diff --git a/notification.c b/notification.c
index b170977..da3c80a 100644
--- a/notification.c
+++ b/notification.c
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ void notification_update_text_to_render(notification *n)
         char *msg = g_strstrip(n->msg);
 
         /* print dup_count and msg */
-        if (n->dup_count > 0 && (n->actions || n->urls)
-            && settings.show_indicators) {
+        if ((n->dup_count > 0 && !settings.hide_duplicates_count)
+            && (n->actions || n->urls) && settings.show_indicators) {
                 buf = g_strdup_printf("(%d%s%s) %s",
                                       n->dup_count,
                                       n->actions ? "A" : "",
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void notification_update_text_to_render(notification *n)
                 buf = g_strdup_printf("(%s%s) %s",
                                       n->actions ? "A" : "",
                                       n->urls ? "U" : "", msg);
-        } else if (n->dup_count > 0) {
+        } else if (n->dup_count > 0 && !settings.hide_duplicates_count) {
                 buf = g_strdup_printf("(%d) %s", n->dup_count, msg);
         } else {
                 buf = g_strdup(msg);
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index e8d4cd3..ae0c14c 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ void load_settings(char *cmdline_config_path)
             option_get_int("global", "show_age_threshold",
                            "-show_age_threshold", show_age_threshold,
                            "When should the age of the notification be displayed?");
+        settings.hide_duplicates_count =
+            option_get_bool("global", "hide_duplicates_count",
+                            "-hide_duplicates_count", false,
+                            "Hide count of the merged notifications with the same content");
         settings.sticky_history =
             option_get_bool("global", "sticky_history", "-sticky_history",
                             sticky_history,
diff --git a/settings.h b/settings.h
index f5b8a0a..fec97a3 100644
--- a/settings.h
+++ b/settings.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ typedef struct _settings {
         bool allow_markup;
         bool plain_text;
         bool stack_duplicates;
+        bool hide_duplicates_count;
         char *font;
         char *normbgcolor;
         char *normfgcolor;