diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index b82fcf2..ebe314f 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /* Default settings; can be overriden by command line. */
 
 static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
+static int restrict_return = 0;				/* -r option; if 1, disables shift-return and ctrl-return */
 static int fuzzy = 1;                      /* -F  option; if 0, dmenu doesn't use fuzzy matching     */
  /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
 static int centered = 0;                    /* -c option; centers dmenu on screen */
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index d6c83a8..669029f 100644
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
-.RB [ \-bfsrv ]
+.RB [ \-bfsrRv ]
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR lines ]
 .RB [ \-h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ dmenu matches menu items case sensitively.
 .B \-r
 dmenu will reject any input which would result in no matching option left.
 .TP
+.B \-R
+disables ctr-return and shift-return. this guarantees that dmenu prints to
+stdout only once, and it only prints an item read from stdin.
+.TP
 .BI \-l " lines"
 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
 .TP
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index ee287e7..2d2920c 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -611,6 +611,13 @@ insert:
 		break;
 	case XK_Return:
 	case XK_KP_Enter:
+		if (restrict_return) {
+			if (!sel || ev->state & (ShiftMask | ControlMask))
+				break;
+			puts(sel->text);
+			cleanup();
+			exit(0);
+		}
 		puts((sel && !(ev->state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text);
 		if (!(ev->state & ControlMask)) {
 			cleanup();
@@ -848,7 +855,7 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	die("usage: dmenu [-bfirv] [-l lines] [-h height] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	die("usage: dmenu [-bfirRv] [-l lines] [-h height] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
 	    "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]");
 }
 
@@ -876,6 +883,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			fstrstr = strstr;
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-r")) /* reject input which results in no match */
 			reject_no_match = 1;
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-R"))
+			restrict_return = 1;
 		else if (i + 1 == argc)
 			usage();
 		/* these options take one argument */
diff --git a/patches/dmenu-restrictreturn-5.0.diff b/patches/dmenu-restrictreturn-5.0.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d3553e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dmenu-restrictreturn-5.0.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1edb647..47c2f76 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ /* Default settings; can be overriden by command line. */
+ 
+ static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
++static int restrict_return = 0;				/* -r option; if 1, disables shift-return and ctrl-return */
+ /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
+ static const char *fonts[] = {
+ 	"monospace:size=10"
+diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
+index 323f93c..0dcafce 100644
+--- a/dmenu.1
++++ b/dmenu.1
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ dmenu \- dynamic menu
+ .SH SYNOPSIS
+ .B dmenu
+-.RB [ \-bfiv ]
++.RB [ \-bfirv ]
+ .RB [ \-l
+ .IR lines ]
+ .RB [ \-m
+@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
+ .B \-i
+ dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
+ .TP
++.B \-r
++disables ctr-return and shift-return. this guarantees that dmenu prints to
++stdout only once, and it only prints an item read from stdin.
++.TP
+ .BI \-l " lines"
+ dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
+ .TP
+diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
+index 65f25ce..a278680 100644
+--- a/dmenu.c
++++ b/dmenu.c
+@@ -464,6 +464,13 @@ insert:
+ 		break;
+ 	case XK_Return:
+ 	case XK_KP_Enter:
++		if (restrict_return) {
++			if (!sel || ev->state & (ShiftMask | ControlMask))
++				break;
++			puts(sel->text);
++			cleanup();
++			exit(0);
++		}
+ 		puts((sel && !(ev->state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text);
+ 		if (!(ev->state & ControlMask)) {
+ 			cleanup();
+@@ -712,7 +719,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching */
+ 			fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
+ 			fstrstr = cistrstr;
+-		} else if (i + 1 == argc)
++		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-r"))
++			restrict_return = 1;
++		else if (i + 1 == argc)
+ 			usage();
+ 		/* these options take one argument */
+ 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */