diff --git a/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/plugin.py b/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/plugin.py
index f0360c9..0f3611e 100644
--- a/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/plugin.py
+++ b/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/plugin.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class GitRevisionDateLocalizedPlugin(BasePlugin):
         ("enable_creation_date", config_options.Type(bool, default=False)),
         ("enabled", config_options.Type(bool, default=True)),
         ("strict", config_options.Type(bool, default=True)),
+        ("last_update_exclude_renames", config_options.Type(bool, default=False))
     )
 
     def on_config(self, config: config_options.Config, **kwargs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/util.py b/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/util.py
index 1cbb474..cc8d6d1 100644
--- a/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/util.py
+++ b/src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/util.py
@@ -92,8 +92,15 @@ def get_git_commit_timestamp(
                     commit_timestamp = commit_timestamp.split()[-1]
             else:
                 # Latest commit touching a specific file
+                if self.config.get('last_update_exclude_renames'):
+                    # We can remove if-else statement and do a one-liner as well
+                    diff_filter_param = "r"
+                    follow_param = True
+                else:
+                    diff_filter_param = ""
+                    follow_param = False
                 commit_timestamp = git.log(
-                    realpath, date="unix", format="%at", n=1, no_show_signature=True
+                    realpath, date="unix", format="%at", diff_filter=diff_filter_param, n=1, no_show_signature=True, follow=follow_param
                 )
         except (InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError) as err:
             if self.config.get('fallback_to_build_date'):