diff --git a/obbrowser b/obbrowser
index 620e1de..124bb6f 100755
--- a/obbrowser
+++ b/obbrowser
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ my $config_documentation = <<"EOD";
     | browse_label     : Label for "Browse here..." action.
     | start_path       : An absolute path from which to start to browse the filesystem.
     | dirs_first       : A true value will make the script to order directories before files.
+    | ignore_dotfiles  : A true value will make the script to ignore files starting with a dot
 
 =cut
 
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ my %CONFIG = (
               dirs_first       => 0,
               with_icons       => 1,
               mime_ext_only    => 0,
+              ignore_dotfiles  => 0,
               icon_size        => 48,
               force_icon_size  => 0,
               generic_fallback => 1,
@@ -227,7 +229,12 @@ my (%alias, %icons, @dirs, @files);
 opendir(my $dir_h, $path) or warn "$0: Can't open dir `$path': $!\n";
 foreach my $file (readdir $dir_h) {
 
-    next if chr ord $file eq q{.};    # skip the hidden files
+    	if ($CONFIG{ignore_dotfiles}) {
+		next if chr ord $file eq q{.};    # skip the hidden files
+	}
+     else {
+		next if $file eq q{.} or $file eq q{..};    # skip the hidden files
+	}
 
     if ($CONFIG{with_icons}) {