diff --git a/completions/_dust b/completions/_dust
index ec51dd1e..4b306627 100644
--- a/completions/_dust
+++ b/completions/_dust
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ _dust() {
 '(-F --only-file -t --file_types)--only-dir[Only directories will be displayed.]' \
 '(-D --only-dir)-F[Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)]' \
 '(-D --only-dir)--only-file[Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)]' \
+'-k[display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes]' \
+'--display-kb[display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes]' \
 '-h[Print help]' \
 '--help[Print help]' \
 '-V[Print version]' \
diff --git a/completions/_dust.ps1 b/completions/_dust.ps1
index f59c04e9..b8cfb0de 100644
--- a/completions/_dust.ps1
+++ b/completions/_dust.ps1
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ Register-ArgumentCompleter -Native -CommandName 'dust' -ScriptBlock {
             [CompletionResult]::new('--only-dir', 'only-dir', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Only directories will be displayed.')
             [CompletionResult]::new('-F', 'F ', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)')
             [CompletionResult]::new('--only-file', 'only-file', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)')
+            [CompletionResult]::new('-k', 'k', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes')
+            [CompletionResult]::new('--display-kb', 'display-kb', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes')
             [CompletionResult]::new('-h', 'h', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help')
             [CompletionResult]::new('--help', 'help', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help')
             [CompletionResult]::new('-V', 'V ', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print version')
diff --git a/completions/dust.bash b/completions/dust.bash
index eddf14f7..23f3a325 100644
--- a/completions/dust.bash
+++ b/completions/dust.bash
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _dust() {
 
     case "${cmd}" in
         dust)
-            opts="-d -n -p -X -I -L -x -s -r -c -b -B -z -R -f -i -v -e -t -w -H -P -D -F -S -h -V --depth --number-of-lines --full-paths --ignore-directory --ignore-all-in-file --dereference-links --limit-filesystem --apparent-size --reverse --no-colors --no-percent-bars --bars-on-right --min-size --screen-reader --skip-total --filecount --ignore_hidden --invert-filter --filter --file_types --terminal_width --si --no-progress --only-dir --only-file --stack-size --help --version [params]..."
+            opts="-d -n -p -X -I -L -x -s -r -c -b -B -z -R -f -i -v -e -t -w -H -P -D -F -k -S -h -V --depth --number-of-lines --full-paths --ignore-directory --ignore-all-in-file --dereference-links --limit-filesystem --apparent-size --reverse --no-colors --no-percent-bars --bars-on-right --min-size --screen-reader --skip-total --filecount --ignore_hidden --invert-filter --filter --file_types --terminal_width --si --no-progress --only-dir --only-file --display-kb --stack-size --help --version [params]..."
             if [[ ${cur} == -* || ${COMP_CWORD} -eq 1 ]] ; then
                 COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- "${cur}") )
                 return 0
diff --git a/completions/dust.elv b/completions/dust.elv
index f5faf473..915e7493 100644
--- a/completions/dust.elv
+++ b/completions/dust.elv
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ set edit:completion:arg-completer[dust] = {|@words|
             cand --only-dir 'Only directories will be displayed.'
             cand -F 'Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)'
             cand --only-file 'Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)'
+            cand -k 'display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes'
+            cand --display-kb 'display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes'
             cand -h 'Print help'
             cand --help 'Print help'
             cand -V 'Print version'
diff --git a/completions/dust.fish b/completions/dust.fish
index c36e86e1..a193a90a 100644
--- a/completions/dust.fish
+++ b/completions/dust.fish
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ complete -c dust -s H -l si -d 'print sizes in powers of 1000 (e.g., 1.1G)'
 complete -c dust -s P -l no-progress -d 'Disable the progress indication.'
 complete -c dust -s D -l only-dir -d 'Only directories will be displayed.'
 complete -c dust -s F -l only-file -d 'Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)'
+complete -c dust -s k -l display-kb -d 'display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes'
 complete -c dust -s h -l help -d 'Print help'
 complete -c dust -s V -l version -d 'Print version'
diff --git a/man-page/dust.1 b/man-page/dust.1
index 8960aebd..0e344201 100644
--- a/man-page/dust.1
+++ b/man-page/dust.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 Dust \- Like du but more intuitive
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBDust\fR [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-depth\fR] [\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-number\-of\-lines\fR] [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-full\-paths\fR] [\fB\-X\fR|\fB\-\-ignore\-directory\fR] [\fB\-I\fR|\fB\-\-ignore\-all\-in\-file\fR] [\fB\-L\fR|\fB\-\-dereference\-links\fR] [\fB\-x\fR|\fB\-\-limit\-filesystem\fR] [\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-apparent\-size\fR] [\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-reverse\fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-no\-colors\fR] [\fB\-b\fR|\fB\-\-no\-percent\-bars\fR] [\fB\-B\fR|\fB\-\-bars\-on\-right\fR] [\fB\-z\fR|\fB\-\-min\-size\fR] [\fB\-R\fR|\fB\-\-screen\-reader\fR] [\fB\-\-skip\-total\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-filecount\fR] [\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-ignore_hidden\fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-invert\-filter\fR] [\fB\-e\fR|\fB\-\-filter\fR] [\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-file_types\fR] [\fB\-w\fR|\fB\-\-terminal_width\fR] [\fB\-H\fR|\fB\-\-si\fR] [\fB\-P\fR|\fB\-\-no\-progress\fR] [\fB\-D\fR|\fB\-\-only\-dir\fR] [\fB\-F\fR|\fB\-\-only\-file\fR] [\fB\-S\fR|\fB\-\-stack\-size\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fIparams\fR] 
+\fBDust\fR [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-depth\fR] [\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-number\-of\-lines\fR] [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-full\-paths\fR] [\fB\-X\fR|\fB\-\-ignore\-directory\fR] [\fB\-I\fR|\fB\-\-ignore\-all\-in\-file\fR] [\fB\-L\fR|\fB\-\-dereference\-links\fR] [\fB\-x\fR|\fB\-\-limit\-filesystem\fR] [\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-apparent\-size\fR] [\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-reverse\fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-no\-colors\fR] [\fB\-b\fR|\fB\-\-no\-percent\-bars\fR] [\fB\-B\fR|\fB\-\-bars\-on\-right\fR] [\fB\-z\fR|\fB\-\-min\-size\fR] [\fB\-R\fR|\fB\-\-screen\-reader\fR] [\fB\-\-skip\-total\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-filecount\fR] [\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-ignore_hidden\fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-invert\-filter\fR] [\fB\-e\fR|\fB\-\-filter\fR] [\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-file_types\fR] [\fB\-w\fR|\fB\-\-terminal_width\fR] [\fB\-H\fR|\fB\-\-si\fR] [\fB\-P\fR|\fB\-\-no\-progress\fR] [\fB\-D\fR|\fB\-\-only\-dir\fR] [\fB\-F\fR|\fB\-\-only\-file\fR] [\fB\-k\fR|\fB\-\-display\-kb\fR] [\fB\-S\fR|\fB\-\-stack\-size\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fIparams\fR] 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Like du but more intuitive
 .SH OPTIONS
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ Only directories will be displayed.
 \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-only\-file\fR
 Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)
 .TP
+\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-display\-kb\fR
+display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes
+.TP
 \fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-stack\-size\fR
 Specify memory to use as stack size \- use if you see: \*(Aqfatal runtime error: stack overflow\*(Aq (default low memory=1048576, high memory=1073741824)
 .TP
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 468f93c2..dd5d01b2 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ pub fn build_cli() -> Command {
                 .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue)
                 .help("Only files will be displayed. (Finds your largest files)"),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("display_kb")
+                .short('k')
+                .long("display-kb")
+                .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue)
+                .help("display the size of a file or directory in kilobytes"),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("stack_size")
                 .short('S')
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index d74528ab..3e058c22 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub disable_progress: Option<bool>,
     pub depth: Option<usize>,
     pub bars_on_right: Option<bool>,
+    pub display_kb: Option<bool>,
     pub stack_size: Option<usize>,
 }
 
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@ impl Config {
             from_cmd_line.copied()
         }
     }
+    pub fn get_display_kb(&self, options: &ArgMatches) -> bool {
+        Some(true) == self.display_kb || options.get_flag("display_kb")
+    }
 }
 
 fn convert_min_size(input: &str, iso: bool) -> Option<usize> {
diff --git a/src/display.rs b/src/display.rs
index 0516f2fd..68bbb4dd 100644
--- a/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/display.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub struct InitialDisplayData {
     pub is_screen_reader: bool,
     pub iso: bool,
     pub bars_on_right: bool,
+    pub display_kb: bool,
 }
 
 pub struct DisplayData {
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ pub fn draw_it(
     terminal_width: usize,
     root_node: &DisplayNode,
     skip_total: bool,
+    display_kb: bool,
 ) {
     let biggest = match skip_total {
         false => root_node,
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ pub fn draw_it(
         let max_size = biggest.size;
         max_size.separate_with_commas().chars().count()
     } else {
-        find_biggest_size_str(root_node, idd.iso)
+        find_biggest_size_str(root_node, idd.iso, display_kb)
     };
 
     assert!(
@@ -190,10 +192,12 @@ pub fn draw_it(
     }
 }
 
-fn find_biggest_size_str(node: &DisplayNode, iso: bool) -> usize {
-    let mut mx = human_readable_number(node.size, iso).chars().count();
+fn find_biggest_size_str(node: &DisplayNode, iso: bool, display_kb: bool) -> usize {
+    let mut mx = human_readable_number(node.size, iso, display_kb)
+        .chars()
+        .count();
     for n in node.children.iter() {
-        mx = max(mx, find_biggest_size_str(n, iso));
+        mx = max(mx, find_biggest_size_str(n, iso, display_kb));
     }
     mx
 }
@@ -375,7 +379,11 @@ fn get_pretty_size(node: &DisplayNode, is_biggest: bool, display_data: &DisplayD
     let output = if display_data.initial.by_filecount {
         node.size.separate_with_commas()
     } else {
-        human_readable_number(node.size, display_data.initial.iso)
+        human_readable_number(
+            node.size,
+            display_data.initial.iso,
+            display_data.initial.display_kb,
+        )
     };
     let spaces_to_add = display_data.num_chars_needed_on_left_most - output.chars().count();
     let output = " ".repeat(spaces_to_add) + output.as_str();
@@ -407,9 +415,12 @@ fn get_pretty_name(
     }
 }
 
-pub fn human_readable_number(size: u64, iso: bool) -> String {
+pub fn human_readable_number(size: u64, iso: bool, display_kb: bool) -> String {
+    let num: u64 = if iso { 1000 } else { 1024 };
+    if display_kb {
+        return format!("{:.1}{}", (size as f32 / num as f32), 'K');
+    }
     for (i, u) in UNITS.iter().enumerate() {
-        let num: u64 = if iso { 1000 } else { 1024 };
         let marker = num.pow((UNITS.len() - i) as u32);
         if size >= marker {
             if size / marker < 10 {
@@ -438,6 +449,7 @@ mod tests {
             is_screen_reader: false,
             iso: false,
             bars_on_right: false,
+            display_kb: false,
         };
         DisplayData {
             initial,
@@ -503,20 +515,23 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_human_readable_number() {
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1, false), "1B");
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(956, false), "956B");
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1004, false), "1004B");
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024, false), "1.0K");
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1536, false), "1.5K");
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024 * 512, false), "512K");
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024 * 1024, false), "1.0M");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1, false, false), "1B");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(956, false, false), "956B");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1004, false, false), "1004B");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024, false, false), "1.0K");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1536, false, false), "1.5K");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024 * 512, false, false), "512K");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024 * 1024, false, false), "1.0M");
         assert_eq!(
-            human_readable_number(1024 * 1024 * 1024 - 1, false),
+            human_readable_number(1024 * 1024 * 1024 - 1, false, false),
             "1023M"
         );
-        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 20, false), "20G");
         assert_eq!(
-            human_readable_number(1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, false),
+            human_readable_number(1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 20, false, false),
+            "20G"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            human_readable_number(1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, false, false),
             "1.0T"
         );
     }
@@ -574,4 +589,16 @@ mod tests {
         let bar = dd.generate_bar(&n, 5);
         assert_eq!(bar, "████▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓");
     }
+    #[test]
+    fn test_human_readable_number_kb() {
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1, false, true), "0.0K");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024, false, true), "1.0K");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1536, false, true), "1.5K");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024 * 512, false, true), "512.0K");
+        assert_eq!(human_readable_number(1024 * 1024, false, true), "1024.0K");
+        assert_eq!(
+            human_readable_number(1024 * 1000 * 1000 * 20, false, true),
+            "20000000.0K"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0b81002d..ac93139e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -180,11 +180,13 @@ fn main() {
 
     let iso = config.get_iso(&options);
 
+    let display_kb = config.get_display_kb(&options);
+
     let ignore_hidden = config.get_ignore_hidden(&options);
 
     let mut indicator = PIndicator::build_me();
     if !config.get_disable_progress(&options) {
-        indicator.spawn(iso);
+        indicator.spawn(iso, display_kb);
     }
 
     let walk_data = WalkData {
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ fn main() {
             iso,
             is_screen_reader: config.get_screen_reader(&options),
             bars_on_right: config.get_bars_on_right(&options),
+            display_kb,
         };
         draw_it(
             idd,
@@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ fn main() {
             terminal_width,
             &root_node,
             config.get_skip_total(&options),
+            display_kb,
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/progress.rs b/src/progress.rs
index b4d7a89d..afeee047 100644
--- a/src/progress.rs
+++ b/src/progress.rs
@@ -77,16 +77,26 @@ pub struct RuntimeErrors {
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-fn format_preparing_str(prog_char: char, data: &PAtomicInfo, is_iso: bool) -> String {
+fn format_preparing_str(
+    prog_char: char,
+    data: &PAtomicInfo,
+    is_iso: bool,
+    is_display_kb: bool,
+) -> String {
     let path_in = data.current_path.get();
-    let size = human_readable_number(data.total_file_size.load(ORDERING), is_iso);
+    let size = human_readable_number(data.total_file_size.load(ORDERING), is_iso, is_display_kb);
     format!("Preparing: {path_in} {size} ... {prog_char}")
 }
 
-fn format_indexing_str(prog_char: char, data: &PAtomicInfo, is_iso: bool) -> String {
+fn format_indexing_str(
+    prog_char: char,
+    data: &PAtomicInfo,
+    is_iso: bool,
+    display_kb: bool,
+) -> String {
     let path_in = data.current_path.get();
     let file_count = data.num_files.load(ORDERING);
-    let size = human_readable_number(data.total_file_size.load(ORDERING), is_iso);
+    let size = human_readable_number(data.total_file_size.load(ORDERING), is_iso, display_kb);
     let file_str = format!("{file_count} files, {size}");
     format!("Indexing: {path_in} {file_str} ... {prog_char}")
 }
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ impl PIndicator {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn spawn(&mut self, is_iso: bool) {
+    pub fn spawn(&mut self, is_iso: bool, display_kb: bool) {
         let data = self.data.clone();
         let (stop_handler, receiver) = mpsc::channel::<()>();
 
@@ -125,8 +135,12 @@ impl PIndicator {
                 let prog_char = PROGRESS_CHARS[progress_char_i];
 
                 msg = match data.state.load(ORDERING) {
-                    Operation::INDEXING => format_indexing_str(prog_char, &data, is_iso),
-                    Operation::PREPARING => format_preparing_str(prog_char, &data, is_iso),
+                    Operation::INDEXING => {
+                        format_indexing_str(prog_char, &data, is_iso, display_kb)
+                    }
+                    Operation::PREPARING => {
+                        format_preparing_str(prog_char, &data, is_iso, display_kb)
+                    }
                     _ => panic!("Unknown State"),
                 };