diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/PdfDocumentFactory.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/PdfDocumentFactory.cs
index 9c77c333..e2475c06 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/PdfDocumentFactory.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Parser/PdfDocumentFactory.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 
             var passwords = new List<string>();
 
+            var clipPaths = options?.ClipPaths ?? true;
+
             if (options?.Password != null)
             {
                 passwords.Add(options.Password);
@@ -73,12 +75,13 @@
                 passwords.Add(string.Empty);
             }
 
-            var document = OpenDocument(inputBytes, tokenScanner, options?.Logger ?? new NoOpLog(), isLenientParsing, passwords);
+            var document = OpenDocument(inputBytes, tokenScanner, options?.Logger ?? new NoOpLog(), isLenientParsing, passwords, clipPaths);
 
             return document;
         }
 
-        private static PdfDocument OpenDocument(IInputBytes inputBytes, ISeekableTokenScanner scanner, ILog log, bool isLenientParsing, IReadOnlyList<string> passwords)
+        private static PdfDocument OpenDocument(IInputBytes inputBytes, ISeekableTokenScanner scanner, ILog log, bool isLenientParsing, 
+            IReadOnlyList<string> passwords, bool clipPaths)
         {
             var filterProvider = MemoryFilterProvider.Instance;
 
@@ -152,7 +155,8 @@
                 pdfScanner,
                 filterProvider,
                 acroFormFactory,
-                bookmarksProvider);
+                bookmarksProvider,
+                clipPaths);
         }
 
         private static (IndirectReference, DictionaryToken) ParseTrailer(CrossReferenceTable crossReferenceTable, bool isLenientParsing, IPdfTokenScanner pdfTokenScanner,
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/ParsingOptions.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/ParsingOptions.cs
index f316a166..a02deec2 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/ParsingOptions.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/ParsingOptions.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
             UseLenientParsing = false
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Should the parser clip paths? Default is true.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool ClipPaths { get; set; } = true;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Should the parser ignore issues where the document does not conform to the PDF specification?
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs
index 373d0f28..cccd9cfc 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfDocument.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
         private readonly IInputBytes inputBytes;
 
+        private readonly bool clipPaths;
+
         [NotNull]
         private readonly ParsingCachingProviders cachingProviders;
 
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@
             IPdfTokenScanner pdfScanner,
             IFilterProvider filterProvider,
             AcroFormFactory acroFormFactory,
-            BookmarksProvider bookmarksProvider)
+            BookmarksProvider bookmarksProvider,
+            bool clipPaths)
         {
             this.log = log;
             this.inputBytes = inputBytes;
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@
             this.pdfScanner = pdfScanner ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(pdfScanner));
             this.filterProvider = filterProvider ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(filterProvider));
             this.bookmarksProvider = bookmarksProvider ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(bookmarksProvider));
+            this.clipPaths = clipPaths;
             Information = information ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(information));
             pages = new Pages(catalog, pageFactory, pdfScanner);
             Structure = new Structure(catalog, crossReferenceTable, pdfScanner);
@@ -141,9 +145,8 @@
         /// Get the page with the specified page number (1 indexed).
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="pageNumber">The number of the page to return, this starts from 1.</param>
-        /// <param name="clipPaths">Paths will be clipped if set to true. Default is false.</param>
         /// <returns>The page.</returns>
-        public Page GetPage(int pageNumber, bool clipPaths = false)
+        public Page GetPage(int pageNumber)
         {
             if (isDisposed)
             {