diff --git a/crawler.js b/crawler.js
index 4f83ae023..468e927e1 100644
--- a/crawler.js
+++ b/crawler.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import * as warcio from "warcio";
 
 import { HealthChecker } from "./util/healthcheck.js";
 import { TextExtract } from "./util/textextract.js";
-import { initStorage, getFileSize, getDirSize, interpolateFilename } from "./util/storage.js";
+import { initStorage, getFileSize, getDirSize, interpolateFilename, getDiskUsage } from "./util/storage.js";
 import { ScreenCaster, WSTransport, RedisPubSubTransport } from "./util/screencaster.js";
 import { Screenshots } from "./util/screenshots.js";
 import { parseArgs } from "./util/argParser.js";
@@ -553,11 +553,14 @@ export class Crawler {
   async checkLimits() {
     let interrupt = false;
 
-    if (this.params.sizeLimit) {
-      const dir = path.join(this.collDir, "archive");
-
-      const size = await getDirSize(dir);
+    let dir;
+    let size;
+    if (this.params.sizeLimit || this.params.diskUtilization) {
+      dir = path.join(this.collDir, "archive");
+      size = await getDirSize(dir);
+    }
 
+    if (this.params.sizeLimit) {
       if (size >= this.params.sizeLimit) {
         logger.info(`Size threshold reached ${size} >= ${this.params.sizeLimit}, stopping`);
         interrupt = true;
@@ -573,6 +576,33 @@ export class Crawler {
       }
     }
 
+    if (this.params.diskUtilization) {
+      // Check that disk usage isn't already above threshold
+      const diskUsage = await getDiskUsage();
+      const usedPercentage = parseInt(diskUsage["Use%"].slice(0, -1));
+      if (usedPercentage >= this.params.diskUtilization) {
+        logger.info(`Disk utilization threshold reached ${usedPercentage}% > ${this.params.diskUtilization}%, stopping`);
+        interrupt = true;
+      }
+
+      // Check that disk usage isn't likely to cross threshold
+      const kbUsed = parseInt(diskUsage["Used"]);
+      const kbTotal = parseInt(diskUsage["1K-blocks"]);
+      let kbArchiveDirSize = Math.floor(size/1024);
+      if (this.params.combineWARC && this.params.generateWACZ) {
+        kbArchiveDirSize *= 4;
+      } else if (this.params.combineWARC || this.params.generateWACZ) {
+        kbArchiveDirSize *= 2;
+      }
+
+      const projectedTotal = kbUsed + kbArchiveDirSize;
+      const projectedUsedPercentage = Math.floor(kbTotal/projectedTotal);
+      if (projectedUsedPercentage >= this.params.diskUtilization) {
+        logger.info(`Disk utilization projected to reach threshold ${projectedUsedPercentage}% > ${this.params.diskUtilization}%, stopping`);
+        interrupt = true;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (interrupt) {
       this.gracefulFinish();
     }
diff --git a/util/argParser.js b/util/argParser.js
index 2ca6c7baa..4bc6c1e2d 100644
--- a/util/argParser.js
+++ b/util/argParser.js
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ class ArgParser {
         default: 0,
       },
 
+      "diskUtilization": {
+        describe: "If set, save state and exit if disk utilization exceeds this percentage value",
+        type: "number",
+        default: 90,
+      },
+
       "timeLimit": {
         describe: "If set, save state and exit after time limit, in seconds",
         type: "number",
@@ -465,6 +471,10 @@ class ArgParser {
       argv.statsFilename = path.resolve(argv.cwd, argv.statsFilename);
     }
 
+    if ((argv.diskUtilization < 0 || argv.diskUtilization > 99)) {
+      argv.diskUtilization = 90;
+    }
+
     return true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/util/storage.js b/util/storage.js
index 3f3c15441..b5a0e46f2 100644
--- a/util/storage.js
+++ b/util/storage.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import child_process from "child_process";
 import fs from "fs";
 import fsp from "fs/promises";
+import util from "util";
 
 import os from "os";
 import { createHash } from "crypto";
@@ -148,6 +150,21 @@ export async function getDirSize(dir) {
   return size;
 }
 
+export async function getDiskUsage(path="/") {
+  const exec = util.promisify(child_process.exec);
+  const result = await exec(`df ${path}`);
+  const lines = result.stdout.split("\n");
+  const keys = lines[0].split(/\s+/ig);
+  const rows = lines.slice(1).map(line => {
+    const values = line.split(/\s+/ig);
+    return keys.reduce((o, k, index) => {
+      o[k] = values[index];
+      return o;
+    }, {});
+  });
+  return rows[0];
+}
+
 function checksumFile(hashName, path) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const hash = createHash(hashName);