diff --git a/bin/shared-options.js b/bin/shared-options.js
index 47b58c2..618c1f1 100644
--- a/bin/shared-options.js
+++ b/bin/shared-options.js
@@ -78,5 +78,9 @@ module.exports = {
     noColor: {
       help: 'Disable color output.',
       flag: true
+    },
+    dot: {
+        help: "when using include option, include files starting with dot, e.g. '.class' or '.project'",
+        default: false
     }
 };
diff --git a/replace.js b/replace.js
index 7ce5e0d..5d9ca79 100644
--- a/replace.js
+++ b/replace.js
@@ -67,16 +67,17 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
 
     function canSearch(file, isFile) {
       var inIncludes = includes && includes.some(function(include) {
-          return minimatch(file, include, { matchBase: true });
+          return minimatch(file, include, { matchBase: true, dot: options.dot });
       })
       var inExcludes = excludes.some(function(exclude) {
-          return minimatch(file, exclude, { matchBase: true });
+          return minimatch(file, exclude, { matchBase: true, dot: options.dot });
       })
 
       return ((!includes || !isFile || inIncludes) && (!excludes || !inExcludes));
     }
 
     function replacizeFile(file) {
+      console.log(file,canSearch(file, isFile));
       fs.lstat(file, function(err, stats) {
           if (err) throw err;
 
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
     }
 
     function replacizeFileSync(file) {
+      console.log(file,canSearch(file, isFile));
       var stats = fs.lstatSync(file);
       if (stats.isSymbolicLink()) {
           // don't follow symbolic links for now
diff --git a/test/sanity.js b/test/sanity.js
index 3948f6d..6e0917e 100644
--- a/test/sanity.js
+++ b/test/sanity.js
@@ -132,3 +132,62 @@ test('preview', function(t) {
   var expected = "aaaa";
   t.equal(getText(file), expected, "no replacement if 'preview' is true");
 })
+
+test('dot', function(t) {
+  t.plan(8);
+
+  var file = "./test_files/.project";
+
+  replace({
+    regex: "dot",
+    replacement: "DOT",
+    paths: [file],
+    recursive: true,
+    include: '*',
+    dot: true
+  });
+
+  var expected = "DOT";
+
+  t.equal(getText(file), expected, "- found a file that start with dot");
+  
+  replace({
+    regex: "DOT",
+    replacement: "dot",
+    paths: [file],
+    recursive: true,
+    include: '*',
+    dot: true
+  });
+
+  var expected = "dot";
+  t.equal(getText(file), expected, "reverting worked");
+
+  replace({
+    regex: "dot",
+    replacement: "DOT",
+    paths: [file],
+    recursive: true,
+    include: '*',
+    fileColor: 'red',
+    dot: false
+  });
+
+  var expected = "dot";
+
+  t.equal(getText(file), expected, "- default without dot still working");
+  
+  replace({
+    regex: "DOT",
+    replacement: "dot",
+    paths: [file],
+    recursive: true,
+    include: '*',
+    fileColor: 'red',
+    dot: false
+  });
+
+  var expected = "dot";
+  t.equal(getText(file), expected, "reverting worked if mess");
+  
+})
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