diff --git a/sdk/core/core.cpp b/sdk/core/core.cpp
index e0bcb8b..3db24ed 100644
--- a/sdk/core/core.cpp
+++ b/sdk/core/core.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ struct AlgorithmCore
         Globals->totalSteps = i.size();
         Globals->startTime.start();
 
+        const bool noDuplicates = gallery.contains("noDuplicates");
+        QStringList fileNames = noDuplicates ? fileList.names() : QStringList();
         const int subBlockSize = 4*std::max(1, Globals->parallelism);
         const int numSubBlocks = ceil(1.0*Globals->blockSize/subBlockSize);
         int totalCount = 0, failureCount = 0;
@@ -132,6 +134,10 @@ struct AlgorithmCore
             for (int subBlock = 0; subBlock<numSubBlocks; subBlock++) {
                 TemplateList data = i.mid(block*Globals->blockSize + subBlock*subBlockSize, subBlockSize);
                 if (data.isEmpty()) break;
+                if (noDuplicates)
+                    for (int i=data.size()-1; i>=0; i--)
+                        if (fileNames.contains(data[i].file.name))
+                            data.removeAt(i);
                 const int numFiles = data.size();
 
                 if (Globals->backProject) {
diff --git a/sdk/openbr_plugin.h b/sdk/openbr_plugin.h
index 9c10a54..5435060 100644
--- a/sdk/openbr_plugin.h
+++ b/sdk/openbr_plugin.h
@@ -505,6 +505,12 @@ public:
     Q_PROPERTY(float ageDelta READ get_ageDelta WRITE set_ageDelta RESET reset_ageDelta)
     BR_PROPERTY(float, ageDelta, std::numeric_limits<float>::max())
 
+    /*!
+     * \brief If \c true a template will be skipped over if its file name already exists in the gallery.
+     */
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool noDuplicates READ get_noDuplicates WRITE set_noDuplicates RESET reset_noDuplicates)
+    BR_PROPERTY(bool, noDuplicates, false)
+
     QHash<QString,QString> abbreviations; /*!< \brief Used by br::Transform::make() to expand abbreviated algorithms into their complete definitions. */
     QHash<QString,int> classes; /*!< \brief Used by classifiers to associate text class labels with unique integers IDs. */
     QTime startTime; /*!< \brief Used to estimate timeRemaining(). */