diff --git a/solhint.js b/solhint.js
index b2f8daf8..44341d28 100755
--- a/solhint.js
+++ b/solhint.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function init() {
     program
         .usage('[options] <file> [...other_files]')
         .option('-f, --formatter [name]', 'report formatter name (stylish, table, tap, unix)')
+        .option('-q, --quiet', 'report errors only - default: false')
         .description('Linter for Solidity programming language')
         .action(execMainAction);
 
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ function execMainAction() {
     const reportLists = program.args.filter(_.isString).map(processPath);
     const reports =_.flatten(reportLists);
 
+    if (program.quiet) {
+        // filter the list of reports, to set errors only.
+        reports[0].reports  = reports[0].reports.filter(i => i.severity === 2);
+    }
+
     printReports(reports, program.formatter);
     exitWithCode(reports);
 }