diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CheckoutLicenseToAllUsers.php b/app/Console/Commands/CheckoutLicenseToAllUsers.php
index d655b5ace..c81408442 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/CheckoutLicenseToAllUsers.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CheckoutLicenseToAllUsers.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class CheckoutLicenseToAllUsers extends Command
             return false;
         }
 
-        $users = User::whereNull('deleted_at')->with('licenses')->get();
+        $users = User::whereNull('deleted_at')->where('autoassign_licenses', '==', 1)->with('licenses')->get();
 
         if ($users->count() > $license->getAvailSeatsCountAttribute()) {
             $this->info('You do not have enough free seats to complete this task, so we will check out as many as we can. ');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php
index 2a3499255..0c6ab8834 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class UsersController extends Controller
         $user->created_by = Auth::user()->id;
         $user->start_date = $request->input('start_date', null);
         $user->end_date = $request->input('end_date', null);
+        $user->autoassign_licenses= $request->input('autoassign_licenses', 1);
 
         // Strip out the superuser permission if the user isn't a superadmin
         $permissions_array = $request->input('permission');
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ class UsersController extends Controller
         $user->website = $request->input('website', null);
         $user->start_date = $request->input('start_date', null);
         $user->end_date = $request->input('end_date', null);
+        $user->autoassign_licenses = $request->input('autoassign_licenses', 1);
 
         // Update the location of any assets checked out to this user
         Asset::where('assigned_type', User::class)
diff --git a/database/migrations/2022_11_15_232525_adds_should_autoassign_bool_to_users_table.php b/database/migrations/2022_11_15_232525_adds_should_autoassign_bool_to_users_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b728e1f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2022_11_15_232525_adds_should_autoassign_bool_to_users_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+class AddsShouldAutoassignBoolToUsersTable extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('autoassign_licenses')->nullable(false)->default(1);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('autoassign_licenses');
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/admin/users/general.php b/resources/lang/en/admin/users/general.php
index d58a0bc67..bdd9401da 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/admin/users/general.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/admin/users/general.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ return [
     'print_assigned'    => 'Print All Assigned',
     'email_assigned'    => 'Email List of All Assigned',
     'user_notified'     => 'User has been emailed a list of their currently assigned items.',
+    'auto_assign_label' => 'Include this user when auto-assigning eligible licenses',
+    'auto_assign_help'  => 'Skip this user in auto assignment of licenses',
     'software_user'     => 'Software Checked out to :name',
     'send_email_help'   => 'You must provide an email address for this user to send them credentials. Emailing credentials can only be done on user creation. Passwords are stored in a one-way hash and cannot be retrieved once saved.',
     'view_user'         => 'View User :name',
diff --git a/resources/views/users/edit.blade.php b/resources/views/users/edit.blade.php
index adfa261ca..3a85874b9 100755
--- a/resources/views/users/edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/users/edit.blade.php
@@ -384,6 +384,19 @@
                               </div>
                           </div>
 
+                          <!-- Auto Assign checkbox -->
+                          <div class="form-group">
+                              <div class="col-md-7 col-md-offset-3">
+                                  <label for="autoassign_licenses">
+                                      <input type="checkbox" value="1" name="autoassign_licenses" class="minimal" {{ (old('autoassign_licenses', $user->autoassign_licenses)) == '1' ? ' checked="checked"' : '' }} aria-label="autoassign_licenses">
+                                      {{ trans('admin/users/general.auto_assign_label') }}
+
+                                  </label>
+                                  <p class="help-block">{{ trans('admin/users/general.auto_assign_help') }}
+                                  </p>
+                              </div>
+                          </div>
+
                           <!-- Location -->
                           @include ('partials.forms.edit.location-select', ['translated_name' => trans('general.location'), 'fieldname' => 'location_id'])