diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index 432b8c57..4793c4fb 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ impl App {
                 if self.matches.occurrences_of("plain") > 1 {
                     // If we have -pp as an option when in auto mode, the pager should be disabled.
                     PagingMode::Never
+                } else if self.matches.is_present("disable-paging") {
+                    PagingMode::Never
                 } else if inputs.iter().any(Input::is_stdin) {
                     // If we are reading from stdin, only enable paging if we write to an
                     // interactive terminal and if we do not *read* from an interactive
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
index 4182b76e..b7c371fe 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> ClapApp<'static, 'static> {
                      Possible values: *auto*, never, always.",
                 ),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("disable-paging")
+                .short("P")
+                .overrides_with("disable-paging")
+                .help("Alias for --paging=never")
+            )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("pager")
                 .long("pager")