diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d83b01..aaf4f85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Options
 -g, --injected        Scrape injected images
 --proxy-server PROXY_SERVER
                     Proxy server to use
+--min-filesize MIN_FILESIZE
+                    Limit on size of image in bytes
 --max-filesize MAX_FILESIZE
                     Limit on size of image in bytes
 --dump-urls           Print the URLs of the images
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 894b02d..290e3e6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Options
     -s, --save-dir  <path>          Name of the folder to save the images
     -g, --injected                  Scrape injected images
     --formats [ [FORMATS ..]]       Specify the formats of images to be scraped
+    --min-filesize  <size>          Limit on size of image in bytes (default: 0)
     --max-filesize  <size>          Limit on size of image in bytes (default: 100000000)
     --dump-urls                     Print the URLs of the images
     --scrape-reverse                Scrape the images in reverse order
diff --git a/image_scraper/mains.py b/image_scraper/mains.py
index 794b319..7c849d5 100644
--- a/image_scraper/mains.py
+++ b/image_scraper/mains.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def console_main():
         for img_url in scraper.images:
             print(img_url)
 
-    status_flags = {'count': 0, 'percent': 0.0, 'failed': 0, 'over_max_filesize': 0}
+    status_flags = {'count': 0, 'percent': 0.0, 'failed': 0, 'under_min_or_over_max_filesize': 0}
     widgets = ['Progress: ', Percentage(), ' ', Bar(marker=RotatingMarker()),
                ' ', ETA(), ' ', FileTransferSpeed()]
     pbar = ProgressBar(widgets=widgets, maxval=100).start()
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def console_main():
     pool.shutdown(wait=True)
     pbar.finish()
     print("\nDone!\nDownloaded {0} images\nFailed: {1}\n".format(
-        status_flags['count']-status_flags['failed']-status_flags['over_max_filesize'],
+        status_flags['count']-status_flags['failed']-status_flags['under_min_or_over_max_filesize'],
         status_flags['failed']))
     return
 
diff --git a/image_scraper/utils.py b/image_scraper/utils.py
index b1724d8..65aaaf3 100644
--- a/image_scraper/utils.py
+++ b/image_scraper/utils.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.no_to_download = 0
         self.format_list = []
         self.download_path = "images"
+        self.min_filesize = 0
         self.max_filesize = 100000000
         self.dump_urls = False
         self.scrape_reverse = False
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ def get_arguments(self):
                             action="store_true")
         parser.add_argument('--proxy-server', type=str, default=None,
                             help="Proxy server to use")
+        parser.add_argument('--min-filesize', type=int, default=0,
+                            help="Limit on size of image in bytes")
         parser.add_argument('--max-filesize', type=int, default=100000000,
                             help="Limit on size of image in bytes")
         parser.add_argument('--dump-urls', default=False,
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ def get_arguments(self):
         self.use_ghost = args.injected
         self.format_list = args.formats if args.formats else [
             "jpg", "png", "gif", "svg", "jpeg"]
+        self.min_filesize = args.min_filesize
         self.max_filesize = args.max_filesize
         self.dump_urls = args.dump_urls
         self.proxy_url = args.proxy_server
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ def get_arguments(self):
         self.filename_pattern = args.filename_pattern
         self.nthreads = args.nthreads
         return (self.url, self.no_to_download, self.format_list,
-                self.download_path, self.max_filesize,
+                self.download_path, self.min_filesize, self.max_filesize,
                 self.dump_urls, self.scrape_reverse, self.use_ghost, self.filename_pattern)
 
     def get_html(self):
@@ -192,7 +196,8 @@ def download_image(self, img_url):
         except:
             raise ImageDownloadError()
 
-        if img_url[-3:] == "svg" or int(img_request.headers['content-length']) < self.max_filesize:
+        if img_url[-3:] == "svg" or (int(img_request.headers['content-length']) > self.min_filesize and\
+                                     int(img_request.headers['content-length']) < self.max_filesize):
             img_content = img_request.content
             with open(os.path.join(self.download_path, img_url.split('/')[-1]), 'wb') as f:
                 byte_image = bytes(img_content)
@@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ def download_worker_fn(scraper, img_url, pbar, status_flags, status_lock):
     if failed:
         status_flags['failed'] += 1
     elif size_failed:
-        status_flags['over_max_filesize'] += 1
+        status_flags['under_min_or_over_max_filesize'] += 1
     status_flags['percent'] = status_flags[
         'percent'] + old_div(100.0, scraper.no_to_download)
     pbar.update(status_flags['percent'] % 100)