diff --git a/usr.bin/du/du.1 b/usr.bin/du/du.1
index 716c34691965..c97450ecc1ca 100644
--- a/usr.bin/du/du.1
+++ b/usr.bin/du/du.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: du.1,v 1.19 2004/05/17 15:36:17 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: du.1,v 1.20 2006/09/23 23:20:20 elad Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)du.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/1/94
 .\"
-.Dd May 17, 2004
+.Dd September 24, 2006
 .Dt DU 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
-.Op Fl a | Fl s
+.Op Fl a | Fl d Ar depth | Fl s
 .Op Fl cghkmnrx
 .Op Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ No symbolic links are followed.
 Display an entry for each file in the file hierarchy.
 .It Fl c
 Display the grand total after all the arguments have been processed.
+.It Fl d
+Display an entry files and directories 
+.Ar depth 
+directories deep.
 .It Fl g
 If the
 .Fl g
diff --git a/usr.bin/du/du.c b/usr.bin/du/du.c
index f9f858fd00c0..0ac83193dae0 100644
--- a/usr.bin/du/du.c
+++ b/usr.bin/du/du.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: du.c,v 1.29 2006/05/10 23:35:03 lukem Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: du.c,v 1.30 2006/09/23 23:20:20 elad Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ __COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994\n\
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)du.c	8.5 (Berkeley) 5/4/95";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: du.c,v 1.29 2006/05/10 23:35:03 lukem Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: du.c,v 1.30 2006/09/23 23:20:20 elad Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 
@@ -74,13 +74,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	FTSENT *p;
 	int64_t totalblocks;
 	int ftsoptions, listdirs, listfiles;
-	int Hflag, Lflag, aflag, ch, cflag, gkmflag, nflag, rval, sflag;
+	int depth;
+	int Hflag, Lflag, aflag, ch, cflag, dflag, gkmflag, nflag, rval, sflag;
 	const char *noargv[2];
 
-	Hflag = Lflag = aflag = cflag = gkmflag = nflag = sflag = 0;
+	Hflag = Lflag = aflag = cflag = dflag = gkmflag = nflag = sflag = 0;
 	totalblocks = 0;
 	ftsoptions = FTS_PHYSICAL;
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "HLPacghkmnrsx")) != -1)
+	depth = INT_MAX;
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "HLPacd:ghkmnrsx")) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'H':
 			Hflag = 1;
@@ -99,6 +101,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'c':
 			cflag = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'd':
+			dflag = 1;
+			depth = atoi(optarg);
+			if (depth < 0 || depth > SHRT_MAX) {
+				warnx("invalid argument to option d: %s", 
+					optarg);
+				usage();
+			}
+			break;
 		case 'g':
 			blocksize = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
 			gkmflag = 1;
@@ -152,12 +163,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (aflag) {
-		if (sflag)
+		if (sflag || dflag)
 			usage();
 		listdirs = listfiles = 1;
-	} else if (sflag)
-		listdirs = listfiles = 0;
-	else {
+	} else if (sflag) {
+		if (dflag)
+			usage();
+		listdirs = listfiles = depth = 0;
+	} else {
 		listfiles = 0;
 		listdirs = 1;
 	}
@@ -195,6 +208,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case FTS_DP:
 			p->fts_parent->fts_number += 
 			    p->fts_number += p->fts_statp->st_blocks;
+
+			if (p->fts_level > depth) {
+				fts_set(fts, p, FTS_SKIP);
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			if (cflag)
 				totalblocks += p->fts_statp->st_blocks;
 			/*
@@ -332,6 +351,6 @@ usage(void)
 {
 
 	(void)fprintf(stderr,
-		"usage: du [-H | -L | -P] [-a | -s] [-cghkmnrx] [file ...]\n");
+		"usage: du [-H | -L | -P] [-a | | -d depth | -s] [-cghkmnrx] [file ...]\n");
 	exit(1);
 }