diff --git a/core/loadpoint.go b/core/loadpoint.go
index 26f71d895..6b6b23f3b 100644
--- a/core/loadpoint.go
+++ b/core/loadpoint.go
@@ -1236,7 +1236,15 @@ func (lp *Loadpoint) getStatusChanges() ([]api.ChargeStatus, error) {
 
 	// detect if charger status changed
 	prevStatus := lp.GetStatus()
-	if status != prevStatus {
+
+	// ignore charge interruption while switching phases. Status is left unchanged,
+	// hence a real interruption is detected once the timespan has elapsed.
+	ignore := status == api.StatusB && prevStatus == api.StatusC && !lp.phaseSwitchCompleted()
+
+	switch {
+	case ignore:
+		lp.log.DEBUG.Println("ignoring charge interruption during phase switch")
+	case status != prevStatus:
 		res = []api.ChargeStatus{status}
 	}
 
@@ -1250,7 +1258,7 @@ func (lp *Loadpoint) getStatusChanges() ([]api.ChargeStatus, error) {
 		defer func() { lp.connectedDuration = d }()
 
 		// connection duration dropped without disconnect status, indicates intermediate disconnect
-		if status != api.StatusA && prevStatus != api.StatusA && d < lp.connectedDuration {
+		if !ignore && status != api.StatusA && prevStatus != api.StatusA && d < lp.connectedDuration {
 			lp.log.DEBUG.Printf("connection duration drop detected (%s -> %v)", lp.connectedDuration.Round(time.Second), d.Round(time.Second))
 			res = []api.ChargeStatus{api.StatusA, status}
 		}
diff --git a/core/loadpoint_status_test.go b/core/loadpoint_status_test.go
index 55e7980e1..0e15de47b 100644
--- a/core/loadpoint_status_test.go
+++ b/core/loadpoint_status_test.go
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/api"
+	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/mock/gomock"
 )
 
 func TestStatusEvents(t *testing.T) {
@@ -31,3 +35,47 @@ func TestStatusEvents(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equalf(t, tc.events, ev, "from %s to %s got: %v", tc.from, tc.to, ev)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestPhaseSwitchInterruption verifies that a charge interruption right after a phase
+// switch is ignored while a real interruption is still detected
+func TestPhaseSwitchInterruption(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := []struct {
+		desc       string
+		since      time.Duration
+		connection time.Duration
+		expected   []api.ChargeStatus
+	}{
+		// the connection duration drops on interruption, too, and must not surface as intermediate disconnect
+		{"during phase switch", phaseSwitchDuration - time.Second, time.Minute, nil},
+		{"after phase switch", phaseSwitchDuration + time.Second, 2 * time.Hour, []api.ChargeStatus{api.StatusB}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tc {
+		ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+
+		charger := api.NewMockCharger(ctrl)
+		charger.EXPECT().Status().Return(api.StatusB, nil)
+
+		timer := api.NewMockConnectionTimer(ctrl)
+		timer.EXPECT().ConnectionDuration().Return(tc.connection, nil)
+
+		lp := &Loadpoint{
+			log: util.NewLogger("foo"),
+			charger: struct {
+				*api.MockCharger
+				*api.MockConnectionTimer
+			}{charger, timer},
+			status:            api.StatusC,
+			phasesSwitched:    time.Now().Add(-tc.since),
+			connectedDuration: time.Hour,
+		}
+
+		res, err := lp.getStatusChanges()
+		require.NoError(t, err, tc.desc)
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, res, tc.desc)
+		assert.Equal(t, api.StatusC, lp.GetStatus(), tc.desc)
+
+		// connection duration is tracked even while the interruption is ignored
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.connection, lp.connectedDuration, tc.desc)
+	}
+}