diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9826cb6..ac5b82a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ This package has two user configurable settings:
 - `showGzipInStatusBar`: set to `true` to show calculated gzip size in the status bar. Default is `false`.
 - `showBrotli`: set to `true` to show calculated brotli compressed size in the detailed info view. Default is `false`.
 - `displayInfoOnTheRightSideOfStatusBar`: set to `true` to show the status bar info on the right side. Default is `false` (left side).
+- `showNumberOfLines`: set to `true` to show number of lines in the opened file. Default is `false`.
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/extension.js b/extension.js
index 6fda089..72d82b5 100644
--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ function updateConfig() {
     showGzipInStatusBar: configuration.get('showGzipInStatusBar'),
     displayInfoOnTheRightSideOfStatusBar: configuration.get('displayInfoOnTheRightSideOfStatusBar'),
     showBrotli: configuration.get('showBrotli'),
-    showGzipInStatusBar: configuration.get('showGzipInStatusBar')
+    showGzipInStatusBar: configuration.get('showGzipInStatusBar'),
+    showNumberOfLines: configuration.get('showNumberOfLines')
   };
   updateStatusBarItem();
   return config;
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ function showStatusBarItem(newInfo) {
       info = fzCalculator.addGzipSize(info, config);
       statusBarItem.text += ` | Gzip: ${info.gzipSize}`
     }
+    if (config.showNumberOfLines) {
+      statusBarItem.text += ` | ${newInfo.lineCount}L`
+    }
     statusBarItem.show();
   }
 }
@@ -61,8 +65,11 @@ function updateStatusBarItem() {
   try {
     var currentEditor = window.activeTextEditor.document;
     if (currentEditor && currentEditor.uri.scheme === 'file') {
+      var fileInfo = fzCalculator.loadFileInfoSync(currentEditor.fileName);
+      fileInfo.lineCount = currentEditor.lineCount;
+
       hideDetailedInfo();
-      showStatusBarItem(fzCalculator.loadFileInfoSync(currentEditor.fileName));
+      showStatusBarItem(fileInfo);
     } else {
       if (currentEditor.uri.scheme !== 'output') hideStatusBarItem();
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e3c62c..9a8147f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false,
           "description": "Defaults to false, whether to show the filesize info on the right side of the status bar."
+        },
+        "filesize.showNumberOfLines": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Defaults to false, whether to show number of lines in the opened file."
         }
       }
     }