diff --git a/src/client/client_cli.c b/src/client/client_cli.c
index 924b37b..9fd67ac 100644
--- a/src/client/client_cli.c
+++ b/src/client/client_cli.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ static const OptionEntry OPTION_TABLE[] = {
     {"--delete", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, use_delete)},
     {"--incremental", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, use_incremental)},
     {"--delta", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, use_delta)},
+    {"--whole-file", "-W", OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, whole_file)},
     {"--save-to-disk", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, save_to_disk)},
     {"--progress", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, show_progress)},
     {"--tls", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, use_tls)},
diff --git a/src/client/client_send.c b/src/client/client_send.c
index e15c7f0..3f4d64f 100644
--- a/src/client/client_send.c
+++ b/src/client/client_send.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int send_single_file(Client* client, File* file, Config* config, bool use
     delta_signature_destroy(sig);
     return 1;
   }
-  if (rc == 2 && config->use_delta) {
+  if (rc == 2 && config->use_delta && !config->whole_file) {
     int drc = send_delta(client, file, sig, config);
     delta_signature_destroy(sig);
     if (drc == 0)
diff --git a/src/client/client_validation.c b/src/client/client_validation.c
index 106580f..e807085 100644
--- a/src/client/client_validation.c
+++ b/src/client/client_validation.c
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ bool validate_config(const Config* config) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "--incremental is not supported with -s (chunk serialization)");
     return false;
   }
-  if (config->use_delta && !config->use_incremental) {
+  if (config->use_delta && !config->whole_file && !config->use_incremental) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "--delta requires --incremental");
     return false;
   }
-  if (config->use_delta && config->use_chunk_serialization) {
+  if (config->use_delta && !config->whole_file && config->use_chunk_serialization) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "--delta cannot be combined with -s (chunk serialization)");
     return false;
   }
-  if (config->use_delta && config->use_sendfile) {
+  if (config->use_delta && !config->whole_file && config->use_sendfile) {
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "--delta cannot be combined with -f (sendfile)");
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/client/usage.c b/src/client/usage.c
index 9025a82..6a2968b 100644
--- a/src/client/usage.c
+++ b/src/client/usage.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ void print_usage(void) {
   printf("  --min-size <n>      Skip files smaller than n bytes\n");
   printf("  --incremental       Skip files unchanged since last transfer\n");
   printf("  --delta             Delta transfer for changed files (requires --incremental)\n");
+  printf("  -W, --whole-file    Transfer changed files without delta processing\n");
   printf("  --delta-block <n>   Delta block size in bytes (default: %d)\n",
          DELTA_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT);
   printf("  --delta-max <n>     Max file size for delta transfer (default: %llu)\n",
diff --git a/src/shared/config.c b/src/shared/config.c
index cb496f9..3f45183 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.c
+++ b/src/shared/config.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static void config_set_defaults(Config* config) {
   config->min_size = 0;
   config->use_incremental = false;
   config->use_delta = false;
+  config->whole_file = false;
   config->delta_block_size = DELTA_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT;
   config->delta_max_file_size = DELTA_MAX_FILE_SIZE;
   config->use_tls = false;
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ static bool send_core_fields(int fd, const Config* c) {
 
 static bool send_delta_fields(int fd, const Config* c) {
   return send_int(fd, c->use_delete) && send_int(fd, c->use_incremental) &&
-         send_int(fd, c->use_delta) &&
+         send_int(fd, c->use_delta && !c->whole_file) &&
          send_n_data(fd, &c->delta_block_size, sizeof(c->delta_block_size)) &&
          send_n_data(fd, &c->delta_max_file_size, sizeof(unsigned long long));
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/config.h b/src/shared/config.h
index ea88f87..930268e 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.h
+++ b/src/shared/config.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef struct Config {
   unsigned long long min_size;
   bool use_incremental;
   bool use_delta;
+  bool whole_file;
   uint32_t delta_block_size;
   unsigned long long delta_max_file_size;
   bool use_tls;
diff --git a/src/shared/file_receive.c b/src/shared/file_receive.c
index 3d3616d..cbca23c 100644
--- a/src/shared/file_receive.c
+++ b/src/shared/file_receive.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  bool try_delta = config->use_delta && has_old_file && old_data != NULL &&
+  bool try_delta = config->use_delta && !config->whole_file && has_old_file && old_data != NULL &&
                    delta_should_attempt(old_size, check_size, config->delta_max_file_size);
 
   if (try_delta) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_features.py b/tests/integration/test_features.py
index 382cd68..713383f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_features.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_features.py
@@ -331,6 +331,27 @@ class TestIncremental:
         with open(received_file, "rb") as f:
             assert f.read() == b"hello world\n"
 
+    def test_whole_file_disables_delta_and_keeps_compression(self, shared_server):
+        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
+        result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR, flags=["-M"], port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0
+
+        source_file = os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "medium.txt")
+        with open(source_file, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(b"whole-file replacement\n" * 5000)
+
+        result, _ = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR,
+            DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["-M", "--incremental", "--delta", "-W", "-c"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
+        )
+        assert result.returncode == 0, f"Whole-file sync failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}"
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+        mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
+        assert not missing, f"Missing: {missing}"
+        assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
+
 
 class TestDelete:
     def test_delete_removes_extra_files(self, shared_server):
diff --git a/tests/test_client_cli.c b/tests/test_client_cli.c
index 22e4fb3..6755668 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_cli.c
+++ b/tests/test_client_cli.c
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ static void test_validate_config_delta_sendfile_constraints() {
   cfg->use_incremental = true;
   cfg->use_sendfile = true;
   EXPECT_FALSE(validate_config(cfg));
+
+  /* Whole-file makes delta selection inactive, so these combinations are valid. */
+  cfg->whole_file = true;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(validate_config(cfg));
+
+  cfg->use_incremental = false;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(validate_config(cfg));
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
@@ -507,6 +514,27 @@ static void test_parse_args_rejects_unsupported_stderr_modes() {
   }
   log_set_stderr_mode(LOG_STDERR_ERRORS);
 }
+
+/* Test both whole-file spellings and its precedence over delta selection. */
+static void test_parse_args_whole_file() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--delta", "--incremental", "-W", "/src", "/dst"};
+  int positional_args[2];
+  int positional_count = 0;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 6, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->whole_file);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->use_delta);
+
+  config_delete(cfg);
+  cfg = config_create();
+  char* long_argv[] = {"fastsync", "--whole-file", "/src", "/dst"};
+  positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, long_argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->whole_file);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
+
 void test_client_cli() {
   test_validate_config_required_paths();
   test_validate_config_incompatible_options();
@@ -541,4 +569,5 @@ void test_client_cli() {
   test_parse_args_rejects_unsupported_stderr_modes();
   test_parse_args_secluded_args();
   test_parse_args_short_s_remains_chunk_serialization();
+  test_parse_args_whole_file();
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_config.c b/tests/test_config.c
index 4adf411..6f88026 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.c
+++ b/tests/test_config.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ static void test_config_send_receive() {
   send_cfg->use_compression = true;
   send_cfg->use_metadata = true;
   send_cfg->use_fsync = true;
+  send_cfg->use_delta = true;
+  send_cfg->whole_file = true;
   send_cfg->compression_level = 5;
   send_cfg->chunk_size = 1024;
   send_cfg->eight_bit_output = true;
@@ -165,6 +167,11 @@ static void test_config_send_receive() {
       if (!recv_cfg->use_fsync)
         ok = false;
       if (!recv_cfg->eight_bit_output)
+        ok = false;
+      if (recv_cfg->use_delta)
+        ok = false;
+      if (!recv_cfg->whole_file)
+        ok = false;
     }
     config_delete(recv_cfg);
     close(p[0]);