diff --git a/searx/engines/startpage.py b/searx/engines/startpage.py
index 08e4f7a5..7d58f7f0 100644
--- a/searx/engines/startpage.py
+++ b/searx/engines/startpage.py
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ def response(resp):
         if re.match("^http(s|)://(www\.)?startpage\.com/do/search\?.*$", url):
             continue
 
+        # block ixquick search url's
+        if re.match("^http(s|)://(www\.)?ixquick\.com/do/search\?.*$", url):
+            continue
+
         title = escape(extract_text(link))
 
         if result.xpath('./p[@class="desc"]'):