diff --git a/cmd/ncdu/ncdu.go b/cmd/ncdu/ncdu.go
index b3cce5f69..792e7e68f 100644
--- a/cmd/ncdu/ncdu.go
+++ b/cmd/ncdu/ncdu.go
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func (u *UI) Draw() error {
 			extras := ""
 			if u.showCounts {
 				if count > 0 {
-					extras += fmt.Sprintf("%8v ", fs.SizeSuffix(count))
+					extras += fmt.Sprintf("%8v ", fs.CountSuffix(count))
 				} else {
 					extras += "         "
 				}
diff --git a/fs/countsuffix.go b/fs/countsuffix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93870a208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/countsuffix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+package fs
+
+// CountSuffix is parsed by flag with k/M/G decimal suffixes
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// CountSuffix is an int64 with a friendly way of printing setting
+type CountSuffix int64
+
+// Common multipliers for SizeSuffix
+const (
+	CountSuffixBase CountSuffix = 1
+	Kilo                        = 1000 * CountSuffixBase
+	Mega                        = 1000 * Kilo
+	Giga                        = 1000 * Mega
+	Tera                        = 1000 * Giga
+	Peta                        = 1000 * Tera
+	Exa                         = 1000 * Peta
+)
+const (
+	// CountSuffixMax is the largest CountSuffix multiplier
+	CountSuffixMax = Exa
+	// CountSuffixMaxValue is the largest value that can be used to create CountSuffix
+	CountSuffixMaxValue = math.MaxInt64
+	// CountSuffixMinValue is the smallest value that can be used to create CountSuffix
+	CountSuffixMinValue = math.MinInt64
+)
+
+// Turn CountSuffix into a string and a suffix
+func (x CountSuffix) string() (string, string) {
+	scaled := float64(0)
+	suffix := ""
+	switch {
+	case x < 0:
+		return "off", ""
+	case x == 0:
+		return "0", ""
+	case x < Kilo:
+		scaled = float64(x)
+		suffix = ""
+	case x < Mega:
+		scaled = float64(x) / float64(Kilo)
+		suffix = "k"
+	case x < Giga:
+		scaled = float64(x) / float64(Mega)
+		suffix = "M"
+	case x < Tera:
+		scaled = float64(x) / float64(Giga)
+		suffix = "G"
+	case x < Peta:
+		scaled = float64(x) / float64(Tera)
+		suffix = "T"
+	case x < Exa:
+		scaled = float64(x) / float64(Peta)
+		suffix = "P"
+	default:
+		scaled = float64(x) / float64(Exa)
+		suffix = "E"
+	}
+	if math.Floor(scaled) == scaled {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%.0f", scaled), suffix
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.3f", scaled), suffix
+}
+
+// String turns CountSuffix into a string
+func (x CountSuffix) String() string {
+	val, suffix := x.string()
+	return val + suffix
+}
+
+// Unit turns CountSuffix into a string with a unit
+func (x CountSuffix) Unit(unit string) string {
+	val, suffix := x.string()
+	if val == "off" {
+		return val
+	}
+	var suffixUnit string
+	if suffix != "" && unit != "" {
+		suffixUnit = suffix + unit
+	} else {
+		suffixUnit = suffix + unit
+	}
+	return val + " " + suffixUnit
+}
+
+func (x *CountSuffix) multiplierFromSymbol(s byte) (found bool, multiplier float64) {
+	switch s {
+	case 'k', 'K':
+		return true, float64(Kilo)
+	case 'm', 'M':
+		return true, float64(Mega)
+	case 'g', 'G':
+		return true, float64(Giga)
+	case 't', 'T':
+		return true, float64(Tera)
+	case 'p', 'P':
+		return true, float64(Peta)
+	case 'e', 'E':
+		return true, float64(Exa)
+	default:
+		return false, float64(CountSuffixBase)
+	}
+}
+
+// Set a CountSuffix
+func (x *CountSuffix) Set(s string) error {
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("empty string")
+	}
+	if strings.ToLower(s) == "off" {
+		*x = -1
+		return nil
+	}
+	suffix := s[len(s)-1]
+	suffixLen := 1
+	multiplierFound := false
+	var multiplier float64
+	switch suffix {
+	case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '.':
+		suffixLen = 0
+		multiplier = float64(Kilo)
+	case 'b', 'B':
+		if len(s) > 1 {
+			suffix = s[len(s)-2]
+			if multiplierFound, multiplier = x.multiplierFromSymbol(suffix); multiplierFound {
+				suffixLen = 2
+			}
+		} else {
+			multiplier = float64(CountSuffixBase)
+		}
+	default:
+		if multiplierFound, multiplier = x.multiplierFromSymbol(suffix); !multiplierFound {
+			return errors.Errorf("bad suffix %q", suffix)
+		}
+	}
+	s = s[:len(s)-suffixLen]
+	value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if value < 0 {
+		return errors.Errorf("size can't be negative %q", s)
+	}
+	value *= multiplier
+	*x = CountSuffix(value)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Type of the value
+func (x *CountSuffix) Type() string {
+	return "CountSuffix"
+}
+
+// Scan implements the fmt.Scanner interface
+func (x *CountSuffix) Scan(s fmt.ScanState, ch rune) error {
+	token, err := s.Token(true, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return x.Set(string(token))
+}
+
+// CountSuffixList is a slice CountSuffix values
+type CountSuffixList []CountSuffix
+
+func (l CountSuffixList) Len() int           { return len(l) }
+func (l CountSuffixList) Swap(i, j int)      { l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i] }
+func (l CountSuffixList) Less(i, j int) bool { return l[i] < l[j] }
+
+// Sort sorts the list
+func (l CountSuffixList) Sort() {
+	sort.Sort(l)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON makes sure the value can be parsed as a string or integer in JSON
+func (x *CountSuffix) UnmarshalJSON(in []byte) error {
+	return UnmarshalJSONFlag(in, x, func(i int64) error {
+		*x = CountSuffix(i)
+		return nil
+	})
+}
diff --git a/fs/countsuffix_test.go b/fs/countsuffix_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e05921c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/countsuffix_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// Check it satisfies the interface
+var _ flagger = (*CountSuffix)(nil)
+
+func TestCountSuffixString(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		in   float64
+		want string
+	}{
+		{0, "0"},
+		{102, "102"},
+		{1000, "1k"},
+		{1000 * 1000, "1M"},
+		{1000 * 1000 * 1000, "1G"},
+		{10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, "10G"},
+		{10.1 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, "10.100G"},
+		{-1, "off"},
+		{-100, "off"},
+	} {
+		ss := CountSuffix(test.in)
+		got := ss.String()
+		assert.Equal(t, test.want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCountSuffixUnit(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		in   float64
+		want string
+	}{
+		{0, "0 Byte"},
+		{102, "102 Byte"},
+		{1000, "1 kByte"},
+		{1000 * 1000, "1 MByte"},
+		{1000 * 1000 * 1000, "1 GByte"},
+		{10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, "10 GByte"},
+		{10.1 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, "10.100 GByte"},
+		{10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, "10 TByte"},
+		{10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, "10 PByte"},
+		{1 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, "1 EByte"},
+		{-1, "off"},
+		{-100, "off"},
+	} {
+		ss := CountSuffix(test.in)
+		got := ss.Unit("Byte")
+		assert.Equal(t, test.want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCountSuffixSet(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		in   string
+		want int64
+		err  bool
+	}{
+		{"0", 0, false},
+		{"1b", 1, false},
+		{"100B", 100, false},
+		{"0.1k", 100, false},
+		{"0.1", 100, false},
+		{"1K", 1000, false},
+		{"1k", 1000, false},
+		{"1KB", 1000, false},
+		{"1kB", 1000, false},
+		{"1kb", 1000, false},
+		{"1", 1000, false},
+		{"2.5", 1000 * 2.5, false},
+		{"1M", 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{"1MB", 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{"1.g", 1000 * 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{"10G", 10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{"10T", 10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{"10P", 10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{"off", -1, false},
+		{"OFF", -1, false},
+		{"", 0, true},
+		{"1q", 0, true},
+		{"1.q", 0, true},
+		{"1q", 0, true},
+		{"-1K", 0, true},
+		{"1i", 0, true},
+		{"1iB", 0, true},
+		{"1Ki", 0, true},
+		{"1KiB", 0, true},
+	} {
+		ss := CountSuffix(0)
+		err := ss.Set(test.in)
+		if test.err {
+			require.Error(t, err, test.in)
+		} else {
+			require.NoError(t, err, test.in)
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, test.want, int64(ss))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCountSuffixScan(t *testing.T) {
+	var v CountSuffix
+	n, err := fmt.Sscan(" 17M ", &v)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, n)
+	assert.Equal(t, CountSuffix(17000000), v)
+}
+
+func TestCountSuffixUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		in   string
+		want int64
+		err  bool
+	}{
+		{`"0"`, 0, false},
+		{`"102B"`, 102, false},
+		{`"1K"`, 1000, false},
+		{`"2.5"`, 1000 * 2.5, false},
+		{`"1M"`, 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{`"1.g"`, 1000 * 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{`"10G"`, 10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000, false},
+		{`"off"`, -1, false},
+		{`""`, 0, true},
+		{`"1q"`, 0, true},
+		{`"-1K"`, 0, true},
+		{`0`, 0, false},
+		{`102`, 102, false},
+		{`1000`, 1000, false},
+		{`1000000000`, 1000000000, false},
+		{`1.1.1`, 0, true},
+	} {
+		var ss CountSuffix
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(test.in), &ss)
+		if test.err {
+			require.Error(t, err, test.in)
+		} else {
+			require.NoError(t, err, test.in)
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, test.want, int64(ss))
+	}
+}