diff --git a/beetsplug/zero.py b/beetsplug/zero.py
index 05e55bfcde..a16830b96c 100644
--- a/beetsplug/zero.py
+++ b/beetsplug/zero.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def __init__(self):
                 "fields": [],
                 "keep_fields": [],
                 "update_database": False,
+                "zero_disc_number_if_single_disc": False,
             }
         )
 
@@ -123,8 +124,15 @@ def set_fields(self, item, tags):
         """
         fields_set = False
 
+        if "disc" in tags and self.config[
+            "zero_disc_number_if_single_disc"
+        ].get(bool):
+            if item.disctotal == 1:
+                self._log.debug("disc: {.disc} -> None", item)
+                tags["disc"] = None
+
         if not self.fields_to_progs:
-            self._log.warning("no fields, nothing to do")
+            self._log.warning("no fields list to remove")
             return False
 
         for field, progs in self.fields_to_progs.items():
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 00e9a9e74a..0d1bff913a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ New features:
   ``played_ratio_threshold``, to allow configuring the percentage the song must
   be played for it to be counted as played instead of skipped.
 - :doc:`plugins/web`: Display artist and album as part of the search results.
+- :doc:`plugins/zero`: Add new configurable ``zero_disc_number_if_single_disc``
+  to allow zeroing the disc number on write for single-disc albums.
 
 Bug fixes:
 
diff --git a/docs/plugins/zero.rst b/docs/plugins/zero.rst
index 6ed9427d94..f478531287 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/zero.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/zero.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ to nullify and the conditions for nullifying them:
   ``keep_fields``---not both!
 - To conditionally filter a field, use ``field: [regexp, regexp]`` to specify
   regular expressions.
+- Set ``zero_disc_number_if_single_disc`` to ``True`` to zero the disc number
+  field only if the album contains a disctotal count and is a single disc.
 - By default this plugin only affects files' tags; the beets database is left
   unchanged. To update the tags in the database, set the ``update_database``
   option to true.