diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87f49a5f..bd12a8eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,12 +109,20 @@ return [
         'maxAgeInDays' => 90,
     ],
 
-    /*
-     * The path to the mysqldump binary. You can leave this empty
-     * if the binary is installed in the default location.
-     */
     'mysql' => [
+        /*
+         * The path to the mysqldump binary. You can leave this empty
+         * if the binary is installed in the default location.
+         */
         'dump_command_path' => '',
+
+        /*
+         * If your server supports it you can turn on extended insert.
+         * This will result in a smaller dump file and speeds up the backup process.
+         * 
+         * See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html#option_mysqldump_extended-insert
+         */
+        'useExtendedInsert' => false,
     ],
 ];
 ```
diff --git a/src/BackupHandlers/Database/DatabaseBuilder.php b/src/BackupHandlers/Database/DatabaseBuilder.php
index 5a4a35e3..b0f9fb05 100644
--- a/src/BackupHandlers/Database/DatabaseBuilder.php
+++ b/src/BackupHandlers/Database/DatabaseBuilder.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ public function __construct()
 
     public function getDatabase(array $realConfig)
     {
-
         try {
             $this->buildMySQL($realConfig);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
@@ -45,21 +44,21 @@ protected function buildMySQL(array $config)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Determine the host from the given config
+     * Determine the host from the given config.
      *
      * @param array $config
+     *
      * @return string
+     *
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public function determineHost(array $config)
     {
-        if (isset($config['host']))
-        {
+        if (isset($config['host'])) {
             return $config['host'];
         }
 
-        if (isset($config['read']['host']))
-        {
+        if (isset($config['read']['host'])) {
             return $config['read']['host'];
         }
 
diff --git a/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php b/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php
index 9c08edfb..0a37c296 100644
--- a/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php
+++ b/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public function dump($destinationFile)
         );
         $temporaryCredentialsFile = stream_get_meta_data($tempFileHandle)['uri'];
 
-        $command = sprintf('%smysqldump --defaults-extra-file=%s --skip-comments --skip-extended-insert %s > %s %s',
+        $command = sprintf('%smysqldump --defaults-extra-file=%s --skip-comments '.($this->useExtendedInsert() ? '--extended-insert' : '--skip-extended-insert').' %s > %s %s',
             $this->getDumpCommandPath(),
             escapeshellarg($temporaryCredentialsFile),
             escapeshellarg($this->database),
@@ -86,15 +86,24 @@ protected function getDumpCommandPath()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the socket if one is specified in the configuration
+     * Determine if the dump should use extended-insert.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function useExtendedInsert()
+    {
+        return config('laravel-backup.mysql.useExtendedInsert');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the socket if one is specified in the configuration.
      *
      * @return string
      */
     protected function getSocketArgument()
     {
-        if($this->socket != '')
-        {
-            return '--socket=' . $this->socket;
+        if ($this->socket != '') {
+            return '--socket='.$this->socket;
         }
 
         return '';
diff --git a/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php b/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php
index 96d84499..9be47049 100644
--- a/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php
+++ b/src/BackupHandlers/Files/FilesBackupHandler.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public function getFilesToBeBackedUp()
      * Make a unique array of all filepaths from a given array of files.
      *
      * @param array $fileArray
+     *
      * @return array
      */
     public function getAllPathFromFileArray($fileArray)
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public function getAllPathFromFileArray($fileArray)
      * Recursively get all the files within a given directory.
      *
      * @param $directory
+     *
      * @return array
      */
     protected function getAllFilesFromDirectory($directory)
diff --git a/src/Commands/BackupCommand.php b/src/Commands/BackupCommand.php
index ec68bd8d..4a0eb81f 100644
--- a/src/Commands/BackupCommand.php
+++ b/src/Commands/BackupCommand.php
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ protected function getAllFilesToBeBackedUp()
             $this->comment('Database dumped');
         }
 
-        if($this->option('only-db'))
-        {
+        if ($this->option('only-db')) {
             return $files;
         }
 
@@ -172,13 +171,14 @@ protected function writeIgnoreFile($disk, $dumpDirectory)
     protected function getBackupDestinationFileName()
     {
         $backupDirectory = config('laravel-backup.destination.path');
-        $backupFilename = $this->getPrefix() . date('YmdHis') . $this->getSuffix() . '.zip';
-        return $backupDirectory . '/' . $backupFilename;
+        $backupFilename = $this->getPrefix().date('YmdHis').$this->getSuffix().'.zip';
+
+        return $backupDirectory.'/'.$backupFilename;
     }
 
     /**
      * Get the prefix to be used in the filename of the backup file.
-     * 
+     *
      * @return string
      */
     public function getPrefix()
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public function getPrefix()
         if ($this->option('prefix') != '') {
             return $this->option('prefix');
         }
-        
+
         return config('laravel-backup.destination.prefix');
     }
 
@@ -205,20 +205,20 @@ public function getSuffix()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Copy the given file to given filesystem
+     * Copy the given file to given filesystem.
      *
      * @param string $file
      * @param $fileSystem
      */
     public function copyFileToFileSystem($file, $fileSystem)
     {
-        $this->comment('Start uploading backup to ' . $fileSystem . '-filesystem...');
+        $this->comment('Start uploading backup to '.$fileSystem.'-filesystem...');
 
         $disk = Storage::disk($fileSystem);
 
         $this->copyFile($file, $disk, $this->getBackupDestinationFileName(), $fileSystem == 'local');
 
-        $this->comment('Backup stored on ' . $fileSystem . '-filesystem in file "' . $this->getBackupDestinationFileName() . '"');
+        $this->comment('Backup stored on '.$fileSystem.'-filesystem in file "'.$this->getBackupDestinationFileName().'"');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Commands/CleanCommand.php b/src/Commands/CleanCommand.php
index 222a2a35..75baeedb 100644
--- a/src/Commands/CleanCommand.php
+++ b/src/Commands/CleanCommand.php
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Spatie\Backup\FileHelpers\FileSelector;
 
-class CleanCommand extends Command {
-
+class CleanCommand extends Command
+{
     /**
      * The console command name.
      *
@@ -30,26 +30,22 @@ public function fire()
 
         $this->info('Start cleaning up back-up files that are older than '.config('laravel-backup.clean.maxAgeInDays').' days...');
 
-        foreach($this->getTargetFileSystems() as $filesystem)
-        {
+        foreach ($this->getTargetFileSystems() as $filesystem) {
             $disk = Storage::disk($filesystem);
             $path = config('laravel-backup.destination.path');
 
             $filesToBeDeleted = (new FileSelector($disk, $path))->getFilesOlderThan($expireDate, ['zip']);
 
             $filesDeleted = 0;
-            foreach($filesToBeDeleted as $file)
-            {
+            foreach ($filesToBeDeleted as $file) {
                 $disk->delete($file);
                 $filesDeleted++;
             }
-            $this->comment('deleted '.$filesDeleted.' old backup(s) on the ' . $filesystem . '-filesystem.');
+            $this->comment('deleted '.$filesDeleted.' old backup(s) on the '.$filesystem.'-filesystem.');
             $this->comment($filesystem.'-filesystem cleaned up.');
         }
 
         $this->info('All done!');
-
-
     }
 
     /**
@@ -72,13 +68,11 @@ private function guardAgainstInvalidConfiguration()
     {
         $maxAgeInDays = config('laravel-backup.clean.maxAgeInDays');
 
-        if (! is_numeric($maxAgeInDays))
-        {
+        if (! is_numeric($maxAgeInDays)) {
             throw new Exception('maxAgeInDays should be numeric');
         }
 
-        if ($maxAgeInDays <= 0)
-        {
+        if ($maxAgeInDays <= 0) {
             throw new Exception('maxAgeInDays should be higher than 0');
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/FileHelpers/FileSelector.php b/src/FileHelpers/FileSelector.php
index 196a8146..8005fd90 100644
--- a/src/FileHelpers/FileSelector.php
+++ b/src/FileHelpers/FileSelector.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 use DateTime;
 
-class FileSelector {
-
+class FileSelector
+{
     protected $disk;
     protected $path;
 
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ public function __construct($disk, $path)
 
     /**
      * Get all files older than $date
-     * Only files with an extension present in $onlyIncludeFilesWithExtension will be returned
+     * Only files with an extension present in $onlyIncludeFilesWithExtension will be returned.
      *
      * @param DateTime $date
-     * @param array $onlyIncludeFilesWithExtension
+     * @param array    $onlyIncludeFilesWithExtension
+     *
      * @return array
      */
     public function getFilesOlderThan(DateTime $date, array $onlyIncludeFilesWithExtension)
     {
         $allFiles = $this->disk->allFiles($this->path);
 
-        foreach($onlyIncludeFilesWithExtension as $extension)
-        {
+        foreach ($onlyIncludeFilesWithExtension as $extension) {
             $backupFiles = $this->filterFilesOnExtension($allFiles, $extension);
         }
 
@@ -34,29 +34,31 @@ public function getFilesOlderThan(DateTime $date, array $onlyIncludeFilesWithExt
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return $files with included $extension
+     * Return $files with included $extension.
      *
      * @param $backupFiles
      * @param $extension
+     *
      * @return array
      */
     private function filterFilesOnExtension($backupFiles, $extension)
     {
-        return array_filter($backupFiles, function($file) use($extension){
+        return array_filter($backupFiles, function ($file) use ($extension) {
             return strtolower(pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)) == $extension;
         });
     }
 
     /**
-     * Filter files on given $date
+     * Filter files on given $date.
      *
      * @param $files
      * @param DateTime $date
+     *
      * @return array
      */
     private function filterFilesOnDate($files, DateTime $date)
     {
-        return array_filter($files, function($file) use($date){
+        return array_filter($files, function ($file) use ($date) {
             return $this->disk->lastModified($file) < $date->getTimeStamp();
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/config/laravel-backup.php b/src/config/laravel-backup.php
index a00467bf..308cb0bf 100644
--- a/src/config/laravel-backup.php
+++ b/src/config/laravel-backup.php
@@ -66,11 +66,19 @@
         'maxAgeInDays' => 90,
     ],
 
-    /*
-     * The path to the mysqldump binary. You can leave this empty
-     * if the binary is installed in the default location.
-     */
     'mysql' => [
+        /*
+         * The path to the mysqldump binary. You can leave this empty
+         * if the binary is installed in the default location.
+         */
         'dump_command_path' => '',
+
+        /*
+         * If your server supports it you can turn on extended insert.
+         * This will result in a smaller dump file and speeds up the backup process.
+         *
+         * See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html#option_mysqldump_extended-insert
+         */
+        'useExtendedInsert' => false,
     ],
 ];