diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 204c7a3..a16b2cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ Other options and their default values:
     accessControl: {
         allowOrigin: '*',
         allowMethods: 'OPTIONS, HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE'
-    }
+    },
+    force: false // Overwrite files with the same name on upload
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0ebaf48..00bcdbe 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ JqueryFileUploadMiddleware.prototype.prepareOptions = function (options) {
         accessControl: {
             allowOrigin: '*',
             allowMethods: 'OPTIONS, HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE'
-        }
+        },
+        force: false //Overwrite file with same name
     }, options);
 
     _.each(['uploadDir', 'uploadUrl'], function (key) {
diff --git a/lib/uploadhandler.js b/lib/uploadhandler.js
index 070f018..d419a35 100644
--- a/lib/uploadhandler.js
+++ b/lib/uploadhandler.js
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
             .on('fileBegin', function (name, file) {
                 tmpFiles.push(file.path);
                 var fileInfo = new FileInfo(file);
-                fileInfo.safeName();
+                if(!options.force) {
+                  fileInfo.safeName();
+                }
                 map[path.basename(file.path)] = fileInfo;
                 files.push(fileInfo);
                 self.emit('begin', fileInfo);