diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a76447d..ca7f31b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ time zones will use a form like "+0100" instead of "CET".

 ** Dired

++++
+*** New user option: 'dired-allow-duplicate-buffers'
+If set, allows multiple dired buffers to visit the same directory.
+
 ---
 *** Broken and circular links are shown with the 'dired-broken-symlink' face.

diff --git a/dired.el b/dired.el
index 7839ace..36c2f17 100644
--- a/dired.el
+++ b/dired.el
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ is anywhere on its Dired line, except the beginning of the line."
   :group 'dired
   :version "28.1")

+(defcustom dired-allow-duplicate-buffers t
+  "Allow multiple `dired' buffers to visit the same directory."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'dired
+  :version "28.1")
+
 ;; Internal variables

 (defvar dired-marker-char ?*		; the answer is 42
@@ -1152,9 +1158,11 @@ The return value is the target column for the file names."
   ;; see there.
   (let* ((old-buf (current-buffer))
 	 (dirname (if (consp dir-or-list) (car dir-or-list) dir-or-list))
-         ;; Look for an existing buffer.
-         (buffer (dired-find-buffer-nocreate dirname mode))
-	 ;; Note that buffer already is in dired-mode, if found.
+         (buffer (when (not (bound-and-true-p dired-allow-duplicate-buffers))
+                   ;; Look for an existing buffer.
+                   (dired-find-buffer-nocreate dirname mode)
+                   ;; Note that buffer already is in dired-mode, if found.
+                   ))
 	 (new-buffer-p (null buffer)))
     (or buffer
         (setq buffer (create-file-buffer (directory-file-name dirname))))