diff --git a/src/main/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriter.java b/src/main/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriter.java
index 83ab9d87922..1e1fc7e6a1e 100644
--- a/src/main/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriter.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 import org.openscience.cdk.interfaces.IMoleculeSet;
 import org.openscience.cdk.io.formats.IResourceFormat;
 import org.openscience.cdk.io.formats.SMILESFormat;
+import org.openscience.cdk.io.setting.BooleanIOSetting;
+import org.openscience.cdk.io.setting.IOSetting;
 import org.openscience.cdk.smiles.SmilesGenerator;
 import org.openscience.cdk.tools.ILoggingTool;
 import org.openscience.cdk.tools.LoggingToolFactory;
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ public class SMILESWriter extends DefaultChemObjectWriter {
         LoggingToolFactory.createLoggingTool(SMILESWriter.class);
     private BufferedWriter writer;
 
+    private BooleanIOSetting useAromaticityFlag;
+
     /**
      * Contructs a new SMILESWriter that can write a list of SMILES to a Writer
      *
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ public SMILESWriter(Writer out) {
             }
         } catch (Exception exc) {
         }
+        initIOSettings();
     }
 
     public SMILESWriter(OutputStream output) {
@@ -170,6 +175,7 @@ public void  writeMoleculeSet(IMoleculeSet som)
      */
     public void writeMolecule(IMolecule molecule) {
         SmilesGenerator sg = new SmilesGenerator();
+        sg.setUseAromaticityFlag(useAromaticityFlag.isSet());
         String smiles = "";
         try {
             smiles = sg.createSMILES(molecule);
@@ -183,4 +189,23 @@ public void writeMolecule(IMolecule molecule) {
             logger.debug(exc);
         }
     }
+
+    private void initIOSettings() {
+        useAromaticityFlag = new BooleanIOSetting(
+            "UseAromaticity",
+            IOSetting.LOW,
+            "Should aromaticity information be stored in the SMILES?",
+            "false"
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void customizeJob() {
+        fireIOSettingQuestion(useAromaticityFlag);
+    }
+
+    public IOSetting[] getIOSettings() {
+        IOSetting[] settings = new IOSetting[1];
+        settings[0] = useAromaticityFlag;
+        return settings;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriterTest.java b/src/test/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriterTest.java
index 050183fee85..4b2fec33585 100644
--- a/src/test/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/openscience/cdk/io/SMILESWriterTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package org.openscience.cdk.io;
 
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.openscience.cdk.Molecule;
 import org.openscience.cdk.MoleculeSet;
 import org.openscience.cdk.interfaces.IMolecule;
+import org.openscience.cdk.io.listener.PropertiesListener;
 import org.openscience.cdk.templates.MoleculeFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -60,4 +62,19 @@ public class SMILESWriterTest extends ChemObjectIOTest {
         Assert.assertTrue(stringWriter.toString().contains("C=C"));
     }
 
+    @Test public void testWriteAromatic() throws Exception {
+        StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+        IMolecule benzene = MoleculeFactory.makeBenzene();
+        SMILESWriter smilesWriter = new SMILESWriter(stringWriter);
+
+        Properties prop = new Properties();
+        prop.setProperty("UseAromaticity","true");
+        PropertiesListener listener = new PropertiesListener(prop);
+        smilesWriter.addChemObjectIOListener(listener);
+        smilesWriter.customizeJob();
+        smilesWriter.write(benzene);
+        smilesWriter.close();
+        Assert.assertFalse(stringWriter.toString().contains("C=C"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(stringWriter.toString().contains("ccc"));
+    }
 }