diff --git a/d3.layout.cloud.js b/d3.layout.cloud.js
index f035837..b15b09e 100644
--- a/d3.layout.cloud.js
+++ b/d3.layout.cloud.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         timeInterval = Infinity,
         event = d3.dispatch("word", "end"),
         timer = null,
+        overflow = false,
         cloud = {};
 
     cloud.start = function() {
@@ -101,7 +102,11 @@
         tag.y = startY + dy;
 
         if (tag.x + tag.x0 < 0 || tag.y + tag.y0 < 0 ||
-            tag.x + tag.x1 > size[0] || tag.y + tag.y1 > size[1]) continue;
+            tag.x + tag.x1 > size[0] || tag.y + tag.y1 > size[1]) {
+          if (!overflow) {
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
         // TODO only check for collisions within current bounds.
         if (!bounds || !cloudCollide(tag, board, size[0])) {
           if (!bounds || collideRects(tag, bounds)) {
@@ -189,6 +194,12 @@
       return cloud;
     };
 
+    cloud.overflow = function(x) {
+      if (!arguments.length) return overflow;
+      overflow = d3.functor(x);
+      return cloud;
+    };
+
     return d3.rebind(cloud, event, "on");
   }
 
diff --git a/examples/simple_with_overflow.html b/examples/simple_with_overflow.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaeb03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_with_overflow.html
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<body>
+<script src="../lib/d3/d3.js"></script>
+<script src="../d3.layout.cloud.js"></script>
+<script>
+//OneBigWord will (usually) not show up, because it doesn't fit in
+var fill = d3.scale.category20();
+
+var words = [
+        "Hello", "world", "normally", "you", "want", "more", "words",
+        "than", "this", "OneBigWord"].map(function(d) {
+        return {text: d, size: 10 + Math.random() * 90};
+        });
+
+  d3.layout.cloud().size([300, 300])
+      .words(words)
+      .padding(5)
+      .overflow(true)
+      .rotate(function() { return ~~(Math.random() * 2) * 90; })
+      .font("Impact")
+      .fontSize(function(d) { return d.size; })
+      .on("end", draw)
+      .start();
+
+  function draw(words) {
+    d3.select("body").append("svg")
+        .attr("width", 300)
+        .attr("height", 300)
+      .append("g")
+        .attr("transform", "translate(150,150)")
+      .selectAll("text")
+        .data(words)
+      .enter().append("text")
+        .style("font-size", function(d) { return d.size + "px"; })
+        .style("font-family", "Impact")
+        .style("fill", function(d, i) { return fill(i); })
+        .attr("text-anchor", "middle")
+        .attr("transform", function(d) {
+          return "translate(" + [d.x, d.y] + ")rotate(" + d.rotate + ")";
+        })
+        .text(function(d) { return d.text; });
+  }
+</script>
