diff --git a/doc/geany.txt b/doc/geany.txt
index 998a0bed4d..938916d669 100644
--- a/doc/geany.txt
+++ b/doc/geany.txt
@@ -2586,6 +2586,8 @@ msgwin_messages_visible           Whether to show the Messages tab in the      t
                                   Messages Window
 msgwin_scribble_visible           Whether to show the Scribble tab in the      true        immediately
                                   Messages Window
+project_ask_close                 Whether to show the confirmation dialog      true       immediately
+                                  when closing the current project
 **VTE related**
 send_selection_unsafe             By default, Geany strips any trailing        false       immediately
                                   newline characters from the current
diff --git a/src/project.c b/src/project.c
index 19eef0f26b..f53f976dea 100644
--- a/src/project.c
+++ b/src/project.c
@@ -654,17 +654,16 @@ gboolean project_ask_close(void)
 {
 	if (app->project != NULL)
 	{
-		if (dialogs_show_question_full(NULL, GTK_STOCK_CLOSE, GTK_STOCK_CANCEL,
+		if (!project_prefs.project_ask_close ||
+			dialogs_show_question_full(NULL, GTK_STOCK_CLOSE, GTK_STOCK_CANCEL,
 			_("Do you want to close it before proceeding?"),
 			_("The '%s' project is open."), app->project->name))
 		{
 			return project_close(FALSE);
 		}
-		else
-			return FALSE;
+		return FALSE;
 	}
-	else
-		return TRUE;
+	return TRUE;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/project.h b/src/project.h
index 4fdacb65bb..3a54c5e8b3 100644
--- a/src/project.h
+++ b/src/project.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef struct ProjectPrefs
 	gchar *session_file;
 	gboolean project_session;
 	gboolean project_file_in_basedir;
+	gboolean project_ask_close;
 } ProjectPrefs;
 
 extern ProjectPrefs project_prefs;
diff --git a/src/ui_utils.c b/src/ui_utils.c
index 92a0d3565e..f969694671 100644
--- a/src/ui_utils.c
+++ b/src/ui_utils.c
@@ -2335,6 +2335,8 @@ void ui_init_prefs(void)
 		"statusbar_template", _(DEFAULT_STATUSBAR_TEMPLATE));
 	stash_group_add_boolean(group, &ui_prefs.new_document_after_close,
 		"new_document_after_close", FALSE);
+	stash_group_add_boolean(group, &project_prefs.project_ask_close,
+		"project_ask_close", TRUE);
 	stash_group_add_boolean(group, &interface_prefs.msgwin_status_visible,
 		"msgwin_status_visible", TRUE);
 	stash_group_add_boolean(group, &interface_prefs.msgwin_compiler_visible,