diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 969564520..40c2e0f85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   configuration fields) to truncate user and group names if they exceed a certain number
   of characters (disabled by default).
 
+### Fixed
+
+### Changed
+- Human readable size flag `-h` re-enabled. [sdorr0](https://github.com/sdorr0)
+
 ## [v1.0.0] - 2023-08-25
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/doc/lsd.md b/doc/lsd.md
index 636913e75..2533df881 100644
--- a/doc/lsd.md
+++ b/doc/lsd.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ lsd is a ls command with a lot of pretty colours and some other stuff to enrich
 : Prints help information
 
 `-h`, `--human-readable`
-: For ls compatibility purposes ONLY, currently set by default
+: Use the `default` display size to show sizes as e.g., 1.7 KB, 3.0 GB, etc.
 
 `--ignore-config`
 : Ignore the configuration file
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index a288eba52..04e26d650 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ pub struct Cli {
     #[arg(short = 'R', long, conflicts_with = "tree")]
     pub recursive: bool,
 
-    /// For ls compatibility purposes ONLY, currently set by default
+    /// This will take precedence over any --size=<mode> option
     #[arg(short, long)]
-    human_readable: bool,
+    pub human_readable: bool,
 
     /// Recurse into directories and present the result as a tree
     #[arg(long)]
diff --git a/src/flags/size.rs b/src/flags/size.rs
index 4a116cc50..d102b68ec 100644
--- a/src/flags/size.rs
+++ b/src/flags/size.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ impl Configurable<Self> for SizeFlag {
     /// `SizeFlag` variant is returned in a [Some]. If neither of them is passed, this returns
     /// [None].
     fn from_cli(cli: &Cli) -> Option<Self> {
+        if cli.human_readable {
+            return Some(Self::Default);
+        }
         if cli.classic {
             Some(Self::Bytes)
         } else {
@@ -97,6 +100,20 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(Some(SizeFlag::Short), SizeFlag::from_cli(&cli));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_from_cli_human_readable() {
+        let argv = ["lsd", "--human-readable"];
+        let cli = Cli::try_parse_from(argv).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Some(SizeFlag::Default), SizeFlag::from_cli(&cli));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_from_cli_minus_h() {
+        let argv = ["lsd", "-h"];
+        let cli = Cli::try_parse_from(argv).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Some(SizeFlag::Default), SizeFlag::from_cli(&cli));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_from_cli_bytes() {
         let argv = ["lsd", "--size", "bytes"];