diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index ee5acc67..c0300bc9 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ def run_argparse(argv, formatter):
     ap.add_argument("-nw", action="store_true", help="disable writes (benchmark)")
     ap.add_argument("-nih", action="store_true", help="no info hostname")
     ap.add_argument("-nid", action="store_true", help="no info disk-usage")
+    ap.add_argument("--dotpart", action="store_true", help="dotfile incomplete uploads")
     ap.add_argument("--no-zip", action="store_true", help="disable download as zip/tar")
     ap.add_argument("--no-sendfile", action="store_true", help="disable sendfile (for debugging)")
     ap.add_argument("--no-scandir", action="store_true", help="disable scandir (for debugging)")
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 673a2eb2..06b59184 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -789,12 +789,16 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 except Pebkac:
                     if fname != os.devnull:
                         fp = os.path.join(fdir, fname)
+                        fp2 = fp
+                        if self.args.dotpart:
+                            fp2 = os.path.join(fdir, "." + fname)
+
                         suffix = ".PARTIAL"
                         try:
-                            os.rename(fsenc(fp), fsenc(fp + suffix))
+                            os.rename(fsenc(fp), fsenc(fp2 + suffix))
                         except:
-                            fp = fp[: -len(suffix)]
-                            os.rename(fsenc(fp), fsenc(fp + suffix))
+                            fp2 = fp2[: -len(suffix) - 1]
+                            os.rename(fsenc(fp), fsenc(fp2 + suffix))
 
                     raise
 
diff --git a/copyparty/up2k.py b/copyparty/up2k.py
index c323a223..b49b42d3 100644
--- a/copyparty/up2k.py
+++ b/copyparty/up2k.py
@@ -1198,6 +1198,9 @@ class Up2k(object):
         #    raise Exception("aaa")
 
         tnam = job["name"] + ".PARTIAL"
+        if self.args.dotpart:
+            tnam = "." + tnam
+
         suffix = ".{:.6f}-{}".format(job["t0"], job["addr"])
         with ren_open(tnam, "wb", fdir=pdir, suffix=suffix) as f:
             f, job["tnam"] = f["orz"]