diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 832b584d..8171fec6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/encmain.c])
 #
 # Here is a somewhat sane guide to lib versioning: http://apr.apache.org/versioning.html
 ver_major=6
-ver_minor=6
+ver_minor=7
 ver_release=0
 
 # Prevents configure from adding a lot of defines to the CFLAGS
diff --git a/src/cfg.c b/src/cfg.c
index c8a3dfa4..61a23d33 100644
--- a/src/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cfg.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ int kvz_config_init(kvz_config *cfg)
   cfg->fastrd_learning_outdir_fn = NULL;
 
   cfg->combine_intra_cus = 1;
+  cfg->force_inter = 0;
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1426,6 +1427,9 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
   else if OPT("combine-intra-cus") {
     cfg->combine_intra_cus = atobool(value);
   }
+  else if OPT("force-inter") {
+    cfg->force_inter = atobool(value);
+  }
   else {
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index 2212aa9b..69fffb3a 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ static const struct option long_options[] = {
   { "fastrd-outdir",      required_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "combine-intra-cus",        no_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "no-combine-intra-cus",     no_argument, NULL, 0 },
+  { "force-inter",              no_argument, NULL, 0 },
+  { "no-force-inter",           no_argument, NULL, 0 },
   {0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -586,6 +588,10 @@ void print_help(void)
     "                                   be disabled if cus absolutely must not\n"
     "                                   be larger than limited by the search.\n"
     "                                   [enabled]"
+    "      --force-inter          : Force the encoder to use inter always.\n"
+    "                               This is mostly for debugging and is not\n"
+    "                               guaranteed to produce sensible bitstream or\n"
+    "                               work at all. [disabled]"
     "      --tr-depth-intra <int> : Transform split depth for intra blocks [0]\n"
     "      --(no-)bipred          : Bi-prediction [disabled]\n"
     "      --cu-split-termination <string> : CU split search termination [zero]\n"
diff --git a/src/kvazaar.h b/src/kvazaar.h
index 0e6779b4..1bd59392 100644
--- a/src/kvazaar.h
+++ b/src/kvazaar.h
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ typedef struct kvz_config
   /** \brief whether to try combining intra cus at the lower depth when search
    *         is not performed at said depth*/
   uint8_t combine_intra_cus;
+
+  uint8_t force_inter;
 } kvz_config;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index d2de84cb..931555f8 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -577,12 +577,13 @@ static double search_cu(encoder_state_t * const state, int x, int y, int depth,
 
     int32_t cu_width_intra_min = LCU_WIDTH >> pu_depth_intra.max;
     bool can_use_intra =
-        WITHIN(depth, pu_depth_intra.min, pu_depth_intra.max) ||
+      (WITHIN(depth, pu_depth_intra.min, pu_depth_intra.max) ||
         // When the split was forced because the CTU is partially outside
         // the frame, we permit intra coding even if pu_depth_intra would
         // otherwise forbid it.
         (x & ~(cu_width_intra_min - 1)) + cu_width_intra_min > frame->width ||
-        (y & ~(cu_width_intra_min - 1)) + cu_width_intra_min > frame->height;
+        (y & ~(cu_width_intra_min - 1)) + cu_width_intra_min > frame->height) &&
+      !(state->encoder_control->cfg.force_inter && state->frame->slicetype != KVZ_SLICE_I);
 
     if (can_use_intra && !skip_intra) {
       int8_t intra_mode;
@@ -710,7 +711,7 @@ static double search_cu(encoder_state_t * const state, int x, int y, int depth,
     // If the CU is partially outside the frame, we need to split it even
     // if pu_depth_intra and pu_depth_inter would not permit it.
     cur_cu->type == CU_NOTSET ||
-    depth < pu_depth_intra.max ||
+    (depth < pu_depth_intra.max && !(state->encoder_control->cfg.force_inter&& state->frame->slicetype != KVZ_SLICE_I)) ||
     (state->frame->slicetype != KVZ_SLICE_I &&
       depth < pu_depth_inter.max);