diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a48020f..2f75c7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Preprocessing:
      --siloed               Lex input files separately, so macros from
                             earlier files are not defined in later files
      --skip-preprocessor    Disable preprocessor
+     --pass-through         Dump input without converting
 Conversion:
   -E --exclude=CONV         Exclude a particular conversion (always, assert,
                             interface, or logic)
diff --git a/src/Job.hs b/src/Job.hs
index 53908d6..59a056d 100644
--- a/src/Job.hs
+++ b/src/Job.hs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ data Job = Job
     , define :: [String]
     , siloed :: Bool
     , skipPreprocessor :: Bool
+    , passThrough :: Bool
     , exclude :: [Exclude]
     , verbose :: Bool
     , write :: Write
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ defaultJob = Job
     , siloed = nam_ "siloed" &= help ("Lex input files separately, so"
         ++ " macros from earlier files are not defined in later files")
     , skipPreprocessor = nam_ "skip-preprocessor" &= help "Disable preprocessor"
+    , passThrough = nam_ "pass-through" &= help "Dump input without converting"
     , exclude = nam_ "exclude" &= name "E" &= typ "CONV"
         &= help ("Exclude a particular conversion (always, assert, interface,"
             ++ " or logic)")
diff --git a/src/sv2v.hs b/src/sv2v.hs
index 20db5e7..5910507 100644
--- a/src/sv2v.hs
+++ b/src/sv2v.hs
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ main = do
             hPutStrLn stderr msg
             exitFailure
         Right asts -> do
-            -- convert the files
-            let asts' = convert (exclude job) asts
+            -- convert the files if requested
+            let asts' = if passThrough job
+                            then asts
+                            else convert (exclude job) asts
             emptyWarnings (concat asts) (concat asts')
             -- write the converted files out
             writeOutput (write job) (files job) asts'