diff --git a/nolearn/lasagne.py b/nolearn/lasagne.py
index 5c2c64c..bb7ccdf 100644
--- a/nolearn/lasagne.py
+++ b/nolearn/lasagne.py
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ def negative_log_likelihood(output, prediction):
 
 
 class BatchIterator(object):
-    def __init__(self, batch_size):
+    def __init__(self, batch_size, forced_even=False):
         self.batch_size = batch_size
+        self.forced_even = forced_even
 
     def __call__(self, X, y=None, test=False):
         self.X, self.y = X, y
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ def __iter__(self):
         for i in range((n_samples + bs - 1) / bs):
             sl = slice(i * bs, (i + 1) * bs)
             Xb = self.X[sl]
+            if self.forced_even and len(Xb) != bs:
+                continue
             if self.y is not None:
                 yb = self.y[sl]
             else: