diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 32bc31a..4bb9668 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Iteround is written and maintained by Calvin DeBoer.
 Authors
 ```````````````````````
 - Calvin DeBoer <cgdeboer@gmail.com> `@cgdeboer <https://github.com/cgdeboer>`_
+- Manikandan Nagarajan <manikandan_nagarajan@ymail.com> `@M22an <https://github.com/M22an>`_
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c30b76a..661b57f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ iterable (list, dict, set, numpy.array, generator): list(y) of numbers
 
 places (int): Places for rounding.
     Number of places each item in the set should be rounded to.
+	
+topline (float, optional): Topline to match
+	Useful in places where we want the total sum to match a different topline 
+	than the sum of iterable. This can useful in cases where original values 
+	are altered before passing into the saferound method, but the original sum
+	needs to be maintained.
 
 strategy (str, optional): The strategy used to clean up rounding errors
     'difference', 'largest', 'smallest'. Defaults to 'difference'
diff --git a/iteround/core.py b/iteround/core.py
index 10f0b90..a1da7fd 100644
--- a/iteround/core.py
+++ b/iteround/core.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 DIFFERENCE = 'difference'
 
 
-def saferound(iterable, places, strategy=DIFFERENCE, rounder=round):
+def saferound(iterable, places, strategy=DIFFERENCE, rounder=round, topline=None):
     """Rounds an iterable of floats while retaining the original summed value.
 
     Function parameters should be documented in the ``Args`` section. The name
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ def saferound(iterable, places, strategy=DIFFERENCE, rounder=round):
             rounder method must take 2 arguments, a `float` to be rounded, and
             an integer for the number of places (with support for negative)
 
+        topline (float, optional): Topline to match
+            Useful in places where we want the total sum to match a different
+            topline than the sum of iterable. This can useful in cases where
+            original values are altered before passing into the saferound
+            method, but the original sum needs to be maintained.
+
     Returns:
         iterable (same type as input, but with rounded values).
 
@@ -65,7 +71,9 @@ def saferound(iterable, places, strategy=DIFFERENCE, rounder=round):
 
     # calculate original sum, rounded,  then rounded local sum.
     local = [Number(i, value) for i, value in enumerate(values)]
-    orig_sum = _sumnum(local, places, rounder)
+    orig_sum = (_sumnum(local, places, rounder)
+                if topline is None else
+                rounder(topline, places))
     [n.round(places, rounder) for n in local]
     local_sum = _sumnum(local, places, rounder)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 56021f4..eb1d283 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="iteround",
-    version="1.0.2",
+    version="1.0.3",
     author="Calvin DeBoer",
     author_email="cgdeboer@gmail.com",
     description=("Rounds iterables (arrays, lists, sets, etc) "
diff --git a/tests/test_saferound.py b/tests/test_saferound.py
index 12d4ad4..7741866 100644
--- a/tests/test_saferound.py
+++ b/tests/test_saferound.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import iteround
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-
 class TestSafeRoundMethods(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -79,6 +78,19 @@ def test_over_with_sum(self):
         out = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0]
         self.assertListEqual(iteround.saferound(self.in_list, -1), out)
 
+    def test_topline(self):
+        out = [4.0, 3.0, 3.0, 7.0, 5.0, 7.0]
+        topline = 29
+        actual_out = iteround.saferound(self.in_list, 0, topline=topline)
+        actual_topline = sum(actual_out)
+        self.assertListEqual(actual_out, out)
+        self.assertEqual(topline, actual_topline)
+
+    def test_topline_sum(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sum(iteround.saferound(self.in_list, 0, topline=28)), 28)
+        self.assertEqual(sum(iteround.saferound(self.in_list, 0, topline=29)), 29)
+        self.assertEqual(sum(iteround.saferound(self.in_list, 0, topline=30)), 30)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()