diff --git a/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh b/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh
index 3ca42695..e334508c 100644
--- a/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh
+++ b/include/qbsp/qbsp.hh
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ typedef struct options_s {
     bool fNofill;
     bool fNoclip;
     bool fNoskip;
+    bool fNodetail;
     bool fOnlyents;
     bool fConvertMapFormat;
     conversion_t convertMapFormat;
diff --git a/qbsp/brush.cc b/qbsp/brush.cc
index f88e9bf0..7ce68e14 100644
--- a/qbsp/brush.cc
+++ b/qbsp/brush.cc
@@ -970,8 +970,9 @@ Brush_LoadEntity(mapentity_t *dst, const mapentity_t *src, const int hullnum)
     }
 
     /* If the source entity is func_detail, set the content flag */
-    if (!Q_strcasecmp(classname, "func_detail"))
+    if (!Q_strcasecmp(classname, "func_detail") && !options.fNodetail) {
         cflags |= CFLAGS_DETAIL;
+    }
 
     /* entities with custom lmscales are important for the qbsp to know about */
     i = 16 * atof(ValueForKey(src, "_lmscale"));
diff --git a/qbsp/qbsp.cc b/qbsp/qbsp.cc
index 54ded968..186132b9 100644
--- a/qbsp/qbsp.cc
+++ b/qbsp/qbsp.cc
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ PrintOptions(void)
            "   -nofill         Doesn't perform outside filling\n"
            "   -noclip         Doesn't build clip hulls\n"
            "   -noskip         Doesn't remove faces with the 'skip' texture\n"
+           "   -nodetail       Convert func_detail to structural\n"
            "   -onlyents       Only updates .MAP entities\n"
            "   -verbose        Print out more .MAP information\n"
            "   -noverbose      Print out almost no information at all\n"
@@ -730,6 +731,8 @@ ParseOptions(char *szOptions)
                 options.fNoclip = true;
             else if (!Q_strcasecmp(szTok, "noskip"))
                 options.fNoskip = true;
+            else if (!Q_strcasecmp(szTok, "nodetail"))
+                options.fNodetail = true;
             else if (!Q_strcasecmp(szTok, "onlyents"))
                 options.fOnlyents = true;
             else if (!Q_strcasecmp(szTok, "verbose"))