diff --git a/src/frontend/com_plot.c b/src/frontend/com_plot.c
index 6758dbd04..b151849bb 100644
--- a/src/frontend/com_plot.c
+++ b/src/frontend/com_plot.c
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@
 
 #include "com_plot.h"
 
+extern bool ft_batchmode;
 
 /* plot name ... [xl[imit]] xlo xhi] [yl[imit ylo yhi] [vs xname] */
 void
 com_plot(wordlist *wl)
 {
+    if (ft_batchmode) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\nWarning: command 'plot' is not available during batch simulation, ignored!\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "    You may use Gnuplot instead.\n\n");
+        return;
+    }
     plotit(wl, NULL, NULL);
 }