diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index a9fa243a..7b92c2db 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ impl App {
                          see all available themes",
                     ),
             )
+            .arg(
+                Arg::with_name("line-range")
+                    .long("line-range")
+                    .overrides_with("line-range")
+                    .takes_value(true)
+                    .help("Print range of lines")
+                    .long_help(
+                        "Print a specified range of lines from the files \
+                         --line-range 30-40 or --line-range 30-",
+                    ),
+            )
             .arg(
                 Arg::with_name("list-themes")
                     .long("list-themes")
@@ -269,6 +280,7 @@ impl App {
             term_width: Term::stdout().size().1 as usize,
             files,
             theme: self.matches.value_of("theme"),
+            line_range: get_ranges(self.matches.value_of("line-range")),
         })
     }
 
@@ -322,6 +334,7 @@ pub struct Config<'a> {
     pub term_width: usize,
     pub files: Vec<Option<&'a str>>,
     pub theme: Option<&'a str>,
+    pub line_range: Option<(usize, usize)>,
 }
 
 fn is_truecolor_terminal() -> bool {
@@ -329,3 +342,29 @@ fn is_truecolor_terminal() -> bool {
         .map(|colorterm| colorterm == "truecolor" || colorterm == "24bit")
         .unwrap_or(false)
 }
+
+fn get_ranges(value: Option<&str>) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
+    match value {
+        None => None,
+        Some(str_range) => {
+            let mut new_range = (usize::min_value(), usize::max_value());
+            if str_range.bytes().nth(0).expect("Something should be here!") == b':' {
+                new_range.1 = str_range[1..].parse().expect("This should be a number!");
+                return Some(new_range);
+            } else if str_range.bytes().last().expect("There should be a last!") == b':' {
+                new_range.0 = str_range[..str_range.len() - 1]
+                    .parse()
+                    .expect("This should be a number!");
+                return Some(new_range);
+            }
+
+            let line_numbers: Vec<&str> = str_range.split(':').collect();
+            if line_numbers.len() == 2 {
+                new_range.0 = line_numbers[0].parse().expect("Should be a number!");
+                new_range.1 = line_numbers[1].parse().expect("Should be a number!");
+            }
+
+            Some(new_range)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/features.rs b/src/features.rs
index 64b51fa9..1ef4a2c5 100644
--- a/src/features.rs
+++ b/src/features.rs
@@ -96,12 +96,25 @@ fn print_file(
     printer.print_header(filename)?;
 
     let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+
     while reader.read_until(b'\n', &mut buffer)? > 0 {
         {
             let line = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer);
             let regions = highlighter.highlight(line.as_ref());
 
-            printer.print_line(&regions)?;
+            if printer.config.line_range.is_some() {
+                if printer.line_number + 1 < printer.config.line_range.unwrap().0 {
+                    // skip line
+                    printer.line_number += 1;
+                } else if printer.line_number >= printer.config.line_range.unwrap().1 {
+                    // no more lines in range
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    printer.print_line(&regions)?;
+                }
+            } else {
+                printer.print_line(&regions)?;
+            }
         }
         buffer.clear();
     }
diff --git a/src/printer.rs b/src/printer.rs
index c2c44c26..69f38dcf 100644
--- a/src/printer.rs
+++ b/src/printer.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ use terminal::as_terminal_escaped;
 pub struct Printer<'a> {
     handle: &'a mut Write,
     colors: Colors,
-    config: &'a Config<'a>,
+    pub config: &'a Config<'a>,
     decorations: Vec<Box<Decoration>>,
     panel_width: usize,
-    line_number: usize,
+    pub line_number: usize,
     pub line_changes: Option<LineChanges>,
 }