diff --git a/lib/gaze.js b/lib/gaze.js
index 0821a41..0c89959 100644
--- a/lib/gaze.js
+++ b/lib/gaze.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function Gaze (patterns, opts, done) {
   opts = opts || {};
   opts.mark = true;
   opts.interval = opts.interval || 100;
+  opts.debounceLeading = (opts.debounceLeading === true || opts.debounceLeading === 'true')
   opts.debounceDelay = opts.debounceDelay || 500;
   opts.cwd = opts.cwd || process.cwd();
   this.options = opts;
@@ -110,15 +111,24 @@ Gaze.prototype.emit = function () {
   // If cached doesnt exist, create a delay before running the next
   // then emit the event
   const cache = this._cached[filepath] || [];
+  const emitEvent = (args, e) => {
+    // Emit the event and `all` event
+    Gaze.super_.prototype.emit.apply(this, args);
+    Gaze.super_.prototype.emit.apply(this, ['all', e].concat([].slice.call(args, 1)));
+  }
   if (cache.indexOf(e) === -1) {
     helper.objectPush(this._cached, filepath, e);
     clearTimeout(timeoutId);
     timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+      if (this.options.debounceLeading) {
+        emitEvent(args, e);
+      }
       delete this._cached[filepath];
     }, this.options.debounceDelay);
     // Emit the event and `all` event
-    Gaze.super_.prototype.emit.apply(this, args);
-    Gaze.super_.prototype.emit.apply(this, ['all', e].concat([].slice.call(args, 1)));
+    if (!this.options.debounceLeading) {
+      emitEvent(args, e);
+    }
   }
 
   // Detect if new folder added to trigger for matching files within folder