diff --git a/doc/management-notes.txt b/doc/management-notes.txt
index 60d46d64..6daa811a 100644
--- a/doc/management-notes.txt
+++ b/doc/management-notes.txt
@@ -877,6 +877,13 @@ use this command:
 
   remote SKIP
 
+Starting OpenVPN version 2.6 (management version > 3), skip
+multiple remotes using:
+
+  remote SKIP n
+
+where n > 0 is the number of remotes to skip.
+
 COMMAND -- proxy  (OpenVPN 2.3 or higher)
 --------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/openvpn/init.c b/src/openvpn/init.c
index f63422ff..2e95256c 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/init.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/init.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ management_callback_remote_cmd(void *arg, const char **p)
         {
             flags = CE_MAN_QUERY_REMOTE_SKIP;
             ret = true;
+            c->options.ce_advance_count = (p[2]) ? atoi(p[2]) : 1;
         }
         else if (!strcmp(p[1], "MOD") && p[2] && p[3])
         {
@@ -563,18 +564,28 @@ next_connection_entry(struct context *c)
                         c->c1.link_socket_addr.remote_list;
                 }
 
+                int advance_count = 1;
+
+                /* If previous connection entry was skipped by management client
+                 * with a count to advance by, apply it.
+                 */
+                if (c->options.ce_advance_count > 0)
+                {
+                    advance_count = c->options.ce_advance_count;
+                }
+
                 /*
                  * Increase the number of connection attempts
                  * If this is connect-retry-max * size(l)
                  * OpenVPN will quit
                  */
 
-                c->options.unsuccessful_attempts++;
+                c->options.unsuccessful_attempts += advance_count;
+                l->current += advance_count;
 
-                if (++l->current >= l->len)
+                if (l->current >= l->len)
                 {
-
-                    l->current = 0;
+                    l->current %= l->len;
                     if (++n_cycles >= 2)
                     {
                         msg(M_FATAL, "No usable connection profiles are present");
@@ -583,6 +594,7 @@ next_connection_entry(struct context *c)
             }
         }
 
+        c->options.ce_advance_count = 1;
         ce = l->array[l->current];
 
         if (ce->flags & CE_DISABLED)
diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.h b/src/openvpn/options.h
index 04cc2e5c..fec1eace 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.h
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ struct options
     bool advance_next_remote;
     /* Counts the number of unsuccessful connection attempts */
     unsigned int unsuccessful_attempts;
+    /* count of connection entries to advance by when no_advance is not set */
+    int ce_advance_count;
     /* the server can suggest a backoff time to the client, it
      * will still be capped by the max timeout between connections
      * (300s by default) */