diff --git a/MarkdownView.js b/MarkdownView.js
index 564f44e..f5d0598 100644
--- a/MarkdownView.js
+++ b/MarkdownView.js
@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ class MarkdownView extends Component {
     onLinkPress?: (string) => void,
     styles?: Styles,
     children: string,
+    replaceAllDefaultStyles?: boolean,
   }
 
   render() {
-    const {rules = {}, styles = {}, onLinkPress} = this.props
+    const {rules = {}, styles = {}, onLinkPress, replaceAllDefaultStyles = false} = this.props
 
-    const mergedStyles = mergeStyles(DefaultStyles, styles)
+    const mergedStyles = replaceAllDefaultStyles ? styles : mergeStyles(DefaultStyles, styles)
     const mergedRules = mergeRules(SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules, simpleMarkdownRules(mergeRules(DefaultRules, rules), mergedStyles))
 
     const markdown = (Array.isArray(this.props.children) ? this.props.children.join('') : this.props.children) + '\n\n'
@@ -158,6 +159,11 @@ MarkdownView.propTypes = {
    */
   styles: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.object, PropTypes.number])),
 
+  /**
+   * A boolean indicating if all default styles should be overridden by the given styles property.
+   */
+  replaceAllDefaultStyles: PropTypes.bool,
+
   /**
    * Callback function for when a link is pressed. The callback receives the URL of the link as a
    * string (first and only argument).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65882d5..28b8732 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,7 +135,12 @@ e.g.
 }
 ```
 
-## onLinkPress
+### replaceAllDefaultStyles (default to false)
+
+A boolean indicating if all default styles should be overridden by the given styles property.
+
+
+### onLinkPress
 
 Callback function for when a link is pressed. The callback receives the URL of the link as a
 string (first and only argument).