diff --git a/src/banner.rs b/src/banner.rs
index c197c43..3b954ec 100644
--- a/src/banner.rs
+++ b/src/banner.rs
@@ -297,6 +297,24 @@ by Ben "epi" Risher {}                  ver: {}"#,
         }
     }
 
+    for filter in &config.filter_word_count {
+        writeln!(
+            &mut writer,
+            "{}",
+            format_banner_entry!("\u{1f4a2}", "Word Count Filter", filter)
+        )
+        .unwrap_or_default(); // 💢
+    }
+
+    for filter in &config.filter_line_count {
+        writeln!(
+            &mut writer,
+            "{}",
+            format_banner_entry!("\u{1f4a2}", "Line Count Filter", filter)
+        )
+        .unwrap_or_default(); // 💢
+    }
+
     if config.extract_links {
         writeln!(
             &mut writer,
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 0403b34..34ebb3e 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -447,6 +447,24 @@ impl Configuration {
                 .collect();
         }
 
+        if let Some(arg) = args.values_of("filter_words") {
+            config.filter_word_count = arg
+                .map(|size| {
+                    size.parse::<usize>()
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|e| report_and_exit(&e.to_string()))
+                })
+                .collect();
+        }
+
+        if let Some(arg) = args.values_of("filter_lines") {
+            config.filter_line_count = arg
+                .map(|size| {
+                    size.parse::<usize>()
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|e| report_and_exit(&e.to_string()))
+                })
+                .collect();
+        }
+
         if args.is_present("quiet") {
             // the reason this is protected by an if statement:
             // consider a user specifying quiet = true in ferox-config.toml
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index ab545d4..888f175 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,30 @@ pub fn initialize() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                     "Filter out messages of a particular size (ex: -S 5120 -S 4927,1970)",
                 ),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("filter_words")
+                .short("W")
+                .long("filter-words")
+                .value_name("WORDS")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .multiple(true)
+                .use_delimiter(true)
+                .help(
+                    "Filter out messages of a particular word count (ex: -W 312 -W 91,82)",
+                ),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("filter_lines")
+                .short("N")
+                .long("filter-lines")
+                .value_name("LINES")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .multiple(true)
+                .use_delimiter(true)
+                .help(
+                    "Filter out messages of a particular line count (ex: -N 20 -N 31,30)",
+                ),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("filter_status")
                 .short("C")