diff --git a/system/libraries/Upload.php b/system/libraries/Upload.php
index 3177424..8f324de 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Upload.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Upload.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	public $max_width				= 0;
 	public $max_height				= 0;
 	public $max_filename			= 0;
+	public $max_filename_increment 	= 100;
 	public $allowed_types			= "";
 	public $file_temp				= "";
 	public $file_name				= "";
@@ -80,31 +81,32 @@
 	public function initialize($config = array())
 	{
 		$defaults = array(
-							'max_size'			=> 0,
-							'max_width'			=> 0,
-							'max_height'		=> 0,
-							'max_filename'		=> 0,
-							'allowed_types'		=> "",
-							'file_temp'			=> "",
-							'file_name'			=> "",
-							'orig_name'			=> "",
-							'file_type'			=> "",
-							'file_size'			=> "",
-							'file_ext'			=> "",
-							'upload_path'		=> "",
-							'overwrite'			=> FALSE,
-							'encrypt_name'		=> FALSE,
-							'is_image'			=> FALSE,
-							'image_width'		=> '',
-							'image_height'		=> '',
-							'image_type'		=> '',
-							'image_size_str'	=> '',
-							'error_msg'			=> array(),
-							'mimes'				=> array(),
-							'remove_spaces'		=> TRUE,
-							'xss_clean'			=> FALSE,
-							'temp_prefix'		=> "temp_file_",
-							'client_name'		=> ''
+							'max_size'					=> 0,
+							'max_width'					=> 0,
+							'max_height'				=> 0,
+							'max_filename'				=> 0,
+							'max_filename_increment'	=> 100,
+							'allowed_types'				=> "",
+							'file_temp'					=> "",
+							'file_name'					=> "",
+							'orig_name'					=> "",
+							'file_type'					=> "",
+							'file_size'					=> "",
+							'file_ext'					=> "",
+							'upload_path'				=> "",
+							'overwrite'					=> FALSE,
+							'encrypt_name'				=> FALSE,
+							'is_image'					=> FALSE,
+							'image_width'				=> '',
+							'image_height'				=> '',
+							'image_type'				=> '',
+							'image_size_str'			=> '',
+							'error_msg'					=> array(),
+							'mimes'						=> array(),
+							'remove_spaces'				=> TRUE,
+							'xss_clean'					=> FALSE,
+							'temp_prefix'				=> "temp_file_",
+							'client_name'				=> ''
 						);
 
 
@@ -402,7 +404,7 @@
 		$filename = str_replace($this->file_ext, '', $filename);
 
 		$new_filename = '';
-		for ($i = 1; $i < 100; $i++)
+		for ($i = 1; $i < $this->max_filename_increment; $i++)
 		{
 			if ( ! file_exists($path.$filename.$i.$this->file_ext))
 			{
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index bb05f99..7af8f7b 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 			<li class="reactor">Added support to set an optional parameter in your callback rules of validation using the <a href="libraries/form_validation.html">Form Validation Library</a>.</li>
 			<li class="reactor">Added a <a href="libraries/migration.html">Migration Library</a> to assist with applying incremental updates to your database schema.</li>
 			<li class="reactor">Driver children can be located in any package path.</li>
+			<li class="reactor">Added max_filename_increment config setting for Upload library.</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 </ul>
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/file_uploading.html b/user_guide/libraries/file_uploading.html
index a88c672..94b2193 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/file_uploading.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/file_uploading.html
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
+<td class="td"><strong>max_filename_increment</strong></td>
+<td class="td">100</td>
+<td class="td">None</td>
+<td class="td">When overwrite is set to FALSE, use this to set the maximum filename increment for CodeIgniter to append to the filename.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
 <td class="td"><strong>encrypt_name</strong></td>
 <td class="td">FALSE</td>
 <td class="td">TRUE/FALSE (boolean)</td>