (cnt > q_occ_max && cnt > mv->n * q_occ_frac)
+				for (j = st; j < i; ++j)
+					mv->a[a[j].y].x = 0;
+			st = i;
+		}
+	}
+	kfree(km, a);
+	for (i = j = 0; i < mv->n; ++i)
+		if (mv->a[i].x != 0)
+			mv->a[j++] = mv->a[i];
+	mv->n = j;
+}
+
 mm_seed_t *mm_seed_collect_all(void *km, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm128_v *mv, int32_t *n_m_)
 {
 	mm_seed_t *m;