diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index e0a0dcf..cf8b14f 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	print_output("     -i            show compressed file information\n");
 	print_output("     -H            display md5 Hash integrity information\n");
 	print_output("     -c            check integrity of file written on decompression\n");
+	print_output("     -k            keep broken or damaged output files\n");
 	print_output("\nIf no filenames or \"-\" is specified, stdin/out will be used.\n");
 }
 
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	else if (!strstr(eptr,"NOCONFIG"))
 		read_config(&control);
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "L:hdS:tVvDfqo:w:nlbMUO:T:N:p:gziHc")) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "L:hdS:tVvDfqo:w:nlbMUO:T:N:p:gziHck")) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'L':
 			control.compression_level = atoi(optarg);
@@ -727,6 +728,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			control.flags |= FLAG_CHECK;
 			control.flags |= FLAG_HASH;
 			break;
+		case 'k':
+			control.flags |= FLAG_KEEP_BROKEN;
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 			usage();
 			return -1;
diff --git a/rzip.h b/rzip.h
index 3862a5b..d083a4d 100644
--- a/rzip.h
+++ b/rzip.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static inline i64 get_ram(void)
 #define FLAG_HASH		(1 << 17)
 #define FLAG_MD5		(1 << 18)
 #define FLAG_CHECK		(1 << 19)
+#define FLAG_KEEP_BROKEN	(1 << 20)
 
 #define FLAG_VERBOSE (FLAG_VERBOSITY | FLAG_VERBOSITY_MAX)
 #define FLAG_NOT_LZMA (FLAG_NO_COMPRESS | FLAG_LZO_COMPRESS | FLAG_BZIP2_COMPRESS | FLAG_ZLIB_COMPRESS | FLAG_ZPAQ_COMPRESS)
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ static inline i64 get_ram(void)
 #define HASH_CHECK	(control.flags & FLAG_HASH)
 #define HAS_MD5		(control.flags & FLAG_MD5)
 #define CHECK_FILE	(control.flags & FLAG_CHECK)
+#define KEEP_BROKEN	(control.flags & FLAG_KEEP_BROKEN)
 
 #define NO_MD5		(!(HASH_CHECK) && !(HAS_MD5))
 
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 3bb61bb..9501f51 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
-   Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Con Kolivas
+   Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Con Kolivas
+   Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Hyman
    Copyright (C) 1998 Andrew Tridgell
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ void fatal(const char *format, ...)
 	}
 
 	/* Delete temporary files generated for testing or faking stdio */
-	if (TEST_ONLY || STDOUT)
+	if (TEST_ONLY || STDOUT || !KEEP_BROKEN)
 		unlink(control.outfile);
 
 	if (DECOMPRESS && STDIN)
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ void fatal(const char *format, ...)
 void sighandler()
 {
 	/* Delete temporary files generated for testing or faking stdio */
-	if (TEST_ONLY || STDOUT)
+	if (TEST_ONLY || STDOUT || !KEEP_BROKEN)
 		unlink(control.outfile);
 
 	if (DECOMPRESS && STDIN)