diff --git a/WakaTime.py b/WakaTime.py
index 9de7095..b9d4ec1 100644
--- a/WakaTime.py
+++ b/WakaTime.py
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ class SendHeartbeatsThread(threading.Thread):
         self.debug = SETTINGS.get('debug')
         self.api_key = SETTINGS.get('api_key', '')
         self.ignore = SETTINGS.get('ignore', [])
+        self.hidefilenames = SETTINGS.get('hidefilenames')
 
         self.heartbeat = heartbeat
         self.has_extra_heartbeats = False
@@ -540,6 +541,8 @@ class SendHeartbeatsThread(threading.Thread):
                 cmd.extend(['--exclude', pattern])
             if self.debug:
                 cmd.append('--verbose')
+            if self.hidefilenames:
+                cmd.append('--hidefilenames')
             if self.has_extra_heartbeats:
                 cmd.append('--extra-heartbeats')
                 stdin = PIPE
diff --git a/WakaTime.sublime-settings b/WakaTime.sublime-settings
index a8b3509..7987f6a 100644
--- a/WakaTime.sublime-settings
+++ b/WakaTime.sublime-settings
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@
     "status_bar_message": true,
     
     // Status bar message format.
-    "status_bar_message_fmt": "WakaTime {status} %I:%M %p"
+    "status_bar_message_fmt": "WakaTime {status} %I:%M %p",
+
+    // Hide filenames
+    "hidefilenames": false
 }