diff --git a/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.c b/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.c
index 5e7155dd0e..560cd21cbd 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.c
+++ b/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ enum
 {
   PROP_LAYER_ONLY = GIMP_RECTANGLE_OPTIONS_PROP_LAST + 1,
   PROP_ALLOW_GROWING,
-  PROP_FILL_TYPE
+  PROP_FILL_TYPE,
+  PROP_DELETE_PIXELS
 };
 
 
@@ -96,6 +97,13 @@ gimp_crop_options_class_init (GimpCropOptionsClass *klass)
                             FALSE,
                             GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
 
+  GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_BOOLEAN (object_class, PROP_DELETE_PIXELS,
+                            "delete-pixels",
+                            _("Delete cropped pixels"),
+                            _("Discard layer data that falls out of the crop region"),
+                            TRUE,
+                            GIMP_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
   GIMP_CONFIG_PROP_BOOLEAN (object_class, PROP_ALLOW_GROWING,
                             "allow-growing",
                             _("Allow growing"),
@@ -139,6 +147,10 @@ gimp_crop_options_set_property (GObject      *object,
       options->layer_only = g_value_get_boolean (value);
       break;
 
+    case PROP_DELETE_PIXELS:
+      options->delete_pixels = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
+
     case PROP_ALLOW_GROWING:
       options->allow_growing = g_value_get_boolean (value);
       break;
@@ -167,6 +179,10 @@ gimp_crop_options_get_property (GObject    *object,
       g_value_set_boolean (value, options->layer_only);
       break;
 
+    case PROP_DELETE_PIXELS:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, options->delete_pixels);
+      break;
+
     case PROP_ALLOW_GROWING:
       g_value_set_boolean (value, options->allow_growing);
       break;
@@ -188,6 +204,7 @@ gimp_crop_options_gui (GimpToolOptions *tool_options)
   GtkWidget *vbox   = gimp_tool_options_gui (tool_options);
   GtkWidget *vbox_rectangle;
   GtkWidget *button;
+  GtkWidget *button2;
   GtkWidget *combo;
   GtkWidget *frame;
 
@@ -195,6 +212,15 @@ gimp_crop_options_gui (GimpToolOptions *tool_options)
   button = gimp_prop_check_button_new (config, "layer-only", NULL);
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
+  /*  delete pixels toggle  */
+  button2 = gimp_prop_check_button_new (config, "delete-pixels", NULL);
+  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), button2, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+
+  g_object_bind_property (G_OBJECT (config),  "layer-only",
+                          G_OBJECT (button2), "sensitive",
+                          G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE |
+                          G_BINDING_INVERT_BOOLEAN);
+
   /*  fill type combo  */
   combo = gimp_prop_enum_combo_box_new (config, "fill-type", 0, 0);
   gimp_int_combo_box_set_label (GIMP_INT_COMBO_BOX (combo), _("Fill with"));
diff --git a/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.h b/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.h
index ca4b5d3ef6..e123dca789 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.h
+++ b/app/tools/gimpcropoptions.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ struct _GimpCropOptions
 
   /* How to fill new areas created by 'allow_growing. */
   GimpFillType     fill_type;
+
+  /* Whether to discard layer data that falls out of the crop region */
+  gboolean         delete_pixels;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/app/tools/gimpcroptool.c b/app/tools/gimpcroptool.c
index 40863f22f1..9e103a86b4 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimpcroptool.c
+++ b/app/tools/gimpcroptool.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ gimp_crop_tool_commit (GimpCropTool *crop_tool)
             {
               gimp_image_crop (image,
                                GIMP_CONTEXT (options), GIMP_FILL_TRANSPARENT,
-                               x, y, w, h, TRUE);
+                               x, y, w, h, options->delete_pixels);
             }
 
           gimp_image_flush (image);