diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/BoneFollower.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/BoneFollower.cs
index a5a1af424..d59c88550 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/BoneFollower.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/BoneFollower.cs
@@ -47,12 +47,16 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 			}
 		}
 
-		/// <summary>If a bone isn't set, boneName is used to find the bone.</summary>
+		/// <summary>If a bone isn't set in code, boneName is used to find the bone.</summary>
 		[SpineBone(dataField: "skeletonRenderer")]
 		public String boneName;
 
 		public bool followZPosition = true;
 		public bool followBoneRotation = true;
+
+		[Tooltip("Follows the skeleton's flip state by controlling this Transform's local scale.")]
+		public bool followSkeletonFlip = false;
+
 		[UnityEngine.Serialization.FormerlySerializedAs("resetOnAwake")]
 		public bool initializeOnAwake = true;
 		#endregion
@@ -122,6 +126,11 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 					thisTransform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(worldRotation.x, worldRotation.y, skeletonTransform.rotation.eulerAngles.z + bone.WorldRotationX);
 				}
 			}
+
+			if (followSkeletonFlip) {
+				float flipScaleY = bone.skeleton.flipX ^ bone.skeleton.flipY ? -1f : 1f;
+				thisTransform.localScale = new Vector3(1f, flipScaleY, 1f);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/Editor/BoneFollowerInspector.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/Editor/BoneFollowerInspector.cs
index 93b6b791e..d6341be35 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/Editor/BoneFollowerInspector.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/spine-unity/Editor/BoneFollowerInspector.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ using UnityEngine;
 namespace Spine.Unity.Editor {	
 	[CustomEditor(typeof(BoneFollower))]
 	public class BoneFollowerInspector : UnityEditor.Editor {
-		SerializedProperty boneName, skeletonRenderer, followZPosition, followBoneRotation;
+		SerializedProperty boneName, skeletonRenderer, followZPosition, followBoneRotation, followSkeletonFlip;
 		BoneFollower targetBoneFollower;
 		bool needsReset;
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace Spine.Unity.Editor {
 			boneName = serializedObject.FindProperty("boneName");
 			followBoneRotation = serializedObject.FindProperty("followBoneRotation");
 			followZPosition = serializedObject.FindProperty("followZPosition");
+			followSkeletonFlip = serializedObject.FindProperty("followSkeletonFlip");
 
 			targetBoneFollower = (BoneFollower)target;
 			if (targetBoneFollower.SkeletonRenderer != null)
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ namespace Spine.Unity.Editor {
 				}
 				EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(followBoneRotation);
 				EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(followZPosition);
+				EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(followSkeletonFlip);
 			} else {
 				var boneFollowerSkeletonRenderer = targetBoneFollower.skeletonRenderer;
 				if (boneFollowerSkeletonRenderer == null) {