diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e422bd..1735316 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ MONGODB_SEPARATE_COLLECTIONS = True
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `MONGODB_DATABASE` | scrapy-mongodb | No | Database to use. Does not need to exist. |
 | `MONGODB_COLLECTION` | items | No | Collection within the database to use. Does not need to exist. |
+| `MONGODB_ITEM_COLLECTION` | None | No | Collection name to use if an item has this key. Does not need to exist. |
 | `MONGODB_URI` | mongodb://localhost:27017 | No | URI to the MongoDB instance or replica sets you want to connect to. It must start with `mongodb://` (see more in the [MongoDB docs][1]). E.g.: `mongodb://user:pass@host:port`, `mongodb://user:pass@host:port,host2:port2` |
 | `MONGODB_UNIQUE_KEY` | None | No | If you want to have a unique key in the database, enter the key name here. `scrapy-mongodb` will ensure the key is properly indexed. |
 | `MONGODB_BUFFER_DATA` | None | No | To ease the load on MongoDB, set this option to the number of items you want to buffer in the client before sending them to database. Setting a `MONGODB_UNIQUE_KEY` together with `MONGODB_BUFFER_DATA` is not supported. |
diff --git a/scrapy_mongodb.py b/scrapy_mongodb.py
index 9c9a80a..7de69e8 100644
--- a/scrapy_mongodb.py
+++ b/scrapy_mongodb.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class MongoDBPipeline(BaseItemExporter):
         'write_concern': 0,
         'database': 'scrapy-mongodb',
         'collection': 'items',
+        'item_collection': None,
         'separate_collections': False,
         'replica_set': None,
         'unique_key': None,
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ def open_spider(self, spider):
 
         # Set up the database
         self.database = connection[self.config['database']]
-        self.collections = {'default': self.database[self.config['collection']]}
+        self.collections = {}
 
         self.logger.info(u'Connected to MongoDB {0}, using "{1}"'.format(
             self.config['uri'],
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ def configure(self):
             ('write_concern', 'MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_W'),
             ('database', 'MONGODB_DATABASE'),
             ('collection', 'MONGODB_COLLECTION'),
+            ('item_collection', 'MONGODB_ITEM_COLLECTION'),
             ('separate_collections', 'MONGODB_SEPARATE_COLLECTIONS'),
             ('replica_set', 'MONGODB_REPLICA_SET'),
             ('unique_key', 'MONGODB_UNIQUE_KEY'),
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ def insert_item(self, item, spider):
             if self.config['append_timestamp']:
                 item['scrapy-mongodb'] = {'ts': datetime.datetime.utcnow()}
 
-        collection_name, collection = self.get_collection(spider.name)
+        collection_name, collection = self.get_collection(spider.name, item)
 
         if self.config['unique_key'] is None:
             try:
@@ -253,17 +255,20 @@ def insert_item(self, item, spider):
 
         return item
 
-    def get_collection(self, name):
-        if self.config['separate_collections']:
-            collection = self.collections.get(name)
+    def get_collection(self, name, item):
+
+        collection_name = self.config['collection']
+
+        if self.config['item_collection'] and self.config['item_collection'] in item:
+            collection_name = item[self.config['item_collection']]
+        elif self.config['separate_collections']:
             collection_name = name
 
-            if not collection:
-                collection = self.database[name]
-                self.collections[name] = collection
-        else:
-            collection = self.collections.get('default')
-            collection_name = self.config['collection']
+        collection = self.collections.get(collection_name)
+
+        if not collection:
+            collection = self.database[collection_name]
+            self.collections[collection_name] = collection
 
         # Ensure unique index
         if self.config['unique_key']: