diff --git a/cmd/sqlcmd/main.go b/cmd/sqlcmd/main.go
index 37a85f48..d39c839e 100644
--- a/cmd/sqlcmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sqlcmd/main.go
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ func run(vars *sqlcmd.Variables, args *SQLCmdArguments) (int, error) {
 	s := sqlcmd.New(line, wd, vars)
 	s.UnicodeOutputFile = args.UnicodeOutputFile
 
+	if args.DisableCmdAndWarn {
+		s.Cmd.DisableSysCommands(false)
+	}
+
 	if args.BatchTerminator != "GO" {
 		err = s.Cmd.SetBatchTerminator(args.BatchTerminator)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/sqlcmd/commands.go b/pkg/sqlcmd/commands.go
index f9eec1bf..9deb3d09 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlcmd/commands.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlcmd/commands.go
@@ -94,9 +94,17 @@ func newCommands() Commands {
 			name:   "EXEC",
 		},
 	}
-
 }
 
+// DisableSysCommands disables the ED and :!! commands.
+// When exitOnCall is true, running those commands will exit the process.
+func (c Commands) DisableSysCommands(exitOnCall bool) {
+	f := warnDisabled
+	if exitOnCall {
+		f = errorDisabled
+	}
+	c["EXEC"].action = f
+}
 func (c Commands) matchCommand(line string) (*Command, []string) {
 	for _, cmd := range c {
 		matchedCommand := cmd.regex.FindStringSubmatch(line)
@@ -107,6 +115,17 @@ func (c Commands) matchCommand(line string) (*Command, []string) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func warnDisabled(s *Sqlcmd, args []string, line uint) error {
+	_, _ = s.GetError().Write([]byte(ErrCommandsDisabled.Error() + SqlcmdEol))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func errorDisabled(s *Sqlcmd, args []string, line uint) error {
+	_, _ = s.GetError().Write([]byte(ErrCommandsDisabled.Error() + SqlcmdEol))
+	s.Exitcode = 1
+	return ErrExitRequested
+}
+
 func batchTerminatorRegex(terminator string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`(?im)^[\t ]*?%s(?:[ ]+(.*$)|$)`, regexp.QuoteMeta(terminator))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sqlcmd/commands_test.go b/pkg/sqlcmd/commands_test.go
index 9299cac7..5a59444c 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlcmd/commands_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlcmd/commands_test.go
@@ -267,3 +267,23 @@ func TestExecCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, buf.buf.String(), "hello"+SqlcmdEol, "echo output should be in sqlcmd output")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDisableSysCommandBlocksExec(t *testing.T) {
+	s, buf := setupSqlCmdWithMemoryOutput(t)
+	defer buf.Close()
+	s.Cmd.DisableSysCommands(false)
+	c := []string{"set nocount on", ":!! echo hello", "select 100", "go"}
+	err := runSqlCmd(t, s, c)
+	if assert.NoError(t, err, ":!! with warning should not raise error") {
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.buf.String(), ErrCommandsDisabled.Error()+SqlcmdEol+"100"+SqlcmdEol)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, s.Exitcode, "ExitCode after warning")
+	}
+	buf.buf.Reset()
+	s.Cmd.DisableSysCommands(true)
+	err = runSqlCmd(t, s, c)
+	if assert.NoError(t, err, ":!! with error should not return error") {
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.buf.String(), ErrCommandsDisabled.Error()+SqlcmdEol)
+		assert.NotContains(t, buf.buf.String(), "100", "query should not run when syscommand disabled")
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, s.Exitcode, "ExitCode after error")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sqlcmd/sqlcmd.go b/pkg/sqlcmd/sqlcmd.go
index d0ebb491..1bd95d81 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlcmd/sqlcmd.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlcmd/sqlcmd.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ var (
 	ErrNeedPassword = errors.New("need password")
 	// ErrCtrlC indicates execution was ended by ctrl-c or ctrl-break
 	ErrCtrlC = errors.New(WarningPrefix + "The last operation was terminated because the user pressed CTRL+C")
+	// ErrCommandsDisabled indicates system commands and startup script are disabled
+	ErrCommandsDisabled = errors.New(ErrorPrefix + "ED and !!<command> commands, startup script, and environment variables are disabled.")
 )
 
 const maxLineBuffer = 2 * 1024 * 1024 // 2Mb