diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9f07871f1..72feef0c9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Depends:
     methods,
     Biobase,
     BiocParallel (>= 1.8.0),
-    MSnbase (>= 2.3.9)
+    MSnbase (>= 2.3.10)
 Imports:
     mzR (>= 1.1.6),
     BiocGenerics,
diff --git a/R/methods-XCMSnExp.R b/R/methods-XCMSnExp.R
index de7d4e4fe..7b5ad3d4b 100644
--- a/R/methods-XCMSnExp.R
+++ b/R/methods-XCMSnExp.R
@@ -1918,6 +1918,9 @@ setMethod("featureValues",
 #'     Details and Notes sections below). Use \code{missing = 0} to resemble the
 #'     behaviour of the \code{getEIC} from the \code{old} user interface.
 #'
+#' @param msLevel \code{integer} specifying the MS level from which the
+#'     chromatogram should be extracted. Defaults to \code{msLevel = 1L}.
+#' 
 #' @return \code{chromatogram} returns a \code{\link{Chromatograms}} object with
 #'     the number of columns corresponding to the number of files in
 #'     \code{object} and number of rows the number of specified ranges (i.e.
@@ -1987,7 +1990,8 @@ setMethod("featureValues",
 setMethod("chromatogram",
           signature(object = "XCMSnExp"),
           function(object, rt, mz, adjustedRtime = hasAdjustedRtime(object),
-                   aggregationFun = "sum", missing = NA_real_) {
+                   aggregationFun = "sum", missing = NA_real_,
+                   msLevel = 1L) {
               ## Coerce to OnDiskMSnExp.
               if (adjustedRtime)
                   adj_rt <- rtime(object, adjusted = TRUE)
@@ -1998,7 +2002,7 @@ setMethod("chromatogram",
               }
               chromatogram(object, rt = rt, mz = mz,
                            aggregationFun = aggregationFun,
-                           missing = missing)
+                           missing = missing, msLevel = msLevel)
           })
 
 #' @rdname XCMSnExp-class
diff --git a/inst/NEWS b/inst/NEWS
index af7d4e394..a05fabf45 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS
+++ b/inst/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 CHANGES IN VERSION 2.99.7
 -------------------------
 
+USER VISIBLE CHANGES:
+- Add parameter msLevel to chromatogram,XCMSnExp method (issue #205).
+
 BUG FIXES:
 - Fix #201: Warnings: 'readMSData2' is deprecated, thanks to L. Gatto.
 - Merge with BioC git after transition
diff --git a/man/chromatogram-method.Rd b/man/chromatogram-method.Rd
index b4c90cfce..631d6e835 100644
--- a/man/chromatogram-method.Rd
+++ b/man/chromatogram-method.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 \usage{
 \S4method{chromatogram}{XCMSnExp}(object, rt, mz,
   adjustedRtime = hasAdjustedRtime(object), aggregationFun = "sum",
-  missing = NA_real_)
+  missing = NA_real_, msLevel = 1L)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{object}{Either a \code{\link[MSnbase]{OnDiskMSnExp}} or
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ be used if for a given retention time no signal was measured within the
 mz range of the corresponding scan. Defaults to \code{NA_real_} (see also
 Details and Notes sections below). Use \code{missing = 0} to resemble the
 behaviour of the \code{getEIC} from the \code{old} user interface.}
+
+\item{msLevel}{\code{integer} specifying the MS level from which the
+chromatogram should be extracted. Defaults to \code{msLevel = 1L}.}
 }
 \value{
 \code{chromatogram} returns a \code{\link{Chromatograms}} object with