diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 2d84573..b9562bb 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -76,6 +76,39 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         cwd: 'test/fixtures',
         src: ['*.js', '*.css'],
         dest: 'test/tmp/withSourceMaps'
+      },
+      withCopyTrue: {
+        options: {
+          algorithm: 'sha1',
+          length: 4,
+          copy: 1
+        },
+        src: ['test/tmp/another.png'],
+        dest: 'test/tmp'
+      },
+      withCopyFalse: {
+        options: {
+          algorithm: 'sha1',
+          length: 4,
+          copy: 0
+        },
+        src: ['test/tmp/movedfile.png'],
+        dest: 'test/tmp/copyfalse'
+      },
+      withCopyNullDest: {
+        options: {
+          algorithm: 'sha1',
+          length: 4
+        },
+        src: ['test/tmp/another.png'],
+        dest: 'test/tmp/nocopy'
+      },
+      withCopyNullNoDest: {
+        options: {
+          algorithm: 'sha1',
+          length: 4
+        },
+        src: ['test/tmp/movednocopyfile.png']
       }
     },
     simplemocha: {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c793dd..2420028 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ Default: `8`
 
 The number of characters of the file hash to prefix the file name with.
 
+#### options.copy
+
+Type: `Boolean`  
+Default: `null`
+
+Flag controlling whether the original file is copied or moved. If not set, 
+other parameters, such as setting a [destination](#destination) control the behaviour.
+
 #### options.process(basename, name, extension)
 
 Type: `function`  
diff --git a/tasks/filerev.js b/tasks/filerev.js
index 28e570a..26ecf9d 100644
--- a/tasks/filerev.js
+++ b/tasks/filerev.js
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     var filerev = grunt.filerev || {summary: {}};
     var options = this.options({
       algorithm: 'md5',
-      length: 8
+      length: 8,
+      copy: null
     });
 
     eachAsync(this.files, function (el, i, next) {
-      var move = true;
 
       // If dest is furnished it should indicate a directory
       if (el.dest) {
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           grunt.verbose.writeln('Destination dir ' + el.dest + ' does not exists for target ' + target + ': creating');
           grunt.file.mkdir(el.dest);
         }
-        // We need to copy file as we now have a dest different from the src
-        move = false;
       }
 
       el.src.forEach(function (file) {
@@ -62,14 +60,13 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
         var resultPath;
 
-        if (move) {
-          dirname = path.dirname(file);
-          resultPath = path.resolve(dirname, newName);
-          fs.renameSync(file, resultPath);
-        } else {
-          dirname = el.dest;
-          resultPath = path.resolve(dirname, newName);
+        dirname = el.dest ? el.dest : path.dirname(file);
+        resultPath = path.resolve(dirname, newName);
+
+        if (options.copy || (options.copy === null && el.dest)) {
           grunt.file.copy(file, resultPath);
+        } else {
+          fs.renameSync(file, resultPath);
         }
 
         // Source maps
@@ -80,10 +77,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           var resultPathMap = resultPath + '.map';
 
           if (grunt.file.exists(map)) {
-            if (move) {
-              fs.renameSync(map, resultPathMap);
-            } else {
+            if (options.copy || (options.copy === null && el.dest)) {
               grunt.file.copy(map, resultPathMap);
+            } else {
+              fs.renameSync(map, resultPathMap);
             }
 
             // rewrite the sourceMappingURL in files
diff --git a/test/fixtures/movedfile.png b/test/fixtures/movedfile.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0a907d
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/movedfile.png differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/movednocopyfile.png b/test/fixtures/movednocopyfile.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0a907d
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/movednocopyfile.png differ
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 8e97ae8..ccf71b2 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -98,3 +98,35 @@ it('should allow a filename processing function', function () {
   var revisioned = fs.statSync(hashes[file]).size;
   assert(revisioned === original);
 });
+
+it('should copy the file when copy option is true', function () {
+  var original = fs.statSync('test/fixtures/another.png').size;
+  var revisioned = fs.statSync('test/tmp/another.6d5a.png').size;
+  assert(revisioned === original);
+  var fileExists = fs.existsSync('test/tmp/another.png');
+  assert(fileExists === true);
+});
+
+it('should move the file when copy option is false', function () {
+  var original = fs.statSync('test/fixtures/movedfile.png').size;
+  var revisioned = fs.statSync('test/tmp/copyfalse/movedfile.6d5a.png').size;
+  assert(revisioned === original);
+  var fileExists = fs.existsSync('test/tmp/movedfile.png');
+  assert(fileExists === false);
+});
+
+it('should copy the file without copy option when dest is specified', function () {
+  var original = fs.statSync('test/fixtures/another.png').size;
+  var revisioned = fs.statSync('test/tmp/nocopy/another.6d5a.png').size;
+  assert(revisioned === original);
+  var fileExists = fs.existsSync('test/tmp/another.png');
+  assert(fileExists === true);
+});
+
+it('should move the file without copy option when dest is not specified', function () {
+  var original = fs.statSync('test/fixtures/movednocopyfile.png').size;
+  var revisioned = fs.statSync('test/tmp/movednocopyfile.6d5a.png').size;
+  assert(revisioned === original);
+  var fileExists = fs.existsSync('test/tmp/movednocopyfile.png');
+  assert(fileExists === false);
+});