diff --git a/include/arg.h b/include/arg.h
index 5c45800..e37a950 100644
--- a/include/arg.h
+++ b/include/arg.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ struct config {
   bool process;
   bool color;
   bool lines;
+  bool headers;
   bool force_binary;
   bool has_read_stdin;
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/arg.c b/src/lib/arg.c
index 39bc816..3db3e8f 100644
--- a/src/lib/arg.c
+++ b/src/lib/arg.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ void help(void) {
   printf("options:\n"
          "\t-c, --color\t toggle whether to print color or not\n"
          "\t-n, --lines\t toggle whether to print line numbers or not\n"
+         "\t-t, --headers\t toggle whether to print file headers or not\n"
          "\t-b, --binary\t toggle whether to force the data to be treated as "
          "binary or not\n"
          "\t-V, --version\t show program version\n"
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ void parselongarg(char *arg) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (strcmp(arg, "--headers")) {
+    conf.headers = !conf.headers;
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (strcmp(arg, "--binary") == 0) {
     conf.force_binary = !conf.force_binary;
     return;
@@ -71,6 +77,9 @@ void parseshortarg(char *arg) {
     case 'n':
       conf.lines = !conf.lines;
       break;
+    case 't':
+      conf.headers = !conf.headers;
+      break;
     case 'b':
       conf.force_binary = !conf.force_binary;
       break;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 13d0bf8..72b4e9d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ void run(FILE *fp, char *filename, bool tty) {
     f.binary = !f.binary;
   }
 
-  if (tty) {
+  conf.headers = conf.headers && tty; // tty still overrides user
+
+  if (conf.headers) {
     char *addon = f.binary ? "<binary>" : "";
     fprintf(stderr, "\r\x1b[2K%s%s%s%s\r\n", invert_t, basename(filename),
             addon, reset);
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ void run(FILE *fp, char *filename, bool tty) {
 
   fflush(stdout); // prevent timing inconsistencies between stdout and stderr
 
-  if (tty) {
+  if (conf.headers) {
     float rounded;
     char *format = formatbytes(f.buflen, &rounded);
 
@@ -71,10 +73,11 @@ void run(FILE *fp, char *filename, bool tty) {
 void initconf(void) {
   conf.stdin = false;
   conf.force_binary = false;
+  conf.has_read_stdin = false;
   conf.process = true;
+  conf.headers = true;
   conf.color = true;
   conf.lines = true;
-  conf.has_read_stdin = false;
 }
 
 void clearstdin(void) {