diff --git a/src/engine/db/mod.rs b/src/engine/db/mod.rs
index 670943d..b3a8904 100644
--- a/src/engine/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src/engine/db/mod.rs
@@ -888,6 +888,9 @@ impl EventLog {
 pub enum AccountChange {
     TakenOver(String),
     Dropped(String),
+    // A gossiped suspension that is now in force: local sessions must be logged
+    // out, but the account (and its channels) stay put.
+    Suspended(String),
 }
 
 // A fingerprint is hex (hash digest), optionally colon-separated. Bound the
@@ -1027,7 +1030,13 @@ impl Db {
             Event::AccountDropped { account } => Some((account.clone(), self.account(account).map(|c| c.home.clone()))),
             _ => None,
         };
-        if let Some(event) = self.log.ingest(entry)? {
+        let applied = self.log.ingest(entry)?;
+        // A freshly applied suspension may need to terminate local sessions.
+        let suspended = applied.as_ref().and_then(|e| match e {
+            Event::AccountSuspended { account, .. } => Some(account.clone()),
+            _ => None,
+        });
+        if let Some(event) = applied {
             apply(&mut self.accounts, &mut self.channels, &mut self.grouped, &mut self.bots, &mut self.host_cfg, &mut self.net, event);
         }
         if let Some((name, prev_home)) = watched {
@@ -1037,6 +1046,12 @@ impl Db {
                 _ => {}
             }
         }
+        if let Some(account) = suspended {
+            // Only if the suspension is actually in force (not an already-expired one).
+            if self.is_suspended(&account) {
+                return Ok(Some(AccountChange::Suspended(account)));
+            }
+        }
         Ok(None)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/mod.rs b/src/engine/mod.rs
index 3ed8bc5..4ef77df 100644
--- a/src/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/src/engine/mod.rs
@@ -469,6 +469,12 @@ impl Engine {
                 self.handle_account_gone(&a, "was dropped");
                 true
             }
+            Some(db::AccountChange::Suspended(a)) => {
+                // A gossiped suspension keeps the account and its channels, but its
+                // live sessions here must end (a local SUSPEND logs them out too).
+                self.logout_account_sessions(&a, "was suspended");
+                false
+            }
             None => false,
         };
         // handle_account_gone may have released a channel that had a bot assigned.
@@ -504,15 +510,9 @@ impl Engine {
         }
         // Log out and inform each local session that held the name.
         for uid in victims {
-            self.network.clear_account(&uid);
-            self.emit_irc(NetAction::Metadata { target: uid.clone(), key: "accountname".to_string(), value: String::new() });
-            if let Some(ns) = &ns {
-                self.emit_irc(NetAction::Notice {
-                    from: ns.clone(),
-                    to: uid.clone(),
-                    text: format!("Your account \x02{account}\x02 {reason}. You have been logged out."),
-                });
-                if !orphaned.is_empty() {
+            self.logout_uid(&uid, account, reason);
+            if !orphaned.is_empty() {
+                if let Some(ns) = &ns {
                     self.emit_irc(NetAction::Notice {
                         from: ns.clone(),
                         to: uid,
@@ -523,6 +523,28 @@ impl Engine {
         }
     }
 
+    // Log a single session out of `account`, telling them why (services-sourced).
+    fn logout_uid(&mut self, uid: &str, account: &str, reason: &str) {
+        self.network.clear_account(uid);
+        self.emit_irc(NetAction::Metadata { target: uid.to_string(), key: "accountname".to_string(), value: String::new() });
+        if let Some(ns) = self.nick_service.clone() {
+            self.emit_irc(NetAction::Notice {
+                from: ns,
+                to: uid.to_string(),
+                text: format!("Your account \x02{account}\x02 {reason}. You have been logged out."),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Log out every local session identified to `account` — e.g. after a gossiped
+    // suspension. Unlike `handle_account_gone` the account and its channels stay
+    // put; only the live sessions end.
+    fn logout_account_sessions(&mut self, account: &str, reason: &str) {
+        for uid in self.network.uids_logged_into(account) {
+            self.logout_uid(&uid, account, reason);
+        }
+    }
+
     // Compact the log if it has grown past the live account count. Returns
     // whether it rewrote anything.
     pub fn maybe_compact(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<bool> {
diff --git a/src/engine/tests.rs b/src/engine/tests.rs
index 447bb74..057c553 100644
--- a/src/engine/tests.rs
+++ b/src/engine/tests.rs
@@ -432,6 +432,43 @@
         assert!(parted, "the assigned bot parts the released channel");
     }
 
+    // A suspension that arrives by gossip must end local sessions on that account,
+    // just as a local SUSPEND does — the account and its channels stay put.
+    #[test]
+    fn gossiped_suspension_logs_out_local_sessions() {
+        use echo_nickserv::NickServ;
+        let path = std::env::temp_dir().join("echo-gossipsusp.jsonl");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
+        let mut db = Db::open(&path, "test");
+        db.scram_iterations = 4096;
+        db.register("alice", "sesame", None).unwrap();
+        let mut e = Engine::new(vec![Box::new(NickServ { uid: "42SAAAAAA".into(), guest_nick: "Guest".into(), guest_seq: 0 })], db);
+        e.set_sid("42S".into());
+        e.handle(NetEvent::UserConnect { uid: "000AAAAAB".into(), nick: "alice".into(), host: "h".into() , ip: "0.0.0.0".into() });
+        e.handle(NetEvent::Privmsg { from: "000AAAAAB".into(), to: "42SAAAAAA".into(), text: "IDENTIFY sesame".into() });
+        assert_eq!(e.network.account_of("000AAAAAB"), Some("alice"), "logged in first");
+
+        let (tx, mut rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        e.set_irc_out(tx);
+        // A peer suspends alice; the suspension gossips in.
+        let entry = LogEntry::for_test("peer", 0, 1, db::Event::AccountSuspended { account: "alice".into(), by: "peer-oper".into(), reason: "spam".into(), ts: 0, expires: None });
+        e.gossip_ingest(entry).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(e.db.is_suspended("alice"), "suspension applied locally");
+        assert!(e.network.account_of("000AAAAAB").is_none(), "the live session is logged out");
+        assert!(e.db.exists("alice"), "the account itself is kept");
+        let (mut cleared, mut told) = (false, false);
+        while let Ok(a) = rx.try_recv() {
+            match a {
+                NetAction::Metadata { target, key, value } if target == "000AAAAAB" && key == "accountname" && value.is_empty() => cleared = true,
+                NetAction::Notice { to, text, .. } if to == "000AAAAAB" && text.contains("suspended") => told = true,
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        assert!(cleared, "accountname metadata cleared on the ircd");
+        assert!(told, "the user is told they were suspended");
+    }
+
     // Losing a registration conflict logs out the local session on that name and
     // notifies them over the services-initiated outbound path.
     #[test]