diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 3cef51f..9f088e8 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn setup_app<'a, 'b>(
 				None
 			},
 			Some(DiskWidget::new(colorscheme)),
-			Some(NetWidget::new(colorscheme, &args.interface)),
+			Some(NetWidget::new(colorscheme, &args.interface, args.bits)),
 			Some(TempWidget::new(colorscheme, args.fahrenheit)),
 		)
 	};
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 7b79f6f..f342859 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -51,4 +51,8 @@ pub struct Args {
 	/// Show a statusbar with the time.
 	#[structopt(short = "s", long = "statusbar")]
 	pub statusbar: bool,
+
+	/// Show Network speed in bits per second
+	#[structopt(short = "B", long = "bits")]
+	pub bits: bool,
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/net.rs b/src/widgets/net.rs
index 1a05ffc..d16ca3a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/net.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/net.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub struct NetWidget<'a, 'b> {
 	colorscheme: &'a Colorscheme,
 
 	interface: &'b str,
+	show_bits: bool,
 
 	bytes_recv: Vec<u64>,
 	bytes_sent: Vec<u64>,
@@ -29,7 +30,11 @@ pub struct NetWidget<'a, 'b> {
 }
 
 impl NetWidget<'_, '_> {
-	pub fn new<'a, 'b>(colorscheme: &'a Colorscheme, interface: &'b str) -> NetWidget<'a, 'b> {
+	pub fn new<'a, 'b>(
+		colorscheme: &'a Colorscheme,
+		interface: &'b str,
+		show_bits: bool,
+	) -> NetWidget<'a, 'b> {
 		NetWidget {
 			title: if interface == "all" {
 				" Network Usage ".to_string()
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ impl NetWidget<'_, '_> {
 			total_bytes_sent: 0,
 
 			collector: network::NetIoCountersCollector::default(),
+			show_bits,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -139,10 +145,17 @@ impl Widget for NetWidget<'_, '_> {
 		buf.set_string(
 			top_half.x + 1,
 			top_half.y + 2,
-			format!(
-				"Rx/s:     {}/s",
-				Size::Bytes(self.bytes_recv.last().unwrap().to_owned())
-			),
+			if self.show_bits {
+				format!(
+					"Rx/s:     {} bits/s",
+					self.bytes_recv.last().unwrap().to_owned() * 8
+				)
+			} else {
+				format!(
+					"Rx/s:     {}/s",
+					Size::Bytes(self.bytes_recv.last().unwrap().to_owned())
+				)
+			},
 			self.colorscheme.text.modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
 		);
 
@@ -176,10 +189,17 @@ impl Widget for NetWidget<'_, '_> {
 		buf.set_string(
 			bottom_half.x + 1,
 			bottom_half.y + 2,
-			format!(
-				"Tx/s:     {}/s",
-				Size::Bytes(self.bytes_sent.last().unwrap().to_owned())
-			),
+			if self.show_bits {
+				format!(
+					"Tx/s:     {} bits/s",
+					self.bytes_sent.last().unwrap().to_owned() * 8
+				)
+			} else {
+				format!(
+					"Rx/s:     {}/s",
+					Size::Bytes(self.bytes_sent.last().unwrap().to_owned())
+				)
+			},
 			self.colorscheme.text.modifier(Modifier::BOLD),
 		);