diff --git a/consensus/ibft/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/IbftJsonRpcMethodsFactory.java b/consensus/ibft/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/IbftJsonRpcMethodsFactory.java
index dd3225e57d..285aaf6da0 100644
--- a/consensus/ibft/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/IbftJsonRpcMethodsFactory.java
+++ b/consensus/ibft/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/IbftJsonRpcMethodsFactory.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.ibft.jsonrpc;
 
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.ibft.IbftContext;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.ibft.jsonrpc.methods.IbftDiscardValidatorVote;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.ibft.jsonrpc.methods.IbftProposeValidatorVote;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
 import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.methods.JsonRpcMethod;
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ public class IbftJsonRpcMethodsFactory {
     addMethods(
         rpcMethods,
         new IbftProposeValidatorVote(
+            context.getConsensusState().getVoteProposer(), jsonRpcParameter),
+        new IbftDiscardValidatorVote(
             context.getConsensusState().getVoteProposer(), jsonRpcParameter));
 
     return rpcMethods;
diff --git a/consensus/ibft/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/methods/IbftDiscardValidatorVote.java b/consensus/ibft/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/methods/IbftDiscardValidatorVote.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48bbc6e48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consensus/ibft/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/methods/IbftDiscardValidatorVote.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.ibft.jsonrpc.methods;
+
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.common.VoteProposer;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Address;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.JsonRpcRequest;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.methods.JsonRpcMethod;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.parameters.JsonRpcParameter;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.response.JsonRpcResponse;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.response.JsonRpcSuccessResponse;
+
+public class IbftDiscardValidatorVote implements JsonRpcMethod {
+  private final VoteProposer voteProposer;
+  private final JsonRpcParameter parameters;
+
+  public IbftDiscardValidatorVote(
+      final VoteProposer voteProposer, final JsonRpcParameter parameters) {
+    this.voteProposer = voteProposer;
+    this.parameters = parameters;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    return "ibft_discardValidatorVote";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public JsonRpcResponse response(final JsonRpcRequest req) {
+
+    final Address validatorAddress = parameters.required(req.getParams(), 0, Address.class);
+
+    voteProposer.discard(validatorAddress);
+
+    return new JsonRpcSuccessResponse(req.getId(), true);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/consensus/ibft/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/methods/IbftDiscardValidatorVoteTest.java b/consensus/ibft/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/methods/IbftDiscardValidatorVoteTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0f82880f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consensus/ibft/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/consensus/ibft/jsonrpc/methods/IbftDiscardValidatorVoteTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.ibft.jsonrpc.methods;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.consensus.common.VoteProposer;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Address;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.JsonRpcRequest;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.exception.InvalidJsonRpcParameters;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.parameters.JsonRpcParameter;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.response.JsonRpcResponse;
+import tech.pegasys.pantheon.ethereum.jsonrpc.internal.response.JsonRpcSuccessResponse;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+
+public class IbftDiscardValidatorVoteTest {
+  private final VoteProposer voteProposer = mock(VoteProposer.class);
+  private final JsonRpcParameter jsonRpcParameter = new JsonRpcParameter();
+  private final String IBFT_METHOD = "ibft_discardValidatorVote";
+  private final String JSON_RPC_VERSION = "2.0";
+  private IbftDiscardValidatorVote method;
+
+  @Rule public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    method = new IbftDiscardValidatorVote(voteProposer, jsonRpcParameter);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void returnsCorrectMethodName() {
+    assertThat(method.getName()).isEqualTo(IBFT_METHOD);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void exceptionWhenNoParamsSupplied() {
+    final JsonRpcRequest request = requestWithParams();
+
+    expectedException.expect(InvalidJsonRpcParameters.class);
+    expectedException.expectMessage("Missing required json rpc parameter at index 0");
+
+    method.response(request);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void exceptionWhenInvalidAddressParameterSupplied() {
+    final JsonRpcRequest request = requestWithParams("InvalidAddress");
+
+    expectedException.expect(InvalidJsonRpcParameters.class);
+    expectedException.expectMessage("Invalid json rpc parameter at index 0");
+
+    method.response(request);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void discardValidator() {
+    final Address parameterAddress = Address.fromHexString("1");
+    final JsonRpcRequest request = requestWithParams(parameterAddress);
+
+    JsonRpcResponse expectedResponse = new JsonRpcSuccessResponse(request.getId(), true);
+
+    JsonRpcResponse response = method.response(request);
+
+    assertThat(response).isEqualToComparingFieldByField(expectedResponse);
+
+    verify(voteProposer).discard(parameterAddress);
+  }
+
+  private JsonRpcRequest requestWithParams(final Object... params) {
+    return new JsonRpcRequest(JSON_RPC_VERSION, IBFT_METHOD, params);
+  }
+}