diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20846a8..661e13b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ You can configure the tool via environment variables:
 | IPADDRESS | mandatory | IP Address of your scanner |
 | RESOLUTION | optional | DPI resolution of scan, refer to capabilities of printer on startup |
 | REMOVE_BLANK_THRESHOLD | optional | Percentage of content in page until which a page is considered blank. A good default is 0.3. Blank pages are removed if this variable is defined |
+| REMOVE_ORIGINAL_AFTER_OCR | optional | Deletes the original scan, once OCR file is saved (default: false) |
 | FTP_USER | optional | Username of an FTP(S) server to upload the completed scan to (see below) |
 | FTP_PASSWORD | optional | Username of an FTP(S) server to upload the completed scan to (see below) |
 | FTP_HOST  | optional | Address of an FTP(S) server to upload the completed scan to (see below) |
diff --git a/script/scanRear.sh b/script/scanRear.sh
index eb3e40f..3fa0180 100755
--- a/script/scanRear.sh
+++ b/script/scanRear.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ fi
           "${FTP_HOST}" \
           "${FTP_PATH}" \
           "/scans/${date}-ocr.pdf"
+
+          if [ "${REMOVE_ORIGINAL_AFTER_OCR}" == "true" ]; then
+			if [ -f "/scans/${date}-ocr.pdf" ]; then
+				rm ${output_pdf_file}
+			fi
+          fi
       ) &
     fi
   ) &
diff --git a/script/scantofile-0.2.4-1.sh b/script/scantofile-0.2.4-1.sh
index 3a4cdf8..4e8c770 100755
--- a/script/scantofile-0.2.4-1.sh
+++ b/script/scantofile-0.2.4-1.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
             "${FTP_HOST}" \
             "${FTP_PATH}" \
             "/scans/${date}-ocr.pdf"
+
+          if [ "${REMOVE_ORIGINAL_AFTER_OCR}" == "true" ]; then
+		    if [ -f "/scans/${date}-ocr.pdf" ]; then
+              rm ${output_pdf_file}
+			fi
+          fi
         ) &
       fi
     ) &