diff --git a/runtime_data/config/au.conf b/runtime_data/config/au.conf
index 6022e86..db6c071 100644
--- a/runtime_data/config/au.conf
+++ b/runtime_data/config/au.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ char_analysis_height_range = 0.15
 char_analysis_height_step_size = 0.10
 char_analysis_height_num_steps = 5
 
+segmentation_min_speckle_height_percent = 0.3
 segmentation_min_box_width_px = 4
 segmentation_min_charheight_percent = 0.4;
 segmentation_max_segment_width_percent_vs_average = 1.6;
diff --git a/runtime_data/config/eu.conf b/runtime_data/config/eu.conf
index 7365404..1f8e693 100644
--- a/runtime_data/config/eu.conf
+++ b/runtime_data/config/eu.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ char_analysis_height_range = 0.15
 char_analysis_height_step_size = 0.10
 char_analysis_height_num_steps = 5
 
+segmentation_min_speckle_height_percent = 0.2
 segmentation_min_box_width_px = 5
 segmentation_min_charheight_percent = 0.4;
 segmentation_max_segment_width_percent_vs_average = 2.0;
diff --git a/runtime_data/config/kr.conf b/runtime_data/config/kr.conf
index babaae0..8eed2f6 100644
--- a/runtime_data/config/kr.conf
+++ b/runtime_data/config/kr.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ char_analysis_height_range = 0.15
 char_analysis_height_step_size = 0.10
 char_analysis_height_num_steps = 5
 
+segmentation_min_speckle_height_percent = 0.15
 segmentation_min_box_width_px = 4
 segmentation_min_charheight_percent = 0.4;
 segmentation_max_segment_width_percent_vs_average = 2.0;
diff --git a/runtime_data/config/us.conf b/runtime_data/config/us.conf
index 1c63944..19add48 100644
--- a/runtime_data/config/us.conf
+++ b/runtime_data/config/us.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ char_analysis_height_range = 0.20
 char_analysis_height_step_size = 0.10
 char_analysis_height_num_steps = 4
 
+segmentation_min_speckle_height_percent = 0.3
 segmentation_min_box_width_px = 4
 segmentation_min_charheight_percent = 0.5;
 segmentation_max_segment_width_percent_vs_average = 1.35;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/config.cpp b/src/openalpr/config.cpp
index 4ce8fbb..e2f228c 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/config.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/config.cpp
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ namespace alpr
     charAnalysisHeightStepSize = getFloat(ini, "", "char_analysis_height_step_size", 0);
     charAnalysisNumSteps = getInt(ini, "", "char_analysis_height_num_steps", 0);
 
+    segmentationMinSpeckleHeightPercent = getFloat(ini, "", "segmentation_min_speckle_height_percent", 0);
     segmentationMinBoxWidthPx = getInt(ini, "", "segmentation_min_box_width_px", 0);
     segmentationMinCharHeightPercent = getFloat(ini, "", "segmentation_min_charheight_percent", 0);
     segmentationMaxCharWidthvsAverage = getFloat(ini, "", "segmentation_max_segment_width_percent_vs_average", 0);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/config.h b/src/openalpr/config.h
index 47ef75e..1dd0962 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/config.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/config.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ namespace alpr
       float plateLinesSensitivityVertical;
       float plateLinesSensitivityHorizontal;
 
+      float segmentationMinSpeckleHeightPercent;
       int segmentationMinBoxWidthPx;
       float segmentationMinCharHeightPercent;
       float segmentationMaxCharWidthvsAverage;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
index 491d0f0..5311fa4 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ namespace alpr
   void CharacterSegmenter::removeSmallContours(vector<Mat> thresholds, float avgCharHeight,  TextLine textLine)
   {
     //const float MIN_CHAR_AREA = 0.02 * avgCharWidth * avgCharHeight;	// To clear out the tiny specks
-    const float MIN_CONTOUR_HEIGHT = 0.3 * avgCharHeight;
+    const float MIN_CONTOUR_HEIGHT = config->segmentationMinSpeckleHeightPercent * avgCharHeight;
 
     Mat textLineMask = Mat::zeros(thresholds[0].size(), CV_8U);
     fillConvexPoly(textLineMask, textLine.linePolygon.data(), textLine.linePolygon.size(), Scalar(255,255,255));