diff --git a/src/libpostal.c b/src/libpostal.c
index 066a3015..754093f0 100644
--- a/src/libpostal.c
+++ b/src/libpostal.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ static libpostal_normalize_options_t LIBPOSTAL_DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
         .drop_english_possessives = true,
         .delete_apostrophes = true,
         .expand_numex = true,
-        .roman_numerals = true
+        .roman_numerals = true,
+        .root = true
 };
 
 libpostal_normalize_options_t libpostal_get_default_options(void) {
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ static libpostal_near_dupe_hash_options_t LIBPOSTAL_NEAR_DUPE_HASH_DEFAULT_OPTIO
     .geohash_precision = DEFAULT_NEAR_DUPE_GEOHASH_PRECISION,
     .name_and_address_keys = true,
     .name_only_keys = false,
-    .address_only_keys = false
+    .address_only_keys = false,
+    .street_root = true
 };
 
 libpostal_near_dupe_hash_options_t libpostal_get_near_dupe_hash_default_options(void) {
diff --git a/src/libpostal.h b/src/libpostal.h
index 42a13e3c..c532c00c 100644
--- a/src/libpostal.h
+++ b/src/libpostal.h
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ typedef struct libpostal_normalize_options {
     bool expand_numex;
     bool roman_numerals;
 
+    // Expansion options
+    bool root;
+
 } libpostal_normalize_options_t;
 
 LIBPOSTAL_EXPORT libpostal_normalize_options_t libpostal_get_default_options(void);
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ typedef struct libpostal_near_dupe_hash_options {
     bool name_and_address_keys;
     bool name_only_keys;
     bool address_only_keys;
+    bool street_root;
 } libpostal_near_dupe_hash_options_t;
 
 LIBPOSTAL_EXPORT libpostal_near_dupe_hash_options_t libpostal_get_near_dupe_hash_default_options(void);
diff --git a/src/near_dupe.c b/src/near_dupe.c
index 06a89ac4..3e77ceac 100644
--- a/src/near_dupe.c
+++ b/src/near_dupe.c
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ cstring_array *expanded_component_combined(char *input, libpostal_normalize_opti
 
     size_t num_root_expansions = 0;
     cstring_array *root_expansions = expand_address_root(input, options, &num_root_expansions);
-    
-    if (num_root_expansions == 0) {
+
+    if (!options.root || num_root_expansions == 0) {
         cstring_array_destroy(root_expansions);
         *n = num_expansions;
         return expansions;
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ cstring_array *near_dupe_hashes_languages(size_t num_components, char **labels,
         remove_spaces = true;
         log_debug("Doing street expansions for %s\n", place->street);
         normalize_options.address_components = LIBPOSTAL_ADDRESS_STREET | LIBPOSTAL_ADDRESS_ANY;
+        normalize_options.root = options.street_root;
         street_expansions = expanded_component_combined(place->street, normalize_options, remove_spaces, &num_street_expansions);
         log_debug("Got %zu street expansions\n", num_street_expansions);
     }