diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 248c721..363a454 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ module.exports = function (zipPath, opts, cb) {
           opts.onEntry(entry)
         }
 
-        var dest = path.join(opts.dir, entry.fileName)
+        var strip = opts.strip || 0
+        var filenameParts = entry.fileName.split('/')
+        filenameParts = filenameParts.slice(Math.min(strip, filenameParts.length - 1))
+        var destParts = [opts.dir].concat(filenameParts)
+        var dest = path.join.apply(path, destParts)
 
         // convert external file attr int into a fs stat mode int
         var mode = (entry.externalFileAttributes >> 16) & 0xFFFF
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7b3845e..5025b0a 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extract(source, {dir: target}, function (err) {
 - `defaultDirMode` - integer - Directory Mode (permissions) will default to `493` (octal `0755` in integer)
 - `defaultFileMode` - integer - File Mode (permissions) will default to `420` (octal `0644` in integer)
 - `onEntry` - function - if present, will be called with every entry from the zip file. forwarded from the `entry` event from yauzl.
+- `strip` - integer - number of leading directory components to remove from extracted files.
 
 Default modes are only used if no permissions are set in the zip file.