2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 284288d..a7c200b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ For bandwidth you can specify:
  * **K** (1024 bytes/s)
  * **m** (1000000 bytes/s)
  * **M** (1048576 bytes/s)
+ * **g** (1000000000 bytes/s)
+ * **G** (1073741824 bytes/s)
 
 Also adding **bit** (ie **Mbit**) to specify bits instead of
 bytes.
diff --git a/latency.c b/latency.c
index 5a1e0f5..8a9162a 100644
--- a/latency.c
+++ b/latency.c
@@ -82,10 +82,14 @@ static const unit rate_units[] = {
 	{ "K", 1024 },
 	{ "m", 1000000 },
 	{ "M", 1024 * 1024 },
+	{ "g", 1000000000 },
+	{ "G", 1024 * 1024 * 1024 },
 	{ "kbit", 1000. / 8. },
 	{ "Kbit", 1024. / 8. },
 	{ "mbit", 1000000. / 8. },
 	{ "Mbit", 1024. * 1024. / 8. },
+	{ "gbit", 1000000000. / 8. },
+	{ "Gbit", 1024. * 1024. * 1024./ 8. },
 	{ "", 1 },
 	{ NULL, 0 }
 };