diff --git a/Augmentor/Pipeline.py b/Augmentor/Pipeline.py
index 48dd945..e1e8738 100644
--- a/Augmentor/Pipeline.py
+++ b/Augmentor/Pipeline.py
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ def sample(self, n, multi_threaded=True):
 
         if n == 0:
             augmentor_images = self.augmentor_images
+        elif n < 0:
+            n_duplicates = abs(n)
+            augmentor_images = n_duplicates*self.augmentor_images
         else:
             augmentor_images = [random.choice(self.augmentor_images) for _ in range(n)]