diff --git a/docs/html/config_dvr.html b/docs/html/config_dvr.html
index fd82ab2a..1b5a652b 100644
--- a/docs/html/config_dvr.html
+++ b/docs/html/config_dvr.html
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
   <dt>Extra time after recordings (minutes)
   <dd>Specify the number of minutes to record after the events scheduled stop time. Used to cope with small scheduling errors.
 
+  <dt>Episode duplicate detection
+  <dd>If checked, broadcasts with matching title and matching non-zero episode number 
+      are considered duplicates.
+
   <dt>Post-processor command
   <dd>Command to run after finishing a recording. The command will be run in background and is executed even if a recording is aborted or an error occurred. Use the %e error formatting string to check for errors, the error string is empty if recording finished successfully.
       <br><br>
diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr.h b/src/dvr/dvr.h
index fac68f1b..71bc1631 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr.h
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ extern struct dvr_entry_list dvrentries;
 #define DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS    0x400
 #define DVR_SUBTITLE_IN_TITLE	0x800
 #define DVR_EPISODE_BEFORE_DATE	0x1000
+#define DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION 0x2000
 
 typedef enum {
   DVR_PRIO_IMPORTANT,
diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr_db.c b/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
index 81350813..5c3f6d6a 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
@@ -453,11 +453,40 @@ dvr_entry_create_by_event(const char *config_name,
                            creator, dae, pri);
 }
 
+/**
+ *
+ */
 static int _dvr_duplicate_event ( epg_broadcast_t *e )
 {
   dvr_entry_t *de;
+  epg_episode_num_t empty_epnum;
+  int has_epnum = 1;
+
+  /* skip episode duplicate check below if no episode number */
+  memset(&empty_epnum, 0, sizeof(empty_epnum));
+  if (epg_episode_number_cmp(&empty_epnum, &e->episode->epnum) == 0)
+    has_epnum = 0;
+
   LIST_FOREACH(de, &dvrentries, de_global_link) {
-    if (de->de_bcast && (de->de_bcast->episode == e->episode)) return 1;
+    if (de->de_bcast) {
+      if (de->de_bcast->episode == e->episode) return 1;
+
+      if (has_epnum) {
+        dvr_config_t *cfg = dvr_config_find_by_name_default(de->de_config_name);
+        int ep_dup_det = (cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION);
+
+        if (ep_dup_det) {
+          const char* de_title = lang_str_get(de->de_bcast->episode->title, NULL);
+          const char* e_title = lang_str_get(e->episode->title, NULL);
+
+          /* duplicate if title and episode match */
+          if (de_title && e_title && strcmp(de_title, e_title) == 0
+              && epg_episode_number_cmp(&de->de_bcast->episode->epnum, &e->episode->epnum) == 0) {
+            return 1;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
   return 0;
 }
@@ -1193,6 +1222,9 @@ dvr_init(void)
       if(!htsmsg_get_u32(m, "episode-before-date", &u32) && u32)
         cfg->dvr_flags |= DVR_EPISODE_BEFORE_DATE;
 
+      if(!htsmsg_get_u32(m, "episode-duplicate-detection", &u32) && u32)
+        cfg->dvr_flags |= DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION;
+
       dvr_charset_update(cfg, htsmsg_get_str(m, "charset"));
 
       tvh_str_set(&cfg->dvr_postproc, htsmsg_get_str(m, "postproc"));
@@ -1420,6 +1452,7 @@ dvr_save(dvr_config_t *cfg)
   htsmsg_add_u32(m, "skip-commercials", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS));
   htsmsg_add_u32(m, "subtitle-in-title", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_SUBTITLE_IN_TITLE));
   htsmsg_add_u32(m, "episode-before-date", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_EPISODE_BEFORE_DATE));
+  htsmsg_add_u32(m, "episode-duplicate-detection", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION));
   if (cfg->dvr_charset != NULL)
     htsmsg_add_str(m, "charset", cfg->dvr_charset);
   if (cfg->dvr_postproc != NULL)
diff --git a/src/webui/extjs.c b/src/webui/extjs.c
index fa6d9d05..ea35b550 100755
--- a/src/webui/extjs.c
+++ b/src/webui/extjs.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,7 @@ extjs_dvr(http_connection_t *hc, const char *remain, void *opaque)
     htsmsg_add_u32(r, "commSkip", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS));
     htsmsg_add_u32(r, "subtitleInTitle", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_SUBTITLE_IN_TITLE));
     htsmsg_add_u32(r, "episodeBeforeDate", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_EPISODE_BEFORE_DATE));
+    htsmsg_add_u32(r, "episodeDuplicateDetection", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION));
 
     out = json_single_record(r, "dvrSettings");
 
@@ -1233,6 +1234,8 @@ extjs_dvr(http_connection_t *hc, const char *remain, void *opaque)
       flags |= DVR_SUBTITLE_IN_TITLE;
     if(http_arg_get(&hc->hc_req_args, "episodeBeforeDate") != NULL)
       flags |= DVR_EPISODE_BEFORE_DATE;
+    if(http_arg_get(&hc->hc_req_args, "episodeDuplicateDetection") != NULL)
+      flags |= DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION;
 
 
     dvr_flags_set(cfg,flags);
diff --git a/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js b/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
index 10fbcf8b..cdc8f43c 100644
--- a/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
+++ b/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ tvheadend.dvrsettings = function() {
         'channelInTitle', 'container', 'cache', 'charset', 'dateInTitle', 'timeInTitle',
         'preExtraTime', 'postExtraTime', 'whitespaceInTitle', 'titleDirs',
         'episodeInTitle', 'cleanTitle', 'tagFiles', 'commSkip', 'subtitleInTitle',
-        'episodeBeforeDate', 'rewritePAT', 'rewritePMT']);
+        'episodeBeforeDate', 'rewritePAT', 'rewritePMT', 'episodeDuplicateDetection']);
 
     var confcombo = new Ext.form.ComboBox({
         store: tvheadend.configNames,
@@ -925,6 +925,11 @@ tvheadend.dvrsettings = function() {
         name: 'commSkip'
     });
 
+    var episodeDuplicateDetection = new Ext.form.Checkbox({
+        fieldLabel: 'Episode Duplicate Detect',
+        name: 'episodeDuplicateDetection'
+    });
+
     /* Subdirectories and filename handling */
 
     /* NB: directoryPermissions is defined as a TextField for validation purposes (leading zeros), but is ultimately a number */
@@ -1015,7 +1020,7 @@ tvheadend.dvrsettings = function() {
         autoHeight: true,
         collapsible: true,
         animCollapse: true,
-        items: [recordingPath, recordingPermissions, charset, PATrewrite, PMTrewrite, tagMetadata, skipCommercials]
+        items: [recordingPath, recordingPermissions, charset, PATrewrite, PMTrewrite, tagMetadata, skipCommercials, episodeDuplicateDetection]
     });
 
     /* Sub-Panel - Directory operations */