diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index d7c72363..fd5ec317 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -1906,9 +1906,17 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int index)
     return get_array_item(array, (size_t)index);
 }
 
+static int cJSON_DuplicateKeyMode = 0;
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_SetDuplicateKeyMode(int mode)
+{
+    cJSON_DuplicateKeyMode = mode;
+}
+
 static cJSON *get_object_item(const cJSON * const object, const char * const name, const cJSON_bool case_sensitive)
 {
     cJSON *current_element = NULL;
+    cJSON *last_match = NULL;
 
     if ((object == NULL) || (name == NULL))
     {
@@ -1916,26 +1924,40 @@ static cJSON *get_object_item(const cJSON * const object, const char * const nam
     }
 
     current_element = object->child;
-    if (case_sensitive)
+    while (current_element != NULL)
     {
-        while ((current_element != NULL) && (current_element->string != NULL) && (strcmp(name, current_element->string) != 0))
+        if (case_sensitive)
         {
-            current_element = current_element->next;
+            if ((current_element->string != NULL) && (strcmp(name, current_element->string) == 0))
+            {
+                if (cJSON_DuplicateKeyMode == 0)
+                {
+                    return current_element;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    last_match = current_element;
+                }
+            }
         }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        while ((current_element != NULL) && (case_insensitive_strcmp((const unsigned char*)name, (const unsigned char*)(current_element->string)) != 0))
+        else
         {
-            current_element = current_element->next;
+            if ((current_element->string != NULL) && (case_insensitive_strcmp((const unsigned char*)name, (const unsigned char*)(current_element->string)) == 0))
+            {
+                if (cJSON_DuplicateKeyMode == 0)
+                {
+                    return current_element;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    last_match = current_element;
+                }
+            }
         }
+        current_element = current_element->next;
     }
 
-    if ((current_element == NULL) || (current_element->string == NULL)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return current_element;
+    return last_match;
 }
 
 CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON * const object, const char * const string)
diff --git a/tests/misc_tests.c b/tests/misc_tests.c
index a96c2fdc..02d3e8fe 100644
--- a/tests/misc_tests.c
+++ b/tests/misc_tests.c
@@ -782,6 +782,36 @@ static void cjson_set_bool_value_must_not_break_objects(void)
     cJSON_Delete(sobj);
 }
 
+static void cjson_duplicate_keys_should_return_last_when_mode_is_set(void)
+{
+    cJSON *obj;
+    cJSON *item;
+    cJSON_SetDuplicateKeyMode(1);
+
+    obj = cJSON_Parse("{\"key\":\"first\",\"key\":\"second\"}");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(obj, "Failed to parse JSON with duplicate keys.");
+
+    item = cJSON_GetObjectItem(obj, "key");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(item, "Failed to get object item for duplicate key.");
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING_MESSAGE("second", item->valuestring, "Duplicate key mode did not return last item.");
+    cJSON_Delete(obj);
+}
+
+static void cjson_duplicate_keys_case_insensitive_should_return_last(void)
+{
+    cJSON *obj;
+    cJSON *item;
+    cJSON_SetDuplicateKeyMode(1);
+
+    obj = cJSON_Parse("{\"Key\":\"first\",\"key\":\"second\"}");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(obj, "Failed to parse JSON with duplicate keys (case insensitive).");
+
+    item = cJSON_GetObjectItem(obj, "key");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(item, "Failed to get object item for duplicate key (case insensitive).");
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING_MESSAGE("second", item->valuestring, "Duplicate key mode (case insensitive) did not return last item.");
+    cJSON_Delete(obj);
+}
+
 int CJSON_CDECL main(void)
 {
     UNITY_BEGIN();
@@ -815,6 +845,7 @@ int CJSON_CDECL main(void)
     RUN_TEST(cjson_delete_item_from_array_should_not_broken_list_structure);
     RUN_TEST(cjson_set_valuestring_to_object_should_not_leak_memory);
     RUN_TEST(cjson_set_bool_value_must_not_break_objects);
-
+    RUN_TEST(cjson_duplicate_keys_should_return_last_when_mode_is_set);
+    RUN_TEST(cjson_duplicate_keys_case_insensitive_should_return_last);
     return UNITY_END();
 }