diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/exit-this-page.yaml b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/exit-this-page.yaml
index a55cabf399..b4f684d173 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/exit-this-page.yaml
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/exit-this-page.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ params:
     type: object
     required: false
     description: HTML attributes (for example data attributes) to add to the exit this page container.
+  - name: button.attributes
+    type: object
+    required: false
+    description: Options for the exit this page button.
+    params:
+      - name: attributes
+        type: object
+        required: false
+        description: HTML attributes (for example data attributes) to add to the exit this page button. The default disables referrer information being provided to the `redirectUrl` and tells search engines to ignore the page being linked to.
   - name: activatedText
     type: string
     required: false
@@ -66,6 +75,10 @@ examples:
       classes: 'test-class'
       attributes:
         test-attribute: true
+      button:
+        attributes:
+          rel: 'nofollow noreferrer noopener'
+          test-attribute: true
   - name: testing-html
     hidden: true
     data:
diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.njk b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.njk
index 6f3e57637d..3df15b0c76 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.njk
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.njk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     html: params.html if (params.html or params.text) else defaultHtml,
     text: params.text,
     classes: "govuk-button--warning govuk-exit-this-page__button govuk-js-exit-this-page-button",
-    href: params.redirectUrl | default("https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather")
+    href: params.redirectUrl | default("https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather"),
+    attributes: params.button.attributes | default({ 'rel': 'nofollow noreferrer' })
   }) -}}
 </div>
diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.test.js b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.test.js
index c28e4d3348..756a7a23e1 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.test.js
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/exit-this-page/template.test.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ describe('Exit this page', () => {
       expect($button.hasClass('govuk-button--warning')).toBeTruthy()
       expect($button.html()).toContain('<span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Emergency</span> Exit this page')
       expect($button.attr('href')).toBe('/full-page-examples/announcements')
+      expect($button.attr('rel')).toBe('nofollow noreferrer')
     })
   })
 
@@ -61,6 +62,14 @@ describe('Exit this page', () => {
 
       expect($component.attr('test-attribute')).toBe('true')
     })
+
+    it('renders with custom button attributes', () => {
+      const $ = render('exit-this-page', examples.testing)
+      const $button = $('.govuk-exit-this-page').find('.govuk-button')
+
+      expect($button.attr('rel')).toBe('nofollow noreferrer noopener')
+      expect($button.attr('test-attribute')).toBe('true')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('Translated', () => {