diff --git a/doc/changes.rst b/doc/changes.rst
index f781769..9541bbc 100644
--- a/doc/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/changes.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.0.11
+------
+
+- Add option argument to "load".
+
 1.0.10
 ------
 
diff --git a/doc/functions.rst b/doc/functions.rst
index a116f33..2e3aae3 100644
--- a/doc/functions.rst
+++ b/doc/functions.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Functions
 
 load
 ----
-.. py:function:: piexif.load(filename)
+.. py:function:: piexif.load(filename, key_is_name=False)
 
    Return exif data as dict. Keys(IFD name), be contained, are "0th", "Exif", "GPS", "Interop", "1st", and "thumbnail". Without "thumbnail", the value is dict(tag/value). "thumbnail" value is JPEG as bytes.
 
diff --git a/piexif/__init__.py b/piexif/__init__.py
index b62ff1a..7b68e65 100644
--- a/piexif/__init__.py
+++ b/piexif/__init__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 from ._exif import *
 
 
-VERSION = '1.0.10'
+VERSION = '1.0.11'
diff --git a/piexif/_load.py b/piexif/_load.py
index 0e2fc2f..98f6eb9 100644
--- a/piexif/_load.py
+++ b/piexif/_load.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 LITTLE_ENDIAN = b"\x49\x49"
 
 
-def load(input_data):
+def load(input_data, key_is_name=False):
     """
     py:function:: piexif.load(filename)
 
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ def load(input_data):
                    exif_dict["1st"][ImageIFD.JPEGInterchangeFormatLength])
             thumb = exifReader.tiftag[exif_dict["1st"][ImageIFD.JPEGInterchangeFormat]:end]
             exif_dict["thumbnail"] = thumb
+
+    if key_is_name:
+        exif_dict = _get_key_name_dict(exif_dict)
     return exif_dict
 
 
@@ -215,3 +218,15 @@ def convert_value(self, val):
             return data[0]
         else:
             return data
+
+
+def _get_key_name_dict(exif_dict):
+    new_dict = {
+        "0th":{TAGS["Image"][n]["name"]:value for n, value in exif_dict["0th"].items()},
+        "Exif":{TAGS["Exif"][n]["name"]:value for n, value in exif_dict["Exif"].items()},
+        "1st":{TAGS["Image"][n]["name"]:value for n, value in exif_dict["1st"].items()},
+        "GPS":{TAGS["GPS"][n]["name"]:value for n, value in exif_dict["GPS"].items()},
+        "Interop":{TAGS["Interop"][n]["name"]:value for n, value in exif_dict["Interop"].items()},
+        "thumbnail":exif_dict["thumbnail"],
+    }
+    return new_dict
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/s_test.py b/tests/s_test.py
index c394973..b4dce02 100644
--- a/tests/s_test.py
+++ b/tests/s_test.py
@@ -162,6 +162,29 @@ def test_load_from_pilImage_property(self):
         o.seek(0)
         Image.open(o).close()
 
+    def test_load_name_dict(self):
+        thumbnail_io = io.BytesIO()
+        thumb = Image.open(INPUT_FILE2)
+        thumb.thumbnail((40, 40))
+        thumb.save(thumbnail_io, "JPEG")
+        thumb.close()
+        thumb_data = thumbnail_io.getvalue()
+        exif_dict = {"0th":ZEROTH_IFD,
+                     "Exif":EXIF_IFD,
+                     "GPS":GPS_IFD,
+                     "Interop":INTEROP_IFD,
+                     "1st":FIRST_IFD,
+                     "thumbnail":thumb_data}
+        exif_bytes = piexif.dump(exif_dict)
+        im = Image.new("RGBA", (80, 80))
+
+        o = io.BytesIO()
+        im.save(o, format="jpeg", exif=exif_bytes)
+        im.close()
+        o.seek(0)
+        exif = piexif.load(o.getvalue(), True)
+        print(exif)
+
 # dump ------
     def test_no_exif_dump(self):
         o = io.BytesIO()