diff --git a/cmd_run.go b/cmd_run.go
index 290ad7480..9a777589f 100644
--- a/cmd_run.go
+++ b/cmd_run.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type runOptions struct {
 	EpicLabel       string
 	Destination     string
 	DebugGraph      bool
+	NoCompress      bool
 
 	Targets []string
 	//Preview     bool
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func runSetupFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *runOptions) {
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.ShowClosed, "show-closed", "", false, "show closed issues")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.DebugGraph, "debug-graph", "", false, "debug graph")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.ShowOrphans, "show-orphans", "", false, "show issues not linked to an epic")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.NoCompress, "no-compress", "", false, "do not compress graph (no overlap)")
 	flags.StringVarP(&opts.EpicLabel, "epic-label", "", "epic", "label used for epics (empty means issues with dependencies but without dependants)")
 	flags.StringVarP(&opts.Destination, "destination", "", "-", "destination ('-' for stdout)")
 	flags.StringSliceVarP(&opts.AdditionalPulls, "additional-pull", "", []string{}, "additional pull that won't necessarily be displayed on the graph")
diff --git a/graphviz.go b/graphviz.go
index b9fb4dc0b..1f7f15723 100644
--- a/graphviz.go
+++ b/graphviz.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ func graphviz(issues Issues, opts *runOptions) (string, error) {
 	panicIfErr(g.SetName("G"))
 	attrs := map[string]string{}
 	attrs["truecolor"] = "true"
-	attrs["overlap"] = "compress"
 	attrs["sep"] = "-0.7"
 	attrs["compound"] = "true"
 	attrs["splines"] = "true"
@@ -51,6 +50,10 @@ func graphviz(issues Issues, opts *runOptions) (string, error) {
 	attrs["margin"] = "0.2"
 	attrs["center"] = "true"
 	attrs["constraint"] = "false"
+	if !opts.NoCompress {
+		attrs["overlap"] = "compress"
+	}
+
 	for k, v := range attrs {
 		panicIfErr(g.AddAttr("G", k, v))
 	}