diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48b462e..32fa872 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## v0.2.6
+
+* Tested on webp 1.0.2
+* Added near_lossless option
+
 ## v0.2.5
 
 * Fix build for Travis CI docker containers
diff --git a/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.c b/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.c
index 5f7dbbf..f8bea25 100644
--- a/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.c
+++ b/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.c
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ int webp_encode(const char *in_file, const char *out_file, const FfiWebpEncodeCo
   if (encode_config->lossless == 0 || encode_config->lossless == 1){
     config.lossless = encode_config->lossless;
   }
+  if (encode_config->near_lossless >= 0 && encode_config->near_lossless <= 100){
+    config.near_lossless = encode_config->near_lossless;
+    config.lossless = 1;  // use near-lossless only with lossless
+  }
   if (encode_config->quality >= 0 && encode_config->quality <= 100){
     config.quality = encode_config->quality;
   }
@@ -288,4 +292,4 @@ int test_c(int n) {
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
 }    // extern "C"
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.h b/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.h
index 26f8578..9c54702 100644
--- a/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.h
+++ b/ext/webp_ffi/webp_ffi.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
   typedef struct {
     int lossless;           // Lossless encoding (0=lossy(default), 1=lossless).
+    int near_lossless;      // use near-lossless image preprocessing (0..100=off)
     float quality;          // between 0 (smallest file) and 100 (biggest)
     int method;             // quality/speed trade-off (0=fast, 6=slower-better)
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ extern "C" {
     int crop_x, crop_y, crop_w, crop_h;
     int resize_w, resize_h;
   } FfiWebpEncodeConfig;
-  
+
   typedef struct {
     OutputFileFormat output_format;
     int bypass_filtering;               // if true, skip the in-loop filtering
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ extern "C" {
     int resize_w, resize_h;
     int use_threads;                    // if true, use multi-threaded decoding
   } FfiWebpDecodeConfig;
-  
+
 
   void decoder_version(char *version);
   void encoder_version(char *version);
@@ -64,4 +65,4 @@ extern "C" {
 }    // extern "C"
 #endif
 
-#endif	/* _WEBP_FFI_H_ */
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif	/* _WEBP_FFI_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/webp/c.rb b/lib/webp/c.rb
index 04f0499..a726334 100644
--- a/lib/webp/c.rb
+++ b/lib/webp/c.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module C
     # struct
     class FfiWebpEncodeConfig < FFI::Struct
       layout  :lossless, :int,
+        :near_lossless, :int,
         :quality, :float,
         :method, :int,
         :target_size, :int,
diff --git a/lib/webp/options.rb b/lib/webp/options.rb
index 0b512fe..b2fc9e4 100644
--- a/lib/webp/options.rb
+++ b/lib/webp/options.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def initialize(options)
     def encode_pointer
       options_pointer = FFI::MemoryPointer.new :char, C::FfiWebpEncodeConfig.size, false
       options_struct = C::FfiWebpEncodeConfig.new options_pointer
-      [:lossless, :method, :target_size, :target_PSNR, :segments,
+      [:lossless, :near_lossless, :method, :target_size, :target_PSNR, :segments,
         :sns_strength, :filter_strength, :filter_sharpness,
         :filter_type, :autofilter, :alpha_compression, :alpha_filtering,
         :alpha_quality, :pass, :show_compressed, :preprocessing, :partitions,
diff --git a/lib/webp/version.rb b/lib/webp/version.rb
index 9479ce8..5b56e9a 100644
--- a/lib/webp/version.rb
+++ b/lib/webp/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module WebP
-  VERSION = "1.0.2"
+  VERSION = "0.2.6"
 end
diff --git a/spec/webp_ffi_spec.rb b/spec/webp_ffi_spec.rb
index 04abbf3..017f82f 100644
--- a/spec/webp_ffi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/webp_ffi_spec.rb
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
     Dir.mkdir(@out_dir) unless File.exists?(@out_dir)
   end
   after :all do
-    @out_dir = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../tmp/"))
-    Dir["#{@out_dir}/*{.png,.webp}"].each do |file|
-      File.delete(file) rescue nil
-    end
+    # @out_dir = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../tmp/"))
+    # Dir["#{@out_dir}/*{.png,.webp}"].each do |file|
+    #   File.delete(file) rescue nil
+    # end
   end
 
   it "calculate plus 100 by test_c (verify C)" do
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
         out_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(@out_dir, "#{image}.png.webp"))
         expect(WebP.encode(in_filename, out_filename)).to be_truthy
       end
+
+      it "#{image}.png image with near_lossless" do
+        in_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "factories/#{image}.png"))
+        out_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(@out_dir, "#{image}_near_lossless.png.webp"))
+        expect(WebP.encode(in_filename, out_filename, near_lossless: 60)).to be_truthy
+      end
     end
     factories[:jpg].each do |image|
       it "#{image}.jpg image" do
@@ -88,6 +94,12 @@
         out_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(@out_dir, "#{image}.jpg.webp"))
         expect(WebP.encode(in_filename, out_filename)).to be_truthy
       end
+
+      it "#{image}.jpg image with near_lossless" do
+        in_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "factories/#{image}.jpg"))
+        out_filename = File.expand_path(File.join(@out_dir, "#{image}_near_lossless.jpg.webp"))
+        expect(WebP.encode(in_filename, out_filename, near_lossless: 60)).to be_truthy
+      end
     end
     factories[:tiff].each do |image|
       it "#{image}.tif image" do
@@ -176,4 +188,4 @@
     end
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end