diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5fc3e7c..45ed0f4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 	quality := flag.Int("quality", 80, "Quality of the image")
 	to := flag.String("to", ".jpg", "Extension to transcode to")
 	nosafe := flag.Bool("nosafe", false, "Prevents backup of the original before encoding")
+	rm := flag.Bool("rm", false, "Removes the original after transcoding")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if _, ok := codecs[*to]; !ok {
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Printf("Using quality: %d", *quality)
 	log.Printf("Transcoding to: %s", *to)
 	log.Printf("Nosafe mode: %v", *nosafe)
+	log.Printf("Remove mode: %v",  *rm)
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	for _, file := range flag.Args() {
@@ -110,6 +112,19 @@ func main() {
 				return
 			}
 			log.Printf("Wrote %d bytes to %s", n, newfile)
+
+			if *rm {
+				if file == newfile {
+					log.Printf("Won't remove newfile %s", file)
+					return
+				}
+				log.Printf("Removing %s", file)
+				err = os.Remove(file)
+				if err!= nil {
+					Error.Printf("Failed to remove file %v: %v", file, err)
+					return
+				}
+			}
 		}(file)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()