diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 92ca27dc..f44d63bc 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                     found = true;
                 }
                 break;
+            case 'P':
+                if (std::strcmp(arg, "-P")==0) {
+                    dui.ignoreLineDirectives = true;
+                    found = true;
+                }
+                break;
             }
             if (!found) {
                 std::cout << "error: option '" << arg << "' is unknown." << std::endl;
@@ -187,6 +193,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         std::cout << "  -e              Output errors only." << std::endl;
         std::cout << "  -f              Fail when errors were encountered (exitcode 1)." << std::endl;
         std::cout << "  -l              Print lines numbers." << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "  -P              Ignore #line / # <num> \"file\" directives (do not let them affect location tracking)." << std::endl;
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/simplecpp.cpp b/simplecpp.cpp
index 8237ac75..6c7e6267 100644
--- a/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ void simplecpp::TokenList::readfile(Stream &stream, const std::string &filename,
                 else
                     fileindex = location.fileIndex;
 
-                lineDirective(fileindex, line, location);
+                if (!dui.ignoreLineDirectives)
+                    lineDirective(fileindex, line, location);
             }
 
             continue;
@@ -3223,7 +3224,7 @@ std::pair<simplecpp::FileData *, bool> simplecpp::FileDataCache::tryload(FileDat
         return {id_it->second, false};
     }
 
-    auto *const data = new FileData {path, TokenList(path, filenames, {}, outputList)};
+    auto *const data = new FileData {path, TokenList(path, filenames, dui, outputList)};
 
     if (dui.removeComments)
         data->tokens.removeComments();
diff --git a/simplecpp.h b/simplecpp.h
index f4dca183..1fa9bfca 100644
--- a/simplecpp.h
+++ b/simplecpp.h
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ namespace simplecpp {
 
     /**
      * Command line preprocessor settings.
-     * On the command line these are configured by -D, -U, -I, --include, -std
+     * On the command line these are configured by -D, -U, -I, --include, -std, -P
      */
     struct SIMPLECPP_LIB DUI {
         DUI() = default;
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ namespace simplecpp {
         std::string std;
         bool clearIncludeCache{};
         bool removeComments{}; /** remove comment tokens from included files */
+        bool ignoreLineDirectives{}; /** -P: do not let #line directives affect location tracking */
     };
 
     /** List of tokens. */
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index 2b0e8ee0..b605aebe 100644
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -2731,6 +2731,19 @@ static void location12()
 }
 
 
+static void location13()
+{
+    simplecpp::DUI dui;
+    dui.ignoreLineDirectives = true;
+
+    const char code[] =
+        "#line 3 \"file.c\"\n"
+        "__LINE__ __FILE__\n";
+    ASSERT_EQUALS("\n"
+                  "2 \"\"",
+                  preprocess(code, dui));
+}
+
 static void missingHeader1()
 {
     const char code[] = "#include \"notexist.h\"\n";
@@ -4750,6 +4763,7 @@ static void runTests(int argc, char **argv, Input input)
     TEST_CASE(location10);
     TEST_CASE(location11);
     TEST_CASE(location12);
+    TEST_CASE(location13);
 
     TEST_CASE(missingHeader1);
     TEST_CASE(missingHeader2);