diff --git a/src/actions.cpp b/src/actions.cpp
index a9e30fe3..e61fa9bf 100644
--- a/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/src/actions.cpp
@@ -960,8 +960,10 @@ namespace Action {
             || Params::instance().target_ & Params::ctComment) {
             std::string directory = Params::instance().directory_;
             if (directory.empty()) directory = Util::dirname(path);
+            std::string suffix = Params::instance().suffix_;
+            if (suffix.empty()) suffix = "exv";
             std::string exvPath =   directory + EXV_SEPERATOR_STR
-                                  + Util::basename(path, true) + ".exv";
+                                  + Util::basename(path, true) + "." + suffix;
             rc = metacopy(exvPath, path, true);
         }
         return rc;
diff --git a/src/exiv2.cpp b/src/exiv2.cpp
index c97e069b..b9ca5191 100644
--- a/src/exiv2.cpp
+++ b/src/exiv2.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ void Params::help(std::ostream& os) const
        << "           set|add|del <key> [[<type>] <value>].\n"
        << "   -M cmd  Command line for the modify action. The format for the\n"
        << "           commands is the same as that of the lines of a command file.\n"
-       << "   -l dir  Location (directory) for files to be inserted or extracted.\n\n";
+       << "   -l dir  Location (directory) for files to be inserted from or extracted to.\n"
+       << "   -s ext  Suffix of the files to be inserted from.\n\n";
 } // Params::help
 
 int Params::option(int opt, const std::string& optarg, int optopt)
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ int Params::option(int opt, const std::string& optarg, int optopt)
     case 'm': rc = evalModify(opt, optarg); break;
     case 'M': rc = evalModify(opt, optarg); break;
     case 'l': directory_ = optarg; break;
+    case 's': suffix_ = optarg; break;
     case ':':
         std::cerr << progname() << ": Option -" << static_cast<char>(optopt) 
                   << " requires an argument\n";
@@ -572,10 +574,17 @@ int Params::getopt(int argc, char* const argv[])
             rc = 1;
         }
     }
-    if (!directory_.empty() && !(action_ == Action::insert || action_ == Action::extract)) {
-        std::cerr << progname() << ": -l option can only be used with extract or insert actions\n"; 
+    if (   !directory_.empty() 
+        && !(action_ == Action::insert || action_ == Action::extract)) {
+        std::cerr << progname() 
+                  << ": -l option can only be used with extract or insert actions\n";
         rc = 1; 
     }
+    if (!suffix_.empty() && !action_ == Action::insert) {
+        std::cerr << progname() 
+                  << ": -s option can only be used with insert action\n";
+        rc = 1;
+    }
     return rc;
 } // Params::getopt
 
diff --git a/src/exiv2.hpp b/src/exiv2.hpp
index dbdbc1a4..836ec211 100644
--- a/src/exiv2.hpp
+++ b/src/exiv2.hpp
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ public:
     CmdLines cmdLines_;                 //!< Commands from the command line
     ModifyCmds modifyCmds_;             //!< Parsed modification commands
     std::string directory_;             //!< Location for files to extract/insert
+    std::string suffix_;                //!< File extension of the file to insert
     Files files_;                       //!< List of non-option arguments.
 
 private:
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ private:
       @brief Default constructor. Note that optstring_ is initialized here.
              The c'tor is private to force instantiation through instance().
      */
-    Params() : optstring_(":hVvfFa:r:p:d:e:i:m:M:l:"),
+    Params() : optstring_(":hVvfFa:r:p:d:e:i:m:M:l:s:"),
                help_(false), 
                version_(false),
                verbose_(false), 
diff --git a/test/data/exiv2-test.out b/test/data/exiv2-test.out
index cfa5c368..1f07cb87 100644
--- a/test/data/exiv2-test.out
+++ b/test/data/exiv2-test.out
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ Options:
            set|add|del <key> [[<type>] <value>].
    -M cmd  Command line for the modify action. The format for the
            commands is the same as that of the lines of a command file.
-   -l dir  Location (directory) for files to be inserted or extracted.
+   -l dir  Location (directory) for files to be inserted from or extracted to.
+   -s ext  Suffix of the files to be inserted from.
 
 
 Adjust -------------------------------------------------------------------