diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 970b7b77..a4f8523c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ Options:
                                   output directory in the form
                                   '{name,DEFAULT}'. See below for additional
                                   details on templating system.
+  --edited-suffix SUFFIX          Optional suffix for naming edited photos.
+                                  Default name for edited photos is in form
+                                  'photoname_edited.ext'. For example, with '
+                                  --edited-suffix _bearbeiten', the edited
+                                  photo would be named
+                                  'photoname_bearbeiten.ext'.  The default
+                                  suffix is '_edited'.
   --no-extended-attributes        Don't copy extended attributes when
                                   exporting.  You only need this if exporting
                                   to a filesystem that doesn't support Mac OS
@@ -373,6 +380,8 @@ Substitution                    Description
                                 the file creation time
 {created.dd}                    2-digit day of the month (zero padded) of
                                 file creation time
+{created.dow}                   Day of week in user's locale of the file
+                                creation time
 {created.doy}                   3-digit day of year (e.g Julian day) of file
                                 creation time, starting from 1 (zero padded)
 {modified.date}                 Photo's modification date in ISO format,
diff --git a/osxphotos/__main__.py b/osxphotos/__main__.py
index 52da6373..7fff6a3b 100644
--- a/osxphotos/__main__.py
+++ b/osxphotos/__main__.py
@@ -1038,6 +1038,14 @@ def query(
     help="Optional template for specifying name of output directory in the form '{name,DEFAULT}'. "
     "See below for additional details on templating system.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--edited-suffix",
+    metavar="SUFFIX",
+    default="_edited",
+    help="Optional suffix for naming edited photos.  Default name for edited photos is in form "
+    "'photoname_edited.ext'. For example, with '--edited-suffix _bearbeiten', the edited photo "
+    "would be named 'photoname_bearbeiten.ext'.  The default suffix is '_edited'."
+)
 @click.option(
     "--no-extended-attributes",
     is_flag=True,
@@ -1116,6 +1124,7 @@ def export(
     not_panorama,
     has_raw,
     directory,
+    edited_suffix,
     place,
     no_place,
     no_extended_attributes,
@@ -1309,6 +1318,7 @@ def export(
                         export_db=export_db,
                         fileutil=fileutil,
                         dry_run = dry_run,
+                        edited_suffix=edited_suffix,
                     )
                     results_exported.extend(results.exported)
                     results_new.extend(results.new)
@@ -1340,6 +1350,7 @@ def export(
                     export_db=export_db,
                     fileutil=fileutil,
                     dry_run=dry_run,
+                    edited_suffix=edited_suffix
                 )
                 results_exported.extend(results.exported)
                 results_new.extend(results.new)
@@ -1759,6 +1770,7 @@ def export_photo(
     export_db=None,
     fileutil=FileUtil,
     dry_run=None,
+    edited_suffix="_edited"
 ):
     """ Helper function for export that does the actual export
         photo: PhotoInfo object
@@ -1910,12 +1922,12 @@ def export_photo(
                 edited_name = pathlib.Path(filename)
                 # check for correct edited suffix
                 if photo.path_edited is not None:
-                    edited_suffix = pathlib.Path(photo.path_edited).suffix
+                    edited_ext = pathlib.Path(photo.path_edited).suffix
                 else:
                     # use filename suffix which might be wrong,
                     # will be corrected by use_photos_export
-                    edited_suffix = pathlib.Path(photo.filename).suffix
-                edited_name = f"{edited_name.stem}_edited{edited_suffix}"
+                    edited_ext = pathlib.Path(photo.filename).suffix
+                edited_name = f"{edited_name.stem}{edited_suffix}{edited_ext}"
                 verbose(f"Exporting edited version of {filename} as {edited_name}")
                 export_results_edited = photo.export2(
                     dest_path,
diff --git a/osxphotos/_version.py b/osxphotos/_version.py
index af638e6c..8424be87 100644
--- a/osxphotos/_version.py
+++ b/osxphotos/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """ version info """
 
-__version__ = "0.29.7"
+__version__ = "0.29.8"
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 3e9f33b0..2e644ace 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ CLI_EXPORT_FILENAMES = [
     "wedding_edited.jpeg",
 ]
 
+CLI_EXPORT_EDITED_SUFFIX = "_bearbeiten"
+
+CLI_EXPORT_FILENAMES_EDITED_SUFFIX = [
+    "Pumkins1.jpg",
+    "Pumkins2.jpg",
+    "Pumpkins3.jpg",
+    "St James Park.jpg",
+    "St James Park_bearbeiten.jpeg",
+    "Tulips.jpg",
+    "wedding.jpg",
+    "wedding_bearbeiten.jpeg",
+]
+
+
 CLI_EXPORT_FILENAMES_CURRENT = [
     "1EB2B765-0765-43BA-A90C-0D0580E6172C.jpeg",
     "3DD2C897-F19E-4CA6-8C22-B027D5A71907.jpeg",
@@ -414,6 +428,33 @@ def test_export_exiftool():
                 assert exif[key] == CLI_EXIFTOOL[uuid][key]
 
 
+def test_export_edited_suffix():
+    """ test export with --edited-suffix """
+    import glob
+    import os
+    import os.path
+    import osxphotos
+    from osxphotos.__main__ import export
+
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    # pylint: disable=not-context-manager
+    with runner.isolated_filesystem():
+        result = runner.invoke(
+            export,
+            [
+                os.path.join(cwd, CLI_PHOTOS_DB),
+                ".",
+                "--edited-suffix",
+                CLI_EXPORT_EDITED_SUFFIX,
+                "-V",
+            ],
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        files = glob.glob("*")
+        assert sorted(files) == sorted(CLI_EXPORT_FILENAMES_EDITED_SUFFIX)
+
+
 def test_query_date():
     import json
     import osxphotos