diff --git a/ack b/ack
index 9ab33623..3b84b004 100755
--- a/ack
+++ b/ack
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ our $opt_regex;
 our $opt_show_filename;
 our $opt_show_types;
 our $opt_underline;
+our $opt_nolinenumber;
 our $opt_v;
 
 # Flag if we need any context tracking.
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ MAIN: {
     $opt_show_filename  = $opt->{show_filename};
     $opt_show_types     = $opt->{show_types};
     $opt_underline      = $opt->{underline};
+    $opt_nolinenumber      = $opt->{nolinenumber};
     $opt_v              = $opt->{v};
 
     if ( $opt_show_types && not( $opt_f || $opt_g ) ) {
@@ -915,6 +917,11 @@ sub print_line_with_options {
             $disp_lineno   = $lineno;
         }
 
+        if ( $opt_nolinenumber ) {
+            $disp_lineno   = "";
+            $separator="";
+        }
+
         if ( $opt_heading ) {
             push @line_parts, $disp_lineno;
         }
@@ -922,6 +929,7 @@ sub print_line_with_options {
             push @line_parts, $disp_filename, $disp_lineno;
         }
 
+
         if ( $opt_column ) {
             my $colno = get_match_colno();
             $colno = Term::ANSIColor::colored( $colno, $ENV{ACK_COLOR_COLNO} ) if $opt_color;
@@ -1813,6 +1821,10 @@ also L</"Defining your own types">.
 The filters associated with TYPE are removed from Ack, and are no longer considered
 for searches.
 
+=item B<--nolinenumber>
+
+disable line number 
+
 =item B<--[no]underline>
 
 Turns on underlining of matches, where "underlining" is printing a line of
diff --git a/lib/App/Ack/ConfigLoader.pm b/lib/App/Ack/ConfigLoader.pm
index 4c198cbf..92d146d0 100644
--- a/lib/App/Ack/ConfigLoader.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Ack/ConfigLoader.pm
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ sub get_arg_spec {
         't|type=s'          => \&_type_handler,
         'T=s'               => sub { my ($getopt,$value) = @_; $value="no$value"; _type_handler($getopt,$value); },
         'underline!'        => \$opt->{underline},
+        'nolinenumber!'        => \$opt->{nolinenumber},
         'v|invert-match'    => \$opt->{v},
         'w|word-regexp'     => \$opt->{w},
         'x'                 => sub { $opt->{files_from} = '-' },