diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index ba905a0..9997379 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
   doctests in narrative documentations based on availability of
   dependencies. [#280]
 
+- Adding new directive ``doctest-remote-data-all`` to conditionally skip all
+  doctests in narrative documentations based on availability of
+  remote-data. [#281]
+
 - Versions of Python <3.9 are no longer supported. [#274]
 
 1.3.0 (2024-11-25)
diff --git a/pytest_doctestplus/plugin.py b/pytest_doctestplus/plugin.py
index d323c12..6487da7 100644
--- a/pytest_doctestplus/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_doctestplus/plugin.py
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ class DocTestParserPlus(doctest.DocTestParser):
 
            - ``.. doctest-remote-data::``: Skip the next doctest chunk if
              --remote-data is not passed.
+
+           - ``.. doctest-remote-data-all::``: Skip all subsequent doctest
+             chunks if --remote-data is not passed.
         """
 
         def parse(self, s, name=None):
@@ -429,15 +432,24 @@ def parse(self, s, name=None):
                     required_all = []
                     skip_next = False
                     lines = entry.strip().splitlines()
+
                     requires_all_match = [re.match(
                         fr'{comment_char}\s+doctest-requires-all\s*::\s+(.*)', x) for x in lines]
                     if any(requires_all_match):
-                        required_all = [re.split(r'\s*[,\s]\s*', match.group(1)) for match in requires_all_match if match][0]
-
+                        required_all = [re.split(r'\s*[,\s]\s*', match.group(1))
+                                        for match in requires_all_match if match][0]
                     required_modules_all = DocTestFinderPlus.check_required_modules(required_all)
+                    if not required_modules_all:
+                        skip_all = True
+                        continue
+
+                    if config.getoption('remote_data', 'none') != 'any':
+                        if any(re.match(fr'{comment_char}\s+doctest-remote-data-all\s*::', x.strip())
+                               for x in lines):
+                            skip_all = True
+                            continue
 
-                    if any(re.match(
-                            f'{comment_char} doctest-skip-all', x.strip()) for x in lines) or not required_modules_all:
+                    if any(re.match(f'{comment_char} doctest-skip-all', x.strip()) for x in lines):
                         skip_all = True
                         continue
 
diff --git a/pytest_doctestplus/sphinx/doctestplus.py b/pytest_doctestplus/sphinx/doctestplus.py
index f370005..7600caa 100644
--- a/pytest_doctestplus/sphinx/doctestplus.py
+++ b/pytest_doctestplus/sphinx/doctestplus.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def setup(app):
     app.add_directive('doctest-skip-all', DoctestSkipDirective)
     app.add_directive('doctest', DoctestSkipDirective, override=True)
     app.add_directive('doctest-remote-data', DoctestSkipDirective)
+    app.add_directive('doctest-remote-data-all', DoctestSkipDirective)
     # Code blocks that use this directive will not appear in the generated
     # documentation. This is intended to hide boilerplate code that is only
     # useful for testing documentation using doctest, but does not actually
diff --git a/tests/docs/skip_some_remote_data.rst b/tests/docs/skip_some_remote_data.rst
index 74c2ac2..c5e7399 100644
--- a/tests/docs/skip_some_remote_data.rst
+++ b/tests/docs/skip_some_remote_data.rst
@@ -78,3 +78,20 @@ This should be skipped otherwise the test should fail::
     3
     >>> import warnings
     >>> warnings.warn('A warning occurred', UserWarning)  # doctest: +IGNORE_WARNINGS
+
+
+Remote data all followed by code cell
+=====================================
+
+This codeblock should fail, but is skipped:
+
+.. doctest-remote-data-all::
+
+    >>> 1 + 1
+    3
+
+The this following block should be executed with the simple remote data, but
+should be skipped with the all version.
+
+    >>> 1 + 2
+    5
diff --git a/tests/test_doctestplus.py b/tests/test_doctestplus.py
index e2a3abd..63a5572 100644
--- a/tests/test_doctestplus.py
+++ b/tests/test_doctestplus.py
@@ -940,6 +940,41 @@ def test_doctest_skip(testdir):
     testdir.inline_run(p, '--doctest-plus', '--doctest-rst').assertoutcome(skipped=1)
 
 
+def test_remote_data_all(testdir):
+    testdir.makeini(
+        """
+        [pytest]
+        doctestplus = enabled
+    """)
+
+    p = testdir.makefile(
+        '.rst',
+        """
+        This is a narrative docs, which some of the lines requiring remote-data access.
+        The first code block always passes, the second is skipped without remote data and the
+        last section is skipped due to the all option.
+
+            >>> print("Test")
+            Test
+
+        .. doctest-remote-data-all::
+
+            >>> from contextlib import closing
+            >>> from urllib.request import urlopen
+            >>> with closing(urlopen('https://www.astropy.org')) as remote:
+            ...     remote.read()    # doctest: +IGNORE_OUTPUT
+
+        Narrative before a codeblock that should fail normally but with the all option in the
+        directive it is skipped over thus producing a passing status.
+
+            >>> print(123)
+        """
+    )
+
+    testdir.inline_run(p, '--doctest-plus', '--doctest-rst', '--remote-data').assertoutcome(failed=1)
+    testdir.inline_run(p, '--doctest-plus', '--doctest-rst').assertoutcome(passed=1)
+
+
 # We repeat all testst including remote data with and without it opted in
 def test_remote_data_url(testdir):
     testdir.makeini(