diff --git a/face_alignment/api.py b/face_alignment/api.py
index 97df85d5..10455abe 100644
--- a/face_alignment/api.py
+++ b/face_alignment/api.py
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ def __int__(self):
 
 class FaceAlignment:
     def __init__(self, landmarks_type, network_size=NetworkSize.LARGE,
-                 device='cuda', flip_input=False, face_detector='sfd', verbose=False):
+                 device='cuda', flip_input=False, face_detector='sfd', verbose=False,
+                 return_face_results=False):
         self.device = device
         self.flip_input = flip_input
         self.landmarks_type = landmarks_type
         self.verbose = verbose
+        self.return_face_results = return_face_results
 
         network_size = int(network_size)
 
@@ -183,6 +185,8 @@ def get_landmarks_from_image(self, image_or_path, detected_faces=None):
 
             landmarks.append(pts_img.numpy())
 
+        if self.return_face_results:
+            return landmarks, detected_faces
         return landmarks
 
     @torch.no_grad()
@@ -257,6 +261,9 @@ def get_landmarks_from_batch(self, image_batch, detected_faces=None):
 
             landmark_set = np.concatenate(landmark_set, axis=0)
             landmarks.append(landmark_set)
+
+        if self.return_face_results:
+            return landmarks, detected_faces
         return landmarks
 
     def get_landmarks_from_directory(self, path, extensions=['.jpg', '.png'], recursive=True, show_progress_bar=True):