diff --git a/src/cfgfile.c b/src/cfgfile.c
index 42880d17..220263f2 100644
--- a/src/cfgfile.c
+++ b/src/cfgfile.c
@@ -275,6 +275,23 @@ static fallback_override_t config_str_to_fallback_override_t(ice_config_t *confi
     }
 }
 
+static interpolation_t config_str_to_interpolation_t(ice_config_t *configuration, xmlNodePtr node, const char *str)
+{
+    if (!str || !*str || strcmp(str, "default") == 0) {
+        return INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(str, "none") == 0) {
+        return INTERPOLATION_NONE;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(str, "strftime") == 0) {
+        return INTERPOLATION_STRFTIME;
+    } else if (strcasecmp(str, "uuid") == 0) {
+        return INTERPOLATION_UUID;
+    } else {
+        __found_bad_tag(configuration, node, BTR_INVALID, str);
+        ICECAST_LOG_ERROR("Unknown interpolation type \"%s\", falling back to DEFAULT.", str);
+        return INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT;
+    }
+}
+
 char * config_href_to_id(ice_config_t *configuration, xmlNodePtr node, const char *href)
 {
     if (!href || !*href)
@@ -1744,8 +1761,13 @@ static void _parse_mount(xmlDocPtr      doc,
             password = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc,
                 node->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
         } else if (xmlStrcmp(node->name, XMLSTR("dump-file")) == 0) {
+            xmlChar * interpolation = xmlGetProp(node, XMLSTR("interpolation"));
+            if (interpolation) {
+                mount->dumpfile_interpolation = config_str_to_interpolation_t(configuration, node, (const char *)interpolation);
+                xmlFree(interpolation);
+            }
             mount->dumpfile = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc,
-                node->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
+                    node->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
         } else if (xmlStrcmp(node->name, XMLSTR("dump-file-size-limit")) == 0) {
             unsigned int val = mount->dumpfile_size_limit;
             __read_unsigned_int(configuration, doc, node, &val, 0, UINT_MAX);
@@ -3008,6 +3030,8 @@ static void merge_mounts(mount_proxy * dst, mount_proxy * src)
 
     if (!dst->dumpfile)
         dst->dumpfile = (char*)xmlStrdup((xmlChar*)src->dumpfile);
+    if (dst->dumpfile_interpolation == INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT)
+        dst->dumpfile_interpolation = src->dumpfile_interpolation;
     if (!dst->dumpfile_size_limit)
         dst->dumpfile_size_limit = src->dumpfile_size_limit;
     if (!dst->dumpfile_time_limit)
diff --git a/src/cfgfile.h b/src/cfgfile.h
index 8a151f78..a01cee03 100644
--- a/src/cfgfile.h
+++ b/src/cfgfile.h
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ typedef enum {
     FALLBACK_OVERRIDE_OWN
 } fallback_override_t;
 
+typedef enum {
+    INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT = 0,
+    INTERPOLATION_NONE,
+    INTERPOLATION_STRFTIME,
+    INTERPOLATION_UUID
+} interpolation_t;
+
 typedef struct _mount_proxy {
     /* The mountpoint this proxy is used for */
     char *mountname;
@@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ typedef struct _mount_proxy {
      * NULL to not dump.
      */
     char *dumpfile;
+    interpolation_t dumpfile_interpolation;
     uint64_t dumpfile_size_limit;
     unsigned int dumpfile_time_limit;
     /* Send contents of file to client before the stream */
diff --git a/src/source.c b/src/source.c
index 862397d9..a4e468d5 100644
--- a/src/source.c
+++ b/src/source.c
@@ -634,12 +634,9 @@ static void send_to_listener (source_t *source, client_t *client, int deletion_e
 static bool source_open_dumpfile(source_t *source)
 {
     const char *filename = source->dumpfilename;
+    interpolation_t interpolation = source->dumpfile_interpolation;
     time_t curtime = time(NULL);
-#ifndef _WIN32
-    /* some of the below functions seems not to be standard winapi functions */
     char buffer[PATH_MAX];
-    struct tm *loctime;
-#endif
 
     if (!filename) {
         ICECAST_LOG_WARN("Can not open dump file for source %#H. No filename defined.", source->mount);
@@ -661,13 +658,46 @@ static bool source_open_dumpfile(source_t *source)
 
     ICECAST_LOG_DDEBUG("source=%p{.mount=%#H, .burst_point=%p, .stream_data=%p, .stream_data_tail=%p, ...}", source, source->mount, source->burst_point, source->stream_data, source->stream_data_tail);
 
+    if (interpolation == INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT) {
 #ifndef _WIN32
-    /* Convert it to local time representation. */
-    loctime = localtime(&curtime);
-
-    strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), filename, loctime);
-    filename = buffer;
+        interpolation = INTERPOLATION_STRFTIME;
+#else
+        interpolation = INTERPOLATION_NONE;
 #endif
+    }
+
+    switch (interpolation) {
+        case INTERPOLATION_NONE:
+            /* no-op */
+            break;
+        case INTERPOLATION_STRFTIME:
+#ifndef _WIN32
+            {
+                /* some of the below functions seems not to be standard winapi functions */
+                struct tm *loctime;
+
+                /* Convert it to local time representation. */
+                loctime = localtime(&curtime);
+
+                strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), filename, loctime);
+                filename = buffer;
+            }
+#else
+            ICECAST_LOG_ERROR("Can not interpolation dump file filename for source %#H. strftime() interpolation is not supported by your operating system.", source->mount);
+#endif
+            break;
+        case INTERPOLATION_UUID:
+            if (!util_interpolation_uuid(buffer, sizeof(buffer), filename)) {
+                ICECAST_LOG_WARN("Can not open dump file for source %#H. Filename does not interpolate.", source->mount);
+                event_emit_va("dumpfile-error", EVENT_EXTRA_SOURCE, source, EVENT_EXTRA_LIST_END);
+                return false;
+            }
+            filename = buffer;
+            break;
+        default:
+            ICECAST_LOG_ERROR("Bug. Bad interpolation %i. Source %p on %#H.", (int)interpolation, source, source->mount);
+            break;
+    }
 
     source->dumpfile = fopen(filename, "ab");
 
@@ -1258,11 +1288,13 @@ static void source_apply_mount (ice_config_t *config, source_t *source, mount_pr
     }
 
     if (mountinfo) {
-        source->dumpfile_size_limit = mountinfo->dumpfile_size_limit;
-        source->dumpfile_time_limit = mountinfo->dumpfile_time_limit;
+        source->dumpfile_size_limit    = mountinfo->dumpfile_size_limit;
+        source->dumpfile_time_limit    = mountinfo->dumpfile_time_limit;
+        source->dumpfile_interpolation = mountinfo->dumpfile_interpolation;
     } else {
-        source->dumpfile_size_limit = 0;
-        source->dumpfile_time_limit = 0;
+        source->dumpfile_size_limit    = 0;
+        source->dumpfile_time_limit    = 0;
+        source->dumpfile_interpolation = INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/source.h b/src/source.h
index cb552307..077917d6 100644
--- a/src/source.h
+++ b/src/source.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct source_tag {
     /* Dumpfile related data */
     /* Config */
     char *dumpfilename; /* Name of a file to dump incoming stream to */
+    interpolation_t dumpfile_interpolation;
     uint64_t dumpfile_size_limit;
     unsigned int dumpfile_time_limit;
     /* Runtime */
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index fdce4171..fff724e7 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <igloo/uuid.h>
+#include <igloo/error.h> /* for igloo_ERROR_NONE */
+
 #include "common/net/sock.h"
 #include "common/thread/thread.h"
 
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "auth.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 #include "listensocket.h"
+#include "global.h" /* for igloo_instance */
 
 #define CATMODULE "util"
 
@@ -1271,3 +1275,82 @@ int get_line(FILE *file, char *buf, size_t siz)
     }
     return 0;
 }
+
+bool util_interpolation_uuid(char * buffer, size_t bufferlen, const char *in)
+{
+    char *random_uuid = NULL;
+
+    if (!buffer || bufferlen < 1 || !in)
+        return false;
+
+    for (; *in; in++) {
+        if (*in == '%') {
+            in++;
+            switch (*in) {
+                case '%':
+                    if (!bufferlen) {
+                        free(random_uuid);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    *buffer++ = *in;
+                    bufferlen--;
+                    break;
+                case 'r':
+                case 'g':
+                    if (true) {
+                        const char *str;
+                        size_t len;
+
+                        switch (*in) {
+                            case 'r':
+                                if (!random_uuid) {
+                                    if (igloo_uuid_new_random_cstr(&random_uuid, igloo_instance) != igloo_ERROR_NONE) {
+                                        return false;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                str = random_uuid;
+                                break;
+                            case 'g':
+                                str = global_instance_uuid();
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                free(random_uuid);
+                                return false;
+                        }
+
+                        len = strlen(str);
+
+                        if (bufferlen <= len) {
+                            free(random_uuid);
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+                        memcpy(buffer, str, len);
+                        buffer += len;
+                        bufferlen -= len;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    free(random_uuid);
+                    return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (!bufferlen) {
+                free(random_uuid);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            *buffer++ = *in;
+            bufferlen--;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(random_uuid);
+
+    if (bufferlen) {
+        *buffer = 0;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index c525e79b..420fdb49 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -124,4 +124,8 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result);
 char *util_conv_string (const char *string, const char *in_charset, const char *out_charset);
 
 int get_line(FILE *file, char *buf, size_t siz);
+
+/* returns true on successi, when returning false buffer[] is in undefined state. */
+bool util_interpolation_uuid(char * buffer, size_t bufferlen, const char *in);
+
 #endif  /* __UTIL_H__ */