diff --git a/Userland/head.cpp b/Userland/head.cpp
index e43e0eca91d..5a59603f48a 100644
--- a/Userland/head.cpp
+++ b/Userland/head.cpp
@@ -1,27 +1,53 @@
+#include <AK/StdLibExtras.h>
 #include <LibCore/CArgsParser.h>
+
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-int head(const String& filename, bool print_filename, int line_count);
+int head(const String& filename, bool print_filename, int line_count, int char_count);
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     CArgsParser args_parser("head");
 
     args_parser.add_arg("n", "lines", "Number of lines to print (default 10)");
+    args_parser.add_arg("c", "characters", "Number of characters to print");
     args_parser.add_arg("q", "Never print filenames");
     args_parser.add_arg("v", "Always print filenames");
 
     CArgsParserResult args = args_parser.parse(argc, (const char**)argv);
 
-    int line_count = 10;
+    int line_count = 0;
     if (args.is_present("n")) {
         line_count = strtol(args.get("n").characters(), NULL, 10);
         if (errno) {
             args_parser.print_usage();
             return -1;
         }
+
+        if (!line_count) {
+            args_parser.print_usage();
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    int char_count = 0;
+    if (args.is_present("c")) {
+        char_count = strtol(args.get("c").characters(), NULL, 10);
+        if (errno) {
+            args_parser.print_usage();
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (!char_count) {
+            args_parser.print_usage();
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (line_count == 0 && char_count == 0) {
+        line_count = 10;
     }
 
     Vector<String> files = args.get_single_values();
@@ -35,13 +61,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
 
     if (files.is_empty()) {
-        return head("", print_filenames, line_count);
+        return head("", print_filenames, line_count, char_count);
     }
 
     int rc = 0;
 
     for (auto& file : files) {
-        if (head(file, print_filenames, line_count) != 0) {
+        if (head(file, print_filenames, line_count, char_count) != 0) {
             rc = 1;
         }
     }
@@ -49,7 +75,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     return rc;
 }
 
-int head(const String& filename, bool print_filename, int line_count)
+int head(const String& filename, bool print_filename, int line_count, int char_count)
 {
     bool is_stdin = false;
     FILE* fp = nullptr;
@@ -73,15 +99,52 @@ int head(const String& filename, bool print_filename, int line_count)
         }
     }
 
-    for (int line = 0; line < line_count; ++line) {
-        char buffer[BUFSIZ];
-        auto* str = fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp);
-        if (!str)
-            break;
+    if (line_count) {
+        for (int line = 0; line < line_count; ++line) {
+            char buffer[BUFSIZ];
+            auto* str = fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp);
+            if (!str)
+                break;
 
-        // specifically use fputs rather than puts, because fputs doesn't add
-        // its own newline.
-        fputs(str, stdout);
+            // specifically use fputs rather than puts, because fputs doesn't add
+            // its own newline.
+            fputs(str, stdout);
+        }
+    } else if (char_count) {
+        char buffer[BUFSIZ];
+
+        while (char_count) {
+            int nread = fread(buffer, 1, min(BUFSIZ, char_count), fp);
+            if (nread > 0) {
+                int ncomplete = 0;
+
+                while (ncomplete < nread) {
+                    int nwrote = fwrite(&buffer[ncomplete], 1, nread - ncomplete, stdout);
+                    if (nwrote > 0)
+                        ncomplete += nwrote;
+
+                    if (feof(stdout)) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "unexpected eof writing to stdout\n");
+                        return 1;
+                    }
+
+                    if (ferror(stdout)) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "error writing to stdout\n");
+                        return 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            char_count -= nread;
+
+            if (feof(fp))
+                break;
+
+            if (ferror(fp)) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "error reading input\n");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fclose(fp);