diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index ffc3b53d..5c2d97d1 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1421,6 +1421,33 @@ Description A mapping from directory names to filename extensions that should
 =========== =====
 
 
+compare
+-------
+
+| Compare versions of the same file and replace/enumerate them on mismatch
+| (requires `downloader.*.part`_ = ``true`` and `extractor.*.skip`_ = `false`)
+
+compare.action
+--------------
+=========== =====
+Type        ``string``
+Default     ``"replace"``
+Description The action to take when files do not compare as equal.
+
+            * ``"replace"``: Replace/Overwrite the old version with the new one
+            * ``"enumerate"``: Add an enumeration index to the filename of the new
+              version like `skip = "enumerate" <extractor.*.skip_>`__
+=========== =====
+
+compare.shallow
+---------------
+=========== =====
+Type        ``bool``
+Default     ``false``
+Description Only compare file sizes. Do not read and compare their content.
+=========== =====
+
+
 exec
 ----
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
index e63d4427..7a3bf23e 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2018-2019 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2018-2020 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import logging
 
 modules = [
     "classify",
+    "compare",
     "exec",
     "metadata",
     "mtime",
diff --git a/gallery_dl/postprocessor/compare.py b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/compare.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddbcef09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/compare.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2020 Mike Fährmann
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+"""Compare versions of the same file and replace/enumerate them on mismatch"""
+
+from .common import PostProcessor
+import os
+
+
+class ComparePP(PostProcessor):
+
+    def __init__(self, pathfmt, options):
+        PostProcessor.__init__(self)
+        if options.get("action") == "enumerate":
+            self.run = self._run_enumerate
+        if options.get("shallow"):
+            self.compare = self._compare_size
+
+    def run(self, pathfmt):
+        try:
+            if self.compare(pathfmt.realpath, pathfmt.temppath):
+                pathfmt.delete = True
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+    def _run_enumerate(self, pathfmt):
+        num = 1
+        try:
+            while not self.compare(pathfmt.realpath, pathfmt.temppath):
+                pathfmt.prefix = str(num) + "."
+                pathfmt.set_extension(pathfmt.extension, False)
+                num += 1
+            pathfmt.delete = True
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+    def compare(self, f1, f2):
+        return self._compare_size(f1, f2) and self._compare_content(f1, f2)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _compare_size(f1, f2):
+        return os.stat(f1).st_size == os.stat(f2).st_size
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _compare_content(f1, f2):
+        size = 16384
+        with open(f1, "rb") as fp1, open(f2, "rb") as fp2:
+            while True:
+                buf1 = fp1.read(size)
+                buf2 = fp2.read(size)
+                if buf1 != buf2:
+                    return False
+                if not buf1:
+                    return True
+
+
+__postprocessor__ = ComparePP