diff --git a/src/libslic3r/GCode/ExtrusionOrder.cpp b/src/libslic3r/GCode/ExtrusionOrder.cpp
index 84f5387904..713bac78b4 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/GCode/ExtrusionOrder.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/GCode/ExtrusionOrder.cpp
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ std::vector<ExtruderExtrusions> get_extrusions(
         if (layer_tools.has_wipe_tower && wipe_tower != nullptr) {
             const bool finish_wipe_tower{extruder_id == layer_tools.extruders.back()};
             if (finish_wipe_tower || is_toolchange_required(is_first_layer, layer_tools.extruders.back(), extruder_id, current_extruder_id)) {
-                if (const auto tool_change{wipe_tower->get_toolchange(toolchange_number)}) {
+                const bool ignore_sparse{print.config().wipe_tower_no_sparse_layers.value};
+                if (const auto tool_change{wipe_tower->get_toolchange(toolchange_number, ignore_sparse)}) {
                     toolchange_number++;
                     previous_position = Point::new_scale(wipe_tower->transform_wt_pt(tool_change->end_pos));
                     current_extruder_id = tool_change->new_tool;
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/GCode/WipeTowerIntegration.hpp b/src/libslic3r/GCode/WipeTowerIntegration.hpp
index adc76b0185..beb5614c30 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/GCode/WipeTowerIntegration.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/GCode/WipeTowerIntegration.hpp
@@ -42,10 +42,23 @@ public:
     std::string tool_change(GCodeGenerator &gcodegen, int extruder_id, bool finish_layer);
     std::string finalize(GCodeGenerator &gcodegen);
     std::vector<float> used_filament_length() const;
-    std::optional<WipeTower::ToolChangeResult> get_toolchange(std::size_t index) const {
+    std::optional<WipeTower::ToolChangeResult> get_toolchange(std::size_t index, bool ignore_sparse) const {
         if (m_layer_idx >= m_tool_changes.size()) {
             return std::nullopt;
         }
+        if(
+            ignore_sparse
+            && m_tool_changes.at(m_layer_idx).size() == 1
+            && (
+                m_tool_changes.at(m_layer_idx).front().initial_tool
+                == m_tool_changes.at(m_layer_idx).front().new_tool
+            )
+            && m_layer_idx != 0
+        ) {
+            // Ignore sparse
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+
         return m_tool_changes.at(m_layer_idx).at(index);
     }