diff --git a/display.go b/display.go
index ab9e601..4220c76 100644
--- a/display.go
+++ b/display.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const maxDisplayFileSizeBytes = 1024 * 512
 var cliUserAgentRe = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)(lib)?curl|wget")
 
 func fileDisplayHandler(c web.C, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	if cliUserAgentRe.MatchString(r.Header.Get("User-Agent")) {
+	if !Config.noDirectAgents && cliUserAgentRe.MatchString(r.Header.Get("User-Agent")) {
 		fileServeHandler(c, w, r)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index daaf89e..ba0efb8 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ var Config struct {
 	remoteAuthFile            string
 	addHeaders                headerList
 	googleShorterAPIKey       string
+	noDirectAgents            bool
 }
 
 var Templates = make(map[string]*pongo2.Template)
@@ -243,6 +244,8 @@ func main() {
 		"Add an arbitrary header to the response. This option can be used multiple times.")
 	flag.StringVar(&Config.googleShorterAPIKey, "googleapikey", "",
 		"API Key for Google's URL Shortener.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Config.noDirectAgents, "nodirectagents", false,
+		"disable serving files directly for wget/curl user agents")
 
 	iniflags.Parse()