diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_postProcessing.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_postProcessing.tmpl
index 60d1640c..37049e40 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_postProcessing.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_postProcessing.tmpl
@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@
                                 <span class="component-title">Move Associated Files</span>
                                 <span class="component-desc">Move srr/srt/sfv/etc files with the episode when processed?</span>
                             </label>
-                            <label class="nocheck clearfix" for="move_associated_files">
-                                <span class="component-title">&nbsp;</span>
-                                <span class="component-desc"><b>NOTE:</b> <i>.nfo</i> will be renamed to <i>.nfo-orig</i> when moved.</span>
+                        </div>
+
+                        <div class="field-pair">
+                            <input type="checkbox" name="nfo_rename" id="nfo_rename" #if $sickbeard.NFO_RENAME == True then "checked=\"checked\"" else ""# />
+                            <label class="clearfix" for="nfo_rename">
+                                <span class="component-title">Rename .nfo file</span>
+                                <span class="component-desc">Rename the original .nfo file to .nfo-orig to avoid conflicts?</span>
                             </label>
                         </div>
 
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 98c684d5..c3634ccd 100644
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ PROCESS_AUTOMATICALLY = False
 KEEP_PROCESSED_DIR = False
 PROCESS_METHOD = None
 MOVE_ASSOCIATED_FILES = False
+NFO_RENAME = True
 TV_DOWNLOAD_DIR = None
 UNPACK = False
 SKIP_REMOVED_FILES = False
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
             USE_SYNOLOGYNOTIFIER, SYNOLOGYNOTIFIER_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH, SYNOLOGYNOTIFIER_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD, SYNOLOGYNOTIFIER_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD, \
             USE_EMAIL, EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PORT, EMAIL_TLS, EMAIL_USER, EMAIL_PASSWORD, EMAIL_FROM, EMAIL_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH, EMAIL_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD, EMAIL_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD, EMAIL_LIST, \
             USE_LISTVIEW, METADATA_XBMC, METADATA_XBMC_12PLUS, METADATA_MEDIABROWSER, METADATA_PS3, metadata_provider_dict, \
-            NEWZBIN, NEWZBIN_USERNAME, NEWZBIN_PASSWORD, GIT_PATH, MOVE_ASSOCIATED_FILES, CLEAR_CACHE, dailySearchScheduler, \
+            NEWZBIN, NEWZBIN_USERNAME, NEWZBIN_PASSWORD, GIT_PATH, MOVE_ASSOCIATED_FILES, CLEAR_CACHE, dailySearchScheduler, NFO_RENAME, \
             GUI_NAME, HOME_LAYOUT, HISTORY_LAYOUT, DISPLAY_SHOW_SPECIALS, COMING_EPS_LAYOUT, COMING_EPS_SORT, COMING_EPS_DISPLAY_PAUSED, COMING_EPS_MISSED_RANGE, FUZZY_DATING, TRIM_ZERO, DATE_PRESET, TIME_PRESET, TIME_PRESET_W_SECONDS, \
             METADATA_WDTV, METADATA_TIVO, METADATA_MEDE8ER, IGNORE_WORDS, CALENDAR_UNPROTECTED, CREATE_MISSING_SHOW_DIRS, \
             ADD_SHOWS_WO_DIR, USE_SUBTITLES, SUBTITLES_LANGUAGES, SUBTITLES_DIR, SUBTITLES_SERVICES_LIST, SUBTITLES_SERVICES_ENABLED, SUBTITLES_HISTORY, SUBTITLES_FINDER_FREQUENCY, subtitlesFinderScheduler, \
@@ -657,6 +658,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
         KEEP_PROCESSED_DIR = check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'keep_processed_dir', 1)
         PROCESS_METHOD = check_setting_str(CFG, 'General', 'process_method', 'copy' if KEEP_PROCESSED_DIR else 'move')
         MOVE_ASSOCIATED_FILES = check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'move_associated_files', 0)
+        NFO_RENAME = check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'nfo_rename', 1)
         CREATE_MISSING_SHOW_DIRS = check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'create_missing_show_dirs', 0)
         ADD_SHOWS_WO_DIR = check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'add_shows_wo_dir', 0)
 
@@ -1449,6 +1451,7 @@ def save_config():
     new_config['General']['keep_processed_dir'] = int(KEEP_PROCESSED_DIR)
     new_config['General']['process_method'] = PROCESS_METHOD
     new_config['General']['move_associated_files'] = int(MOVE_ASSOCIATED_FILES)
+    new_config['General']['nfo_rename'] = int(NFO_RENAME)
     new_config['General']['process_automatically'] = int(PROCESS_AUTOMATICALLY)
     new_config['General']['unpack'] = int(UNPACK)
     new_config['General']['rename_episodes'] = int(RENAME_EPISODES)
diff --git a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
index a203d80a..533a9528 100644
--- a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
+++ b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
                     cur_extension = cur_lang + os.path.splitext(cur_extension)[1]
 
             # replace .nfo with .nfo-orig to avoid conflicts
-            if cur_extension == 'nfo':
+            if cur_extension == 'nfo' and sickbeard.NFO_RENAME == True:
                 cur_extension = 'nfo-orig'
 
             # If new base name then convert name
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index b4410206..aa717082 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ class ConfigPostProcessing(IndexHandler):
                            wdtv_data=None, tivo_data=None, mede8er_data=None,
                            keep_processed_dir=None, process_method=None, process_automatically=None,
                            rename_episodes=None, airdate_episodes=None, unpack=None,
-                           move_associated_files=None, tv_download_dir=None, naming_custom_abd=None, naming_anime=None,
+                           move_associated_files=None, nfo_rename=None, tv_download_dir=None, naming_custom_abd=None, naming_anime=None,
                            naming_abd_pattern=None, naming_strip_year=None, use_failed_downloads=None,
                            delete_failed=None, extra_scripts=None, skip_removed_files=None,
                            naming_custom_sports=None, naming_sports_pattern=None, autopostprocesser_frequency=None):
@@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@ class ConfigPostProcessing(IndexHandler):
         sickbeard.USE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS = config.checkbox_to_value(use_failed_downloads)
         sickbeard.DELETE_FAILED = config.checkbox_to_value(delete_failed)
         sickbeard.SKIP_REMOVED_FILES = config.checkbox_to_value(skip_removed_files)
+        sickbeard.NFO_RENAME = config.checkbox_to_value(nfo_rename)
 
         sickbeard.METADATA_XBMC = xbmc_data
         sickbeard.METADATA_XBMC_12PLUS = xbmc_12plus_data