diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_FQ.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_FQ.c
index c41d48322024..eddd80fbef92 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_FQ.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_FQ.c
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
 #define FQXATTR_NO_HOURLY	(1 << 2)
 #define FQXATTR_NO_ZBHOLD	(1 << 3)
 
+// gated handling
+#define ALLOW	B_FALSE
+#define EXCLUDE	B_TRUE
+
 typedef char *xattrs_t;
 
 typedef struct FQoverrides {
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ static boolean_t	FQget_xattrs(zfs_handle_t *, xattrs_t *);
 static boolean_t	FQis_autosnap(const char *);
 static boolean_t	FQis_autosnap_daily(const char *);
 static boolean_t	FQis_autosnap_hourly(const char *);
+static boolean_t	FQis_autosnap_minutely(const char *);
 // a{...}
 static inline boolean_t	FQxattrs_has_a(xattrs_t);
 static inline boolean_t	FQxattrs_has_a_D(FQxattrs_t *);
@@ -176,6 +181,15 @@ FQexclude_autosnap(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *snapshot) {
 	if (FQxattrs_has_A(xattrs.xattrs))
 		return (B_TRUE);
 
+//FQdebug("minutely\n");
+	if (FQis_autosnap_minutely(snapshot)) {
+//FQdebug("%s :: %s\n", xattrs.xattrs, snapshot);
+		if (FQxattrs_has_m(xattrs.xattrs))
+			return (ALLOW);
+
+		return (EXCLUDE);
+	}
+
 	if (!FQxattrs_has_a(xattrs.xattrs))
 		return (B_FALSE);