diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16121c5..7c03fdc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 
 # Synopsis
 
-    wcurl [--curl-options <CURL_OPTIONS>]... [--dry-run] [--no-decode-filename] [--] <URL>...
-    wcurl [--curl-options=<CURL_OPTIONS>]... [--dry-run] [--no-decode-filename] [--] <URL>...
+    wcurl <URL>...
+    wcurl [--curl-options <CURL_OPTIONS>]... [--no-decode-filename] [-o|-O|--output <PATH>] [--dry-run] [--] <URL>...
+    wcurl [--curl-options=<CURL_OPTIONS>]... [--no-decode-filename] [--output=<PATH>] [--dry-run] [--] <URL>...
     wcurl -V|--version
     wcurl -h|--help
 
@@ -53,8 +54,15 @@ should be using curl directly if your use case is not covered.
 
   Specify extra options to be passed when invoking curl. May be specified more than once.
 
+* `-o, -O, --output=<PATH>`
+
+  Use the provided output path instead of getting it from the URL. If multiple
+  URLs are provided, all files will have the same name with a number appended to
+  the end (curl >= 7.83.0).
+
 * `--no-decode-filename`
-  Don't percent-decode the output filename, even if the percent-encoding in the URL was done by wcurl, e.g.: The URL contained whitespaces.
+  Don't percent-decode the output filename, even if the percent-encoding in the
+  URL was done by wcurl, e.g.: The URL contained whitespaces.
 
 * `--dry-run`
 
diff --git a/tests/tests.sh b/tests/tests.sh
index 0dfe583..e34db4d 100755
--- a/tests/tests.sh
+++ b/tests/tests.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ testUrlStartingWithDash()
     assertEquals "${ret}" "Unknown option: '-example.com'."
 }
 
+testOutputFileName()
+{
+    url='example.com'
+    ret=$(${WCURL_CMD} -o "test filename" ${url} 2>&1)
+    assertContains "Verify whether 'wcurl' correctly sets a custom output filename" "${ret}" '--output'
+    assertContains "Verify whether 'wcurl' correctly sets a custom output filename" "${ret}" 'test filename'
+}
+
 testUrlDefaultName()
 {
     url='example%20with%20spaces.com'
diff --git a/wcurl b/wcurl
index a95480a..a4f9f2e 100755
--- a/wcurl
+++ b/wcurl
@@ -48,28 +48,34 @@ usage()
     cat << _EOF_
 ${PROGRAM_NAME} -- a simple wrapper around curl to easily download files.
 
-Usage: ${PROGRAM_NAME} [--curl-options <CURL_OPTIONS>] [--dry-run] [--no-decode-filename] [--] <URL>...
-       ${PROGRAM_NAME} [--curl-options=<CURL_OPTIONS>] [--dry-run] [--no-decode-filename] [--] <URL>...
+Usage: ${PROGRAM_NAME} <URL>...
+       ${PROGRAM_NAME} [--curl-options <CURL_OPTIONS>]... [--no-decode-filename] [-o|-O|--output <PATH>] [--dry-run] [--] <URL>...
+       ${PROGRAM_NAME} [--curl-options=<CURL_OPTIONS>]... [--no-decode-filename] [--output=<PATH>] [--dry-run] [--] <URL>...
        ${PROGRAM_NAME} -h|--help
        ${PROGRAM_NAME} -V|--version
 
 Options:
 
-  --curl-options <CURL_OPTIONS>: Specify extra options to be
-                                 passed when invoking curl. May be
+  --curl-options <CURL_OPTIONS>: Specify extra options to be passed when invoking curl. May be
                                  specified more than once.
 
-  --no-decode-filename: Don't percent-decode the output filename,
-                        even if the percent-encoding in the URL was
-                        done by wcurl, e.g.: The URL contained
-                        whitespaces.
+  -o, -O, --output <PATH>: Use the provided output path instead of getting it from the URL. If
+                           multiple URLs are provided, all files will have the same name with a
+                           number appended to the end (curl >= 7.83.0).
 
-  --dry-run: Don't actually execute curl, just print what would be
-             invoked.
+  --no-decode-filename: Don't percent-decode the output filename, even if the percent-encoding in
+                        the URL was done by wcurl, e.g.: The URL contained whitespaces.
 
-  -V,--version: Print version information.
+  --dry-run: Don't actually execute curl, just print what would be invoked.
 
-  -h,--help: Print this usage message.
+  -V, --version: Print version information.
+
+  -h, --help: Print this usage message.
+
+  <URL>: The URL to be downloaded. May be specified more than once.
+
+  <CURL_OPTIONS>: Any option supported by curl can be set here. This is not used by wcurl; it's
+                 instead forwarded to the curl invocation.
 
   <URL>: The URL to be downloaded. May be specified more than once.
 _EOF_
@@ -92,6 +98,11 @@ CURL_OPTIONS=""
 # The URLs to be downloaded.
 URLS=""
 
+# Will be set to the percent-decoded filename parsed from the URL, unless
+# --output or --no-decode-filename are used.
+OUTPUT_PATH=""
+HAS_USER_SET_OUTPUT="false"
+
 # The parameters that will be passed per-URL to curl.
 readonly PER_URL_PARAMETERS="\
     --fail \
@@ -112,7 +123,7 @@ sanitize()
         error "You must provide at least one URL to download."
     fi
 
-    readonly CURL_OPTIONS URLS DRY_RUN
+    readonly CURL_OPTIONS URLS DRY_RUN HAS_USER_SET_OUTPUT
 }
 
 # Indicate via exit code whether the string given in the first parameter
@@ -213,10 +224,14 @@ exec_curl()
 
     NEXT_PARAMETER=""
     for url in ${URLS}; do
-        filename="$(get_url_filename "${url}")"
-        [ -z "${filename}" ] && filename=index.html
+        # If the user did not provide an output path, define one.
+        if [ "${HAS_USER_SET_OUTPUT}" = "false" ]; then
+            OUTPUT_PATH="$(get_url_filename "${url}")"
+            # If we could not get a path from the URL, use the default: index.html.
+            [ -z "${OUTPUT_PATH}" ] && OUTPUT_PATH=index.html
+        fi
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        set -- "$@" ${NEXT_PARAMETER} ${PER_URL_PARAMETERS} ${CURL_HAS_NO_CLOBBER} ${CURL_OPTIONS} --output "${filename}" "${url}"
+        set -- "$@" ${NEXT_PARAMETER} ${PER_URL_PARAMETERS} ${CURL_HAS_NO_CLOBBER} ${CURL_OPTIONS} --output "${OUTPUT_PATH}" "${url}"
         NEXT_PARAMETER="--next"
     done
 
@@ -247,6 +262,18 @@ while [ -n "${1-}" ]; do
             DRY_RUN="true"
             ;;
 
+        --output=*)
+            opt=$(printf "%s\n" "${1}" | sed 's/^--output=//')
+            HAS_USER_SET_OUTPUT="true"
+            OUTPUT_PATH="${opt}"
+            ;;
+
+        -o|-O|--output)
+            shift
+            HAS_USER_SET_OUTPUT="true"
+            OUTPUT_PATH="${1}"
+            ;;
+
         --no-decode-filename)
             DECODE_FILENAME="false"
             ;;
diff --git a/wcurl.1 b/wcurl.1
index cbaa771..9e29253 100644
--- a/wcurl.1
+++ b/wcurl.1
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 - a simple wrapper around curl to easily download files.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-\fBwcurl [\-\-curl\-options \fI<CURL_OPTIONS>\fP]... [\-\-dry\-run] [\-\-no\-decode\-filename] [\-\-] \fI<URL>\fP...\fR
-\fBwcurl [\-\-curl\-options=\fI<CURL_OPTIONS>\fP]... [\-\-dry\-run] [\-\-no\-decode\-filename] [\-\-] \fI<URL>\fP...\fR
+\fBwcurl \fI<URL>\fP...\fR
+\fBwcurl [\-\-curl\-options \fI<CURL_OPTIONS>\fP]... [\-\-dry\-run] [\-\-no\-decode\-filename] [\-o|\-O|\-\-output <PATH>] [\-\-] \fI<URL>\fP...\fR
+\fBwcurl [\-\-curl\-options=\fI<CURL_OPTIONS>\fP]... [\-\-dry\-run] [\-\-no\-decode\-filename] [\-\-output=<PATH>] [\-\-] \fI<URL>\fP...\fR
 \fBwcurl \-V|\-\-version\fR
 \fBwcurl \-h|\-\-help\fR
 .fi
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ By default, \fBwcurl\fR will:
 \fB\-\-curl\-options, \-\-curl\-options=\fI<CURL_OPTIONS>\fR...\fR
 Specify extra options to be passed when invoking curl. May be specified more than once.
 .TP
+\fB\-o, \-O, \-\-output=\fI<PATH>\fR...\fR
+Use the provided output path instead of getting it from the URL. If multiple
+URLs are provided, all files will have the same name with a number appended to
+the end (curl >= 7.83.0).
+.TP
 \fB\-\-dry\-run\fR
 Don't actually execute curl, just print what would be invoked.
 .TP