diff --git a/lib/loader.js b/lib/loader.js
index b55b35f9c..949165057 100644
--- a/lib/loader.js
+++ b/lib/loader.js
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ module.exports = function(content, map) {
 	var root = query.root;
 	var moduleMode = query.modules || query.module;
 	var camelCaseKeys = query.camelCase || query.camelcase;
+	var sourceMap = query.sourceMap || false;
 	var resolve = createResolver(query.alias);
 
-	if(map !== null && typeof map !== "string") {
+	if(sourceMap && map !== null && typeof map !== "string") {
 		map = JSON.stringify(map);
+	} else {
+		map = null;
 	}
 
 	processCss(content, map, {
diff --git a/test/sourceMapTest.js b/test/sourceMapTest.js
index 39401e950..de93d8682 100644
--- a/test/sourceMapTest.js
+++ b/test/sourceMapTest.js
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@ describe("source maps", function() {
 	testWithMap("falsy: undefined map doesn't cause an error", ".class { a: b c d; }", undefined, [
 		[1, ".class { a: b c d; }", ""]
 	]);
+    testWithMap("should don't generate sourceMap when `sourceMap: false` and map exist",
+		".class { a: b c d; }",
+        {
+            file: 'test.css',
+            mappings: 'AAAA,SAAS,SAAS,EAAE',
+            names: [],
+            sourceRoot: '',
+            sources: [ '/folder/test.css' ],
+            sourcesContent: [ '.class { a: b c d; }' ],
+            version: 3
+        },
+		[
+			[1, ".class { a: b c d; }", ""]
+		],
+		{
+            query: "?sourceMap=false"
+		}
+	);
 	testMap("generate sourceMap (1 loader)", ".class { a: b c d; }", undefined, {
 		loaders: [{request: "/path/css-loader"}],
 		options: { context: "/" },
@@ -61,4 +79,13 @@ describe("source maps", function() {
 			version: 3
 		}]
 	]);
+	testMap("don't generate sourceMap (1 loader)", ".class { a: b c d; }", undefined, {
+		loaders: [{request: "/path/css-loader"}],
+		options: { context: "/" },
+		resource: "/folder/test.css",
+		request: "/path/css-loader!/folder/test.css",
+		query: "?sourceMap=false"
+	}, [
+		[1, ".class { a: b c d; }", ""]
+	]);
 });