diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 870839f..3d7fa7d 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ var (
 	ampersandBytes        = []byte("&")
 	colonSpaceBytes       = []byte(": ")
 	spaceBytes            = []byte(" ")
+	dotBytes              = []byte(".")
 	openParenBytes        = []byte("(")
 	closeParenBytes       = []byte(")")
 	nilBytes              = []byte("nil")
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 2d9bfa1..506ff8c 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ type ConfigState struct {
 	// OmitZero specifies that zero values should not be printed in a dump.
 	OmitZero bool
 
+	// LocalPackage specifies a package selector to trim from type information.
+	LocalPackage string
+
 	// ElideType specifies that type information defined by context should
 	// not be printed in a dump.
 	ElideType bool
diff --git a/dump.go b/dump.go
index e1174f6..7427fa1 100644
--- a/dump.go
+++ b/dump.go
@@ -146,16 +146,17 @@ func (d *dumpState) dumpPtr(v reflect.Value) {
 	var typeBytes []byte
 	if displayed {
 		d.w.Write(openParenBytes)
-		typeBytes = []byte(orig.Type().String())
+		typeBytes = []byte(strings.TrimPrefix(orig.Type().String(), d.cs.LocalPackage))
 	} else {
 		d.w.Write(bytes.Repeat(ampersandBytes, indirects))
-		typeBytes = []byte(v.Type().String())
+		typeBytes = []byte(strings.TrimPrefix(v.Type().String(), d.cs.LocalPackage))
 	}
 	kind := v.Kind()
 	bufferedChan := kind == reflect.Chan && v.Cap() != 0
 	if kind == reflect.Ptr || bufferedChan {
 		d.w.Write(openParenBytes)
 	}
+	typeBytes = bytes.TrimPrefix(typeBytes, dotBytes)
 	d.w.Write(bytes.ReplaceAll(typeBytes, interfaceTypeBytes, interfaceBytes))
 	if displayed {
 		d.w.Write(closeParenBytes)
@@ -371,7 +372,8 @@ func (d *dumpState) dump(v reflect.Value, wasPtr, static bool, addr uintptr) {
 			if bufferedChan {
 				d.w.Write(openParenBytes)
 			}
-			typeBytes := []byte(v.Type().String())
+			typeBytes := []byte(strings.TrimPrefix(v.Type().String(), d.cs.LocalPackage))
+			typeBytes = bytes.TrimPrefix(typeBytes, dotBytes)
 			d.w.Write(bytes.ReplaceAll(typeBytes, interfaceTypeBytes, interfaceBytes))
 			if bufferedChan {
 				switch len := v.Len(); len {
diff --git a/spew_test.go b/spew_test.go
index 13287d7..b710fce 100644
--- a/spew_test.go
+++ b/spew_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ func initSpewTests() {
 	ignUnexDefault := utter.NewDefaultConfig()
 	ignUnexDefault.IgnoreUnexported = true
 
+	// Remove local package prefix.
+	elideLocalDefault := utter.NewDefaultConfig()
+	elideLocalDefault.LocalPackage = "utter_test"
+
 	// Elide implicit types.
 	elideTypeDefault := utter.NewDefaultConfig()
 	elideTypeDefault.ElideType = true
@@ -187,6 +191,9 @@ func initSpewTests() {
 		{ignUnexDefault, fCSFdump, Foo{Bar{flag: 1}, map[interface{}]interface{}{"one": true}},
 			"utter_test.Foo{\n ExportedField: map[interface{}]interface{}{\n  string(\"one\"): bool(true),\n },\n}\n",
 		},
+		{elideLocalDefault, fCSFdump, Foo{Bar{flag: 1}, map[interface{}]interface{}{"one": true}},
+			"Foo{\n unexportedField: Bar{\n  flag: Flag(1),\n  data: uintptr(0),\n },\n ExportedField: map[interface{}]interface{}{\n  string(\"one\"): bool(true),\n },\n}\n",
+		},
 		{elideTypeDefault, fCSFdump, float64(1), "1.0\n"},
 		{elideTypeDefault, fCSFdump, float32(1), "float32(1)\n"},
 		{elideTypeDefault, fCSFdump, int(1), "1\n"},