diff --git a/docs/html/config_dvr.html b/docs/html/config_dvr.html
index 2b72e8a0..354b3297 100644
--- a/docs/html/config_dvr.html
+++ b/docs/html/config_dvr.html
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
   <dd>If checked, commercials will be dropped from the recordings. At the 
     moment, commercial detection only works for the swedish channel TV4.
 
+  <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
diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr.h b/src/dvr/dvr.h
index 59d285cc..a945e8f4 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr.h
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ extern struct dvr_entry_list dvrentries;
 #define DVR_CLEAN_TITLE	        0x100
 #define DVR_TAG_FILES           0x200
 #define DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS    0x400
+#define DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION 0x800
 
 typedef enum {
   DVR_PRIO_IMPORTANT,
diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr_db.c b/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
index 17949a73..c6168d87 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static int _dvr_duplicate_event ( epg_broadcast_t *e )
   epg_episode_num_t empty_epnum;
   int has_epnum = 1;
 
-  /* do not do episode duplicate check below if no episode number */
+  /* 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;
@@ -446,13 +446,18 @@ static int _dvr_duplicate_event ( epg_broadcast_t *e )
       if (de->de_bcast->episode == e->episode) return 1;
 
       if (has_epnum) {
-        const char* de_title = lang_str_get(de->de_bcast->episode->title, NULL);
-        const char* e_title = lang_str_get(e->episode->title, NULL);
+        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);
 
-        /* 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;
+        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;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1145,6 +1150,9 @@ dvr_init(void)
       if(!htsmsg_get_u32(m, "skip-commercials", &u32) && !u32)
         cfg->dvr_flags &= ~DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS;
 
+      if(!htsmsg_get_u32(m, "episode-duplicate-detection", &u32) && u32)
+        cfg->dvr_flags |= DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION;
+
       tvh_str_set(&cfg->dvr_postproc, htsmsg_get_str(m, "postproc"));
     }
 
@@ -1311,6 +1319,7 @@ dvr_save(dvr_config_t *cfg)
   htsmsg_add_u32(m, "clean-title", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_CLEAN_TITLE));
   htsmsg_add_u32(m, "tag-files", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_TAG_FILES));
   htsmsg_add_u32(m, "skip-commercials", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS));
+  htsmsg_add_u32(m, "episode-duplicate-detection", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION));
   if(cfg->dvr_postproc != NULL)
     htsmsg_add_str(m, "postproc", cfg->dvr_postproc);
 
diff --git a/src/webui/extjs.c b/src/webui/extjs.c
index 6ff9fbb8..86ffd2af 100644
--- a/src/webui/extjs.c
+++ b/src/webui/extjs.c
@@ -1306,6 +1306,7 @@ extjs_dvr(http_connection_t *hc, const char *remain, void *opaque)
     htsmsg_add_u32(r, "cleanTitle", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_CLEAN_TITLE));
     htsmsg_add_u32(r, "tagFiles", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_TAG_FILES));
     htsmsg_add_u32(r, "commSkip", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS));
+    htsmsg_add_u32(r, "episodeDuplicateDetection", !!(cfg->dvr_flags & DVR_EPISODE_DUPLICATE_DETECTION));
 
     out = json_single_record(r, "dvrSettings");
 
@@ -1358,6 +1359,8 @@ extjs_dvr(http_connection_t *hc, const char *remain, void *opaque)
       flags |= DVR_TAG_FILES;
     if(http_arg_get(&hc->hc_req_args, "commSkip") != NULL)
       flags |= DVR_SKIP_COMMERCIALS;
+    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 02021eb3..a4bb8e46 100644
--- a/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
+++ b/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ tvheadend.dvrsettings = function() {
 	}, [ 'storage', 'postproc', 'retention', 'dayDirs', 'channelDirs',
 		'channelInTitle', 'container', 'dateInTitle', 'timeInTitle',
 		'preExtraTime', 'postExtraTime', 'whitespaceInTitle', 'titleDirs',
-		'episodeInTitle', 'cleanTitle', 'tagFiles', 'commSkip' ]);
+		'episodeInTitle', 'cleanTitle', 'tagFiles', 'commSkip', 'episodeDuplicateDetection' ]);
 
 	var confcombo = new Ext.form.ComboBox({
 		store : tvheadend.configNames,
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ tvheadend.dvrsettings = function() {
 		}), new Ext.form.Checkbox({
 			fieldLabel : 'Skip commercials',
 			name : 'commSkip'
+		}), new Ext.form.Checkbox({
+			fieldLabel : 'Episode duplicate detection',
+			name : 'episodeDuplicateDetection'
 		}), {
 			width : 300,
 			fieldLabel : 'Post-processor command',