diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index a290b7f0..f93c1310 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use bat::{
     config::{Config, PagingMode},
     errors::*,
     input::Input,
-    HighlightedLineRanges, LineRange, LineRanges, MappingTarget, StyleComponent, StyleComponents,
-    SyntaxMapping, WrappingMode,
+    line_range::{HighlightedLineRanges, LineRange, LineRanges},
+    MappingTarget, StyleComponent, StyleComponents, SyntaxMapping, WrappingMode,
 };
 
 fn is_truecolor_terminal() -> bool {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8997564b..0e5ff234 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ mod diff;
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod input;
 mod less;
-pub(crate) mod line_range;
+pub mod line_range;
 mod output;
 mod preprocessor;
 mod pretty_printer;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub(crate) mod syntax_mapping;
 mod terminal;
 pub(crate) mod wrap;
 
-pub use line_range::{HighlightedLineRanges, LineRange, LineRanges};
+pub use line_range::LineRange;
 pub use pretty_printer::PrettyPrinter;
 pub use style::{StyleComponent, StyleComponents};
 pub use syntax_mapping::{MappingTarget, SyntaxMapping};
diff --git a/src/line_range.rs b/src/line_range.rs
index b7cfee5f..0abbb7ac 100644
--- a/src/line_range.rs
+++ b/src/line_range.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use crate::errors::*;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct LineRange {
-    pub lower: usize,
-    pub upper: usize,
+    lower: usize,
+    upper: usize,
 }
 
 impl Default for LineRange {
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ impl Default for LineRange {
 }
 
 impl LineRange {
+    pub fn new(from: usize, to: usize) -> Self {
+        LineRange {
+            lower: from,
+            upper: to,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn from(range_raw: &str) -> Result<LineRange> {
         LineRange::parse_range(range_raw)
     }
diff --git a/src/pretty_printer.rs b/src/pretty_printer.rs
index f4ac6605..67a4ee59 100644
--- a/src/pretty_printer.rs
+++ b/src/pretty_printer.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::Read;
 
 use crate::{
-    assets::HighlightingAssets, config::Config, controller::Controller, errors::Result,
-    input::Input, HighlightedLineRanges, LineRanges, StyleComponents, SyntaxMapping, WrappingMode,
+    assets::HighlightingAssets,
+    config::Config,
+    controller::Controller,
+    errors::Result,
+    input::Input,
+    line_range::{HighlightedLineRanges, LineRanges},
+    LineRange, StyleComponents, SyntaxMapping, WrappingMode,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "paging")]
@@ -13,6 +18,8 @@ pub struct PrettyPrinter<'a> {
     inputs: Vec<Input<'a>>,
     config: Config<'a>,
     assets: HighlightingAssets,
+
+    highlighted_lines: Vec<LineRange>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> PrettyPrinter<'a> {
@@ -26,6 +33,7 @@ impl<'a> PrettyPrinter<'a> {
             inputs: vec![],
             config,
             assets: HighlightingAssets::from_binary(),
+            highlighted_lines: vec![],
         }
     }
 
@@ -132,9 +140,11 @@ impl<'a> PrettyPrinter<'a> {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Specify which lines should be highlighted (default: none)
-    pub fn highlighted_lines(&mut self, ranges: HighlightedLineRanges) -> &mut Self {
-        self.config.highlighted_lines = ranges;
+    /// Specify a range of lines that should be highlighted (default: none).
+    /// This can be called multiple times to highlight more than one range
+    /// of lines.
+    pub fn highlight(&mut self, range: LineRange) -> &mut Self {
+        self.highlighted_lines.push(range);
         self
     }
 
@@ -154,6 +164,9 @@ impl<'a> PrettyPrinter<'a> {
     /// If you want to call 'run' multiple times, you have to call the appropriate
     /// input_* methods again.
     pub fn run(&mut self) -> Result<bool> {
+        self.config.highlighted_lines =
+            HighlightedLineRanges(LineRanges::from(self.highlighted_lines.clone()));
+
         let mut inputs: Vec<Input> = vec![];
         std::mem::swap(&mut inputs, &mut self.inputs);