diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/subevents.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/subevents.py
index b0a78fd7f4..05607956e3 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/subevents.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/subevents.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from django.forms import formset_factory
 from django.forms.utils import ErrorDict
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
-from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _, pgettext_lazy
 from i18nfield.forms import I18nInlineFormSet
 
 from pretix.base.forms import I18nModelForm
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ class SubEventBulkForm(SubEventForm):
         required=False,
         limit_choices=('date_from', 'date_to'),
     )
+    skip_if_overlap = forms.BooleanField(
+        label=pgettext_lazy('subevent', 'Skip dates that overlap with any existing date'),
+        help_text=pgettext_lazy(
+            'subevent',
+            'This can be useful if all your dates happen in the same location and no repeated dates should '
+            'be created in conflict with existing special events. This respects even inactive dates and works best if '
+            'all dates have both a start and end time.'
+        ),
+        required=False,
+    )
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.event = kwargs['event']
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/subevents/bulk.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/subevents/bulk.html
index 3f7a041f79..97a0e74d48 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/subevents/bulk.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/subevents/bulk.html
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@
                         <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> {% trans "Add many time slots" %}</button>
                 </p>
             </div>
+            <hr />
+            {% bootstrap_field form.skip_if_overlap layout="control" horizontal_label_class='sr-only' horizontal_field_class='col-md-12' %}
         </fieldset>
         <fieldset>
             <legend>{% trans "General information" %}</legend>
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py b/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py
index 4ecf6a8237..2477231ce3 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/subevents.py
@@ -917,6 +917,35 @@ class SubEventBulkCreate(SubEventEditorMixin, EventPermissionRequiredMixin, Asyn
             if len(subevents) > 100_000:
                 raise ValidationError(_('Please do not create more than 100.000 dates at once.'))
 
+        if form.cleaned_data.get("skip_if_overlap") and subevents:
+            def overlaps(a_from, a_to, b_from, b_to):
+                if a_from == b_from:
+                    return True
+                if a_from > b_from:
+                    # a starts after b
+                    # check if it starts before b ends
+                    return b_to and a_from < b_to
+                # a starts before b
+                # check if it ends before b starts
+                return a_to and a_to > b_from
+
+            date_min = min(se.date_from for se in subevents)
+            date_max = max(se.date_to or se.date_from for se in subevents)
+            dates_existing = list(self.request.event.subevents.annotate(
+                date_fromto=Coalesce('date_to', 'date_from'),
+            ).filter(
+                date_from__lte=date_max,
+                date_fromto__gte=date_min,
+            ).values('date_from', 'date_to'))
+            subevents = [
+                se for se in subevents if not any(
+                    overlaps(se.date_from, se.date_to, other['date_from'], other['date_to'])
+                    for other in dates_existing
+                )
+            ]
+            if not subevents:
+                raise ValidationError(_('All dates would be skipped because they conflict with existing dates.'))
+
         for i, se in enumerate(subevents):
             se.save(clear_cache=False)
             if i % 100 == 0:
diff --git a/src/tests/control/test_subevents.py b/src/tests/control/test_subevents.py
index 273f1b3c17..5e58e0ebf4 100644
--- a/src/tests/control/test_subevents.py
+++ b/src/tests/control/test_subevents.py
@@ -747,6 +747,92 @@ class SubEventsTest(SoupTest):
         assert ses[1].date_from.isoformat() == "2018-04-12T11:29:31+00:00"
         assert ses[-1].date_from.isoformat() == "2019-03-28T12:29:31+00:00"
 
+    def test_create_bulk_skip_existing(self):
+        with scopes_disabled():
+            self.event1.subevents.all().delete()
+            # SubEvent ends at rrule start time
+            self.event1.subevents.create(
+                date_from=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 4, 9, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+                date_to=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 4, 10, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+            )
+            # SubEvent overlaps rrule start
+            self.event1.subevents.create(
+                date_from=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 5, 9, 30, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+                date_to=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 5, 10, 30, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+            )
+            # SubEvent times are same as rrule
+            self.event1.subevents.create(
+                date_from=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 6, 10, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+                date_to=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 6, 11, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+            )
+            # SubEvent starts at rrule end time
+            self.event1.subevents.create(
+                date_from=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 7, 11, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+                date_to=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 7, 12, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+            )
+            # SubEvent overlaps entire rrule time
+            self.event1.subevents.create(
+                date_from=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 8, 9, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+                date_to=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 8, 12, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+            )
+            # SubEvent has before rrule time and no end
+            self.event1.subevents.create(
+                date_from=datetime.datetime(2018, 4, 9, 9, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+            )
+            existing_events = list(self.event1.subevents.values_list('pk', flat=True))
+
+        self.event1.settings.timezone = 'Europe/Berlin'
+        doc = self.post_doc('/control/event/ccc/30c3/subevents/bulk_add', {
+            'rruleformset-TOTAL_FORMS': '1',
+            'rruleformset-INITIAL_FORMS': '0',
+            'rruleformset-MIN_NUM_FORMS': '0',
+            'rruleformset-MAX_NUM_FORMS': '1000',
+            'rruleformset-0-end': 'count',
+            'rruleformset-0-count': '10',
+            'rruleformset-0-interval': '1',
+            'rruleformset-0-freq': 'weekly',
+            'rruleformset-0-dtstart': '2018-04-03',
+            'rruleformset-0-weekly_byweekday': ['MO', 'TU', 'WE', 'TH', 'FR', 'SA', 'SU'],
+            'rruleformset-0-yearly_same': 'on',
+            'rruleformset-0-monthly_same': 'on',
+            'timeformset-TOTAL_FORMS': '1',
+            'timeformset-INITIAL_FORMS': '0',
+            'timeformset-MIN_NUM_FORMS': '1',
+            'timeformset-MAX_NUM_FORMS': '1000',
+            'timeformset-0-time_from': '12:00:00',
+            'timeformset-0-time_to': '13:00:00',
+            'rruleformset-0-until': '2019-04-03',
+            'skip_if_overlap': 'on',
+            'name_0': 'Foo',
+            'active': 'on',
+            'frontpage_text_0': '',
+            'quotas-TOTAL_FORMS': '1',
+            'quotas-INITIAL_FORMS': '0',
+            'quotas-MIN_NUM_FORMS': '0',
+            'quotas-MAX_NUM_FORMS': '1000',
+            'quotas-0-name': 'Q1',
+            'quotas-0-size': '50',
+            'quotas-0-itemvars': str(self.ticket.pk),
+            'checkinlist_set-TOTAL_FORMS': '0',
+            'checkinlist_set-INITIAL_FORMS': '0',
+            'checkinlist_set-MIN_NUM_FORMS': '0',
+            'checkinlist_set-MAX_NUM_FORMS': '1000',
+        })
+        assert doc.select(".alert-success")
+        with scopes_disabled():
+            ses = list(self.event1.subevents.exclude(pk__in=existing_events).order_by('date_from'))
+
+        assert len(ses) == 7
+        assert [s.date_from.date().isoformat() for s in ses] == [
+            '2018-04-03',
+            '2018-04-04',
+            '2018-04-07',
+            '2018-04-09',
+            '2018-04-10',
+            '2018-04-11',
+            '2018-04-12'
+        ]
+
     def test_delete_bulk(self):
         self.subevent2.active = True
         self.subevent2.save()