diff --git a/common/load.cc b/common/load.cc
index 926ada8..cbc1cf0 100644
--- a/common/load.cc
+++ b/common/load.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright 2012 Matthew McCormick
  * Copyright 2013 Justin Crawford <Justasic@gmail.com>
  * Copyright 2015 Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys
+ * Copyright 2016 Compilenix
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,59 +34,64 @@
 #include "powerline.h"
 
 // Load Averages
-std::string load_string( bool use_colors, bool use_powerline )
+std::string load_string( bool use_colors, bool use_powerline, short num_averages )
 {
   std::ostringstream ss;
-  // Get only 3 load averages
-  const int nelem = 3;
-  double averages[nelem];
+  double averages[num_averages];
   // based on: opensource.apple.com/source/Libc/Libc-262/gen/getloadavg.c
 
-  if( getloadavg( averages, nelem ) < 0 )
+  if( num_averages > 0)
   {
-    ss << " 0.00 0.00 0.00"; // couldn't get averages.
+    if( getloadavg( averages, num_averages ) < 0 )
+    {
+      ss << " 0.00 0.00 0.00"; // couldn't get averages.
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      if( use_colors )
+      {
+        unsigned load_percent = static_cast<unsigned int>( averages[0] /
+            get_cpu_count() * 0.5f * 100.0f );
+
+        if( load_percent > 100 )
+        {
+          load_percent = 100;
+        }
+        powerline(ss,  load_lut[load_percent], use_powerline);
+      }
+
+      ss << ' ';
+      for( int i = 0; i < num_averages; ++i )
+      {
+        // Round to nearest, make sure this is only a 0.00 value not a 0.0000
+        float avg = floorf( static_cast<float>( averages[i] ) * 100 + 0.5 ) / 100;
+        // Don't print trailing whitespace for last element
+        if ( i == num_averages-1 )
+        {
+          ss << avg;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          ss << avg << " ";
+        }
+      }
+
+      if( use_colors )
+      {
+        if( use_powerline )
+        {
+          ss << ' ';
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          ss << "#[fg=default,bg=default]";
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
   else
   {
-    if( use_colors )
-    {
-      unsigned load_percent = static_cast<unsigned int>( averages[0] /
-          get_cpu_count() * 0.5f * 100.0f );
-
-      if( load_percent > 100 )
-      {
-        load_percent = 100;
-      }
-      powerline(ss,  load_lut[load_percent], use_powerline);
-    }
-
-    ss << ' ';
-    for( int i = 0; i < nelem; ++i )
-    {
-      // Round to nearest, make sure this is only a 0.00 value not a 0.0000
-      float avg = floorf( static_cast<float>( averages[i] ) * 100 + 0.5 ) / 100;
-      // Don't print trailing whitespace for last element
-      if ( i == nelem-1 )
-      {
-        ss << avg;
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        ss << avg << " ";
-      }
-    }
-
-    if( use_colors )
-    {
-      if( use_powerline )
-      {
-        ss << ' ';
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        ss << "#[fg=default,bg=default]";
-      }
-    }
+    ss << (char) 0;
   }
 
   return ss.str();
diff --git a/common/load.h b/common/load.h
index b8d50f9..17df7fa 100644
--- a/common/load.h
+++ b/common/load.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2012 Matthew McCormick
  * Copyright 2015 Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys
+ * Copyright 2016 Compilenix
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,6 +22,6 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-std::string load_string( bool use_colors = false, bool use_powerline = false );
+std::string load_string( bool use_colors = false, bool use_powerline = false, short num_averages = 3 );
 
 #endif
diff --git a/common/main.cc b/common/main.cc
index 7d3f265..5d1e910 100644
--- a/common/main.cc
+++ b/common/main.cc
@@ -100,12 +100,15 @@ void print_help()
     << "\tSet how many lines should be drawn in a graph. Default: 10\n"
     << "-m <value>, --mem-mode <value>\n"
     << "\tSet memory display mode. 0: Default, 1: Free memory, 2: Usage percent.\n"
+    << "-a <value>, --averages-count <value>\n"
+    << "\tSet how many load-averages should be drawn. Default: 3\n"
     << endl;
 }
 
 int main( int argc, char** argv )
 {
   unsigned cpu_usage_delay = 990000;
+  short averages_count = 3;
   short graph_lines = 10; // max 32767 should be enough
   bool use_colors = false;
   bool use_powerline = false;
@@ -123,12 +126,13 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     { "interval", required_argument, NULL, 'i' },
     { "graph-lines", required_argument, NULL, 'g' },
     { "mem-mode", required_argument, NULL, 'm' },
+    { "averages-count", required_argument, NULL, 'a' },
     { 0, 0, 0, 0 } // used to handle unknown long options
   };
 
   int c;
   // while c != -1
-  while( (c = getopt_long( argc, argv, "hi:g:m:", long_options, NULL) ) != -1 )
+  while( (c = getopt_long( argc, argv, "hi:g:m:a:", long_options, NULL) ) != -1 )
   {
     switch( c )
     {
@@ -167,6 +171,14 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
           }
         mem_mode = static_cast< MEMORY_MODE >( atoi( optarg ) );
         break;
+      case 'a': // --averages-count, -a
+        if( atoi( optarg ) < 0 || atoi( optarg ) > 3 )
+          {
+            std::cerr << "Valid averages-count arguments are: 0, 1, 2, 3\n";
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+          }
+        averages_count = atoi( optarg );
+        break;
       case '?':
         // getopt_long prints error message automatically
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -189,7 +201,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
   mem_status( memory_status );
   std::cout << mem_string( memory_status, mem_mode, use_colors, use_powerline )
     << cpu_string( cpu_usage_delay, graph_lines, use_colors, use_powerline )
-    << load_string( use_colors, use_powerline );
+    << load_string( use_colors, use_powerline, averages_count );
 
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }