diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs b/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs
index 9ed832a..242aacf 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using FFMpegCore.Enums;
 using FFMpegCore.FFMPEG.Argument;
 using FFMpegCore.FFMPEG.Enums;
-using FFMpegCore.Test;
 using FFMpegCore.Test.Resources;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ public bool Convert(VideoType type, bool multithreaded = false, VideoSize size =
                 {
                     Assert.AreEqual(outputVideo.Width, input.Width);
                     Assert.AreEqual(outputVideo.Height, input.Height);
-                } else
+                }
+                else
                 {
                     Assert.AreNotEqual(outputVideo.Width, input.Width);
                     Assert.AreNotEqual(outputVideo.Height, input.Height);
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ public void Convert(VideoType type, ArgumentContainer container)
                 {
                     Assert.AreEqual(outputVideo.Width, input.Width);
                     Assert.AreEqual(outputVideo.Height, input.Height);
-                } else
+                }
+                else
                 {
                     if (scaling.Value.Width != -1)
                     {
@@ -221,6 +222,29 @@ public void Video_Snapshot()
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Video_Snapshot_PersistSnapshot()
+        {
+            var output = Input.OutputLocation(ImageType.Png);
+            try
+            {
+                var input = VideoInfo.FromFileInfo(Input);
+
+                using (var bitmap = Encoder.Snapshot(input, output, persistSnapshotOnFileSystem: true))
+                {
+                    Assert.AreEqual(input.Width, bitmap.Width);
+                    Assert.AreEqual(input.Height, bitmap.Height);
+                    Assert.AreEqual(bitmap.RawFormat, ImageFormat.Png);
+                    Assert.IsTrue(File.Exists(output.FullName));
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (File.Exists(output.FullName))
+                    File.Delete(output.FullName);
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void Video_Join()
         {
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFMpeg.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFMpeg.cs
index ae428a4..0f12c3b 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFMpeg.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFMpeg.cs
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ public FFMpeg(): base()
         /// <param name="output">Output video file</param>
         /// <param name="captureTime">Seek position where the thumbnail should be taken.</param>
         /// <param name="size">Thumbnail size. If width or height equal 0, the other will be computed automatically.</param>
+        /// <param name="persistSnapshotOnFileSystem">By default, it deletes the created image on disk. If set to true, it won't delete the image</param>
         /// <returns>Bitmap with the requested snapshot.</returns>
-        public Bitmap Snapshot(VideoInfo source, FileInfo output, Size? size = null, TimeSpan? captureTime = null)
+        public Bitmap Snapshot(VideoInfo source, FileInfo output, Size? size = null, TimeSpan? captureTime = null, bool persistSnapshotOnFileSystem = false)
         {
             if (captureTime == null)
                 captureTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(source.Duration.TotalSeconds / 3);
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ public Bitmap Snapshot(VideoInfo source, FileInfo output, Size? size = null, Tim
                 }
             }
 
-            if (output.Exists)
+            if (output.Exists && !persistSnapshotOnFileSystem)
             {
                 output.Delete();
             }