diff --git a/cmd/gdu/app/app.go b/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
index 5860453f1..1a27d30a4 100644
--- a/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	StoragePath        string   `yaml:"storage-path"`
 	ReadFromStorage    bool     `yaml:"read-from-storage"`
 	Summarize          bool     `yaml:"summarize"`
+	Top                int      `yaml:"top"`
 	UseSIPrefix        bool     `yaml:"use-si-prefix"`
 	NoPrefix           bool     `yaml:"no-prefix"`
 	WriteConfig        bool     `yaml:"-"`
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ func (a *App) createUI() (UI, error) {
 			a.Flags.ConstGC,
 			a.Flags.UseSIPrefix,
 			a.Flags.NoPrefix,
+			a.Flags.Top,
 		)
 		if a.Flags.NoUnicode {
 			stdoutUI.UseOldProgressRunes()
diff --git a/cmd/gdu/main.go b/cmd/gdu/main.go
index b7ae04d49..b256f7b29 100644
--- a/cmd/gdu/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gdu/main.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func init() {
 	flags.BoolVarP(&af.NoProgress, "no-progress", "p", false, "Do not show progress in non-interactive mode")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&af.NoUnicode, "no-unicode", "u", false, "Do not use Unicode symbols (for size bar)")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&af.Summarize, "summarize", "s", false, "Show only a total in non-interactive mode")
+	flags.IntVarP(&af.Top, "top", "t", 0, "Show only top X largest files in non-interactive mode")
 	flags.BoolVar(&af.UseSIPrefix, "si", false, "Show sizes with decimal SI prefixes (kB, MB, GB) instead of binary prefixes (KiB, MiB, GiB)")
 	flags.BoolVar(&af.NoPrefix, "no-prefix", false, "Show sizes as raw numbers without any prefixes (SI or binary) in non-interactive mode")
 	flags.BoolVar(&af.NoMouse, "no-mouse", false, "Do not use mouse")
diff --git a/pkg/analyze/top.go b/pkg/analyze/top.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55814747c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/analyze/top.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package analyze
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/dundee/gdu/v5/pkg/fs"
+)
+
+// TopList is a list of top largest files
+type TopList struct {
+	Count   int
+	Items   fs.Files
+	MinSize int64
+}
+
+// NewTopList creates new TopList
+func NewTopList(count int) *TopList {
+	return &TopList{Count: count}
+}
+
+// Add adds file to the list
+func (tl *TopList) Add(file fs.Item) {
+	if len(tl.Items) < tl.Count {
+		tl.Items = append(tl.Items, file)
+		if file.GetSize() > tl.MinSize {
+			tl.MinSize = file.GetSize()
+		}
+	} else {
+		if file.GetSize() > tl.MinSize {
+			tl.Items = append(tl.Items, file)
+			tl.MinSize = file.GetSize()
+			if len(tl.Items) > tl.Count {
+				sort.Sort(fs.ByApparentSize(tl.Items))
+				tl.Items = tl.Items[1:]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func CollectTopFiles(dir fs.Item, count int) fs.Files {
+	topList := NewTopList(count)
+	walkDir(dir, topList)
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(fs.ByApparentSize(topList.Items)))
+	return topList.Items
+}
+
+func walkDir(dir fs.Item, topList *TopList) {
+	for _, item := range dir.GetFiles() {
+		if item.IsDir() {
+			walkDir(item, topList)
+		} else {
+			topList.Add(item)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/analyze/top_test.go b/pkg/analyze/top_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d89cc635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/analyze/top_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package analyze
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/dundee/gdu/v5/internal/testdir"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestCollectTopFiles2(t *testing.T) {
+	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
+	defer fin()
+
+	dir := CreateAnalyzer().AnalyzeDir(
+		"test_dir", func(_, _ string) bool { return false }, false,
+	)
+
+	topFiles := CollectTopFiles(dir, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(topFiles))
+	assert.Equal(t, "file", topFiles[0].GetName())
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(5), topFiles[0].GetSize())
+	assert.Equal(t, "file2", topFiles[1].GetName())
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(2), topFiles[1].GetSize())
+}
+
+func TestCollectTopFiles1(t *testing.T) {
+	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
+	defer fin()
+
+	dir := CreateAnalyzer().AnalyzeDir(
+		"test_dir", func(_, _ string) bool { return false }, false,
+	)
+
+	topFiles := CollectTopFiles(dir, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(topFiles))
+	assert.Equal(t, "file", topFiles[0].GetName())
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(5), topFiles[0].GetSize())
+}
diff --git a/stdout/stdout.go b/stdout/stdout.go
index ced65fd53..4d00d3eba 100644
--- a/stdout/stdout.go
+++ b/stdout/stdout.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type UI struct {
 	blue      *color.Color
 	summarize bool
 	noPrefix  bool
+	top       int
 }
 
 var (
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func CreateStdoutUI(
 	constGC bool,
 	useSIPrefix bool,
 	noPrefix bool,
+	top int,
 ) *UI {
 	ui := &UI{
 		UI: &common.UI{
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ func CreateStdoutUI(
 		output:    output,
 		summarize: summarize,
 		noPrefix:  noPrefix,
+		top:       top,
 	}
 
 	ui.red = color.New(color.FgRed).Add(color.Bold)
@@ -167,7 +170,9 @@ func (ui *UI) AnalyzePath(path string, _ fs.Item) error {
 
 	wait.Wait()
 
-	if ui.summarize {
+	if ui.top > 0 {
+		ui.printTopFiles(dir)
+	} else if ui.summarize {
 		ui.printTotalItem(dir)
 	} else {
 		ui.showDir(dir)
@@ -187,7 +192,9 @@ func (ui *UI) ReadFromStorage(storagePath, path string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if ui.summarize {
+	if ui.top > 0 {
+		ui.printTopFiles(dir)
+	} else if ui.summarize {
 		ui.printTotalItem(dir)
 	} else {
 		ui.showDir(dir)
@@ -203,6 +210,13 @@ func (ui *UI) showDir(dir fs.Item) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (ui *UI) printTopFiles(file fs.Item) {
+	collected := analyze.CollectTopFiles(file, ui.top)
+	for _, file := range collected {
+		ui.printItemPath(file)
+	}
+}
+
 func (ui *UI) printTotalItem(file fs.Item) {
 	var lineFormat string
 	if ui.UseColors {
@@ -256,6 +270,27 @@ func (ui *UI) printItem(file fs.Item) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (ui *UI) printItemPath(file fs.Item) {
+	var lineFormat string
+	if ui.UseColors {
+		lineFormat = "%20s %s\n"
+	} else {
+		lineFormat = "%9s %s\n"
+	}
+
+	var size int64
+	if ui.ShowApparentSize {
+		size = file.GetSize()
+	} else {
+		size = file.GetUsage()
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(ui.output,
+		lineFormat,
+		ui.formatSize(size),
+		file.GetPath())
+}
+
 // ReadAnalysis reads analysis report from JSON file
 func (ui *UI) ReadAnalysis(input io.Reader) error {
 	var (
diff --git a/stdout/stdout_test.go b/stdout/stdout_test.go
index cd76bd92f..95dad4934 100644
--- a/stdout/stdout_test.go
+++ b/stdout/stdout_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestAnalyzePath(t *testing.T) {
 	buff := make([]byte, 10)
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, false, true, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, 0)
 	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir", nil)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestShowSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	buff := make([]byte, 10)
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, false, true, false, true, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, false, true, false, true, false, false, false, 0)
 	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir", nil)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestShowSummaryBw(t *testing.T) {
 	buff := make([]byte, 10)
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false, 0)
 	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir", nil)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -69,6 +69,42 @@ func TestShowSummaryBw(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "test_dir")
 }
 
+func TestShowTop(t *testing.T) {
+	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
+	defer fin()
+
+	buff := make([]byte, 10)
+	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
+
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, false, true, false, true, false, false, false, 2)
+	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
+	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir", nil)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = ui.StartUILoop()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "test_dir/nested/subnested/file")
+	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "test_dir/nested/file2")
+}
+
+func TestShowTopBw(t *testing.T) {
+	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
+	defer fin()
+
+	buff := make([]byte, 10)
+	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
+
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false, 2)
+	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
+	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir", nil)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = ui.StartUILoop()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "test_dir/nested/subnested/file")
+	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "test_dir/nested/file2")
+}
+
 func TestAnalyzeSubdir(t *testing.T) {
 	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
 	defer fin()
@@ -76,7 +112,7 @@ func TestAnalyzeSubdir(t *testing.T) {
 	buff := make([]byte, 10)
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir/nested", nil)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -93,7 +129,7 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWithColors(t *testing.T) {
 	buff := make([]byte, 10)
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, false, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir/nested", nil)
 
@@ -108,7 +144,7 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWoUnicode(t *testing.T) {
 	buff := make([]byte, 10)
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, true, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	ui.UseOldProgressRunes()
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir/nested", nil)
 
@@ -119,7 +155,7 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWoUnicode(t *testing.T) {
 func TestItemRows(t *testing.T) {
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	ui.Analyzer = &testanalyze.MockedAnalyzer{}
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir", nil)
 
@@ -133,7 +169,7 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWithProgress(t *testing.T) {
 
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, true, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	ui.SetIgnoreDirPaths([]string{"/xxx"})
 	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir", nil)
 
@@ -144,7 +180,7 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWithProgress(t *testing.T) {
 func TestShowDevices(t *testing.T) {
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	err := ui.ListDevices(getDevicesInfoMock())
 
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -155,7 +191,7 @@ func TestShowDevices(t *testing.T) {
 func TestShowDevicesWithColor(t *testing.T) {
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	err := ui.ListDevices(getDevicesInfoMock())
 
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -169,7 +205,7 @@ func TestReadAnalysisWithColor(t *testing.T) {
 
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	err = ui.ReadAnalysis(input)
 
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -182,7 +218,7 @@ func TestReadAnalysisBw(t *testing.T) {
 
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	err = ui.ReadAnalysis(input)
 
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -195,7 +231,7 @@ func TestReadAnalysisWithWrongFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 	err = ui.ReadAnalysis(input)
 
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
@@ -207,7 +243,7 @@ func TestReadAnalysisWithSummarize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false, 0)
 	err = ui.ReadAnalysis(input)
 
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -222,7 +258,7 @@ func TestMaxInt(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFormatSize(t *testing.T) {
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false, 0)
 
 	assert.Contains(t, ui.formatSize(1), "B")
 	assert.Contains(t, ui.formatSize(1<<10+1), "KiB")
@@ -236,7 +272,7 @@ func TestFormatSize(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFormatSizeDec(t *testing.T) {
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, true, false)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, true, false, 0)
 
 	assert.Contains(t, ui.formatSize(1), "B")
 	assert.Contains(t, ui.formatSize(1<<10+1), "kB")
@@ -250,7 +286,7 @@ func TestFormatSizeDec(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFormatSizeRaw(t *testing.T) {
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))
 
-	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, true, true)
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, true, true, true, false, false, false, true, true, 0)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, ui.formatSize(1), "1")
 	assert.Equal(t, ui.formatSize(1<<10+1), "1025")