diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_circular_hough_transform.py b/doc/examples/plot_circular_hough_transform.py
index d2f8f2ae..c8b2a3be 100755
--- a/doc/examples/plot_circular_hough_transform.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_circular_hough_transform.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ radii = []
 for radius, h in zip(hough_radii, hough_res):
     # For each radius, extract two circles
     peaks = peak_local_max(h, num_peaks=2)
-    centers.extend(peaks - hough_radii.max())
+    centers.extend(peaks)
     accums.extend(h[peaks[:, 0], peaks[:, 1]])
     radii.extend([radius, radius])
 
diff --git a/skimage/transform/_hough_transform.pyx b/skimage/transform/_hough_transform.pyx
index b2250ef3..a85bd6c1 100644
--- a/skimage/transform/_hough_transform.pyx
+++ b/skimage/transform/_hough_transform.pyx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cdef inline Py_ssize_t round(double r):
 
 def hough_circle(cnp.ndarray img,
                  cnp.ndarray[ndim=1, dtype=cnp.intp_t] radius,
-                 char normalize=True):
+                 char normalize=True, char full_output=False):
     """Perform a circular Hough transform.
 
     Parameters
@@ -34,12 +34,17 @@ def hough_circle(cnp.ndarray img,
     normalize : boolean, optional
         Normalize the accumulator with the number
         of pixels used to draw the radius
+    full_output : boolean, optional
+        Extend the output size by twice the largest
+        radius in order to detect centers outside the
+        input picture.
 
     Returns
     -------
-    H : 3D ndarray (radius index, (M, N) ndarray)
-        Hough transform accumulator for each radius
-
+    H : 3D ndarray (radius index, (M + 2R, N + 2R) ndarray)
+        Hough transform accumulator for each radius.
+        R designates the larger radius if full_output is True.
+        Otherwise, R = 0.
     """
     if img.ndim != 2:
         raise ValueError('The input image must be 2D.')
@@ -50,10 +55,12 @@ def hough_circle(cnp.ndarray img,
 
     cdef Py_ssize_t num_pixels = x.size
 
-    # Offset the image
-    cdef Py_ssize_t max_radius = radius.max()
-    x = x + max_radius
-    y = y + max_radius
+    cdef Py_ssize_t offset = 0
+    if full_output:
+        # Offset the image
+        offset = radius.max()
+        x = x + offset
+        y = y + offset
 
     cdef Py_ssize_t i, p, c, num_circle_pixels, tx, ty
     cdef double incr
@@ -61,8 +68,8 @@ def hough_circle(cnp.ndarray img,
 
     cdef cnp.ndarray[ndim=3, dtype=cnp.double_t] acc = \
          np.zeros((radius.size,
-                   img.shape[0] + 2 * max_radius,
-                   img.shape[1] + 2 * max_radius), dtype=np.double)
+                   img.shape[0] + 2 * offset,
+                   img.shape[1] + 2 * offset), dtype=np.double)
 
     for i, rad in enumerate(radius):
         # Store in memory the circle of given radius
diff --git a/skimage/transform/tests/test_hough_transform.py b/skimage/transform/tests/test_hough_transform.py
index 256c88a8..35360e89 100644
--- a/skimage/transform/tests/test_hough_transform.py
+++ b/skimage/transform/tests/test_hough_transform.py
@@ -117,11 +117,27 @@ def test_hough_circle():
     img = np.zeros((120, 100), dtype=int)
     radius = 20
     x_0, y_0 = (99, 50)
-    x, y = circle_perimeter(y_0, x_0, radius)
-    img[y, x] = 1
+    y, x = circle_perimeter(y_0, x_0, radius)
+    img[x, y] = 1
 
     out = tf.hough_circle(img, np.array([radius]))
 
+    x, y = np.where(out[0] == out[0].max())
+    # Offset for x_0, y_0
+    assert_equal(x[0], x_0)
+    assert_equal(y[0], y_0)
+
+def test_hough_circle_extended():
+    # Prepare picture
+    # The circle center is outside the image
+    img = np.zeros((100, 100), dtype=int)
+    radius = 20
+    x_0, y_0 = (-5, 50)
+    y, x = circle_perimeter(y_0, x_0, radius)
+    img[x[np.where(x>0)], y[np.where(x>0)]] = 1
+
+    out = tf.hough_circle(img, np.array([radius]), full_output=True)
+
     x, y = np.where(out[0] == out[0].max())
     # Offset for x_0, y_0
     assert_equal(x[0], x_0 + radius)