diff --git a/docs/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md b/docs/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md
index 781d458..5fa3381 100644
--- a/docs/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md
+++ b/docs/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md
@@ -98,5 +98,6 @@ is acknowledged and greatly appreciated:
  * [jettero](https://codeberg.org/jettero) - reported double-free coredump when using "`--watchfd`" after 1.8.10 ([#96](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/issues/96))
  * Hartmut Goebel - provided a full set of new German translations ([#98](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/pulls/98))
  * Venky.N.Iyer - suggested "`--stats`" ([#49](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/issues/49))
+ * Roland Kletzing - suggested "`--rate`" with "`--numeric`" ([#17](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/issues/17))
 
 ---
diff --git a/docs/NEWS.md b/docs/NEWS.md
index 51480de..66e0423 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS.md
+++ b/docs/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### UNRELEASED
 
  * feature: new "`--stats`" option to show transfer stats at the end, like "`ping`" ([#49](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/issues/49))
+ * feature: "`--rate`" can now be used with "`--numeric`" ([#17](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/issues/17))
  * i18n: complete set of German translations supplied by Hartmut Goebel ([#98](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/pulls/98))
  * fix: resume stopped pipelines when running in the background (part of [#56](https://codeberg.org/a-j-wood/pv/issues/56))
  * fix: write UTC timestamps in debugging mode to avoid lockups in signal handlers
diff --git a/docs/pv.1 b/docs/pv.1
index a84f905..534ae68 100644
--- a/docs/pv.1
+++ b/docs/pv.1
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ is not required if
 is being used.
 .TP
 .B ""
-Note that if
+If
 .B \-\-numeric
 is in use, then adding
 .B \-\-bytes
@@ -226,12 +226,16 @@ is also in use as well as
 and
 .BR \-\-numeric ,
 then instead of bytes or a percentage, the number of lines
-so far is output.  And finally, if
+so far is output.  If
+.B \-\-rate
+is added, then the transfer rate is also output (if
+.B \-\-bytes
+is in use as well, the rate comes after the byte/line count).
+If
 .B \-\-timer
-is added to
-.BR \-\-numeric ,
-then each output line is prefixed with the elapsed time 
-so far, as a decimal number of seconds.
+is also added, then each output line is
+.I prefixed
+with the elapsed time so far, as a decimal number of seconds.
 .TP
 .B \-q, \-\-quiet
 No output.  Useful if the
diff --git a/docs/pv.1.md b/docs/pv.1.md
index 4d87e34..40e61ef 100644
--- a/docs/pv.1.md
+++ b/docs/pv.1.md
@@ -158,14 +158,15 @@ that are explicitly switched on will be shown.
     **dialog**(1). Note that **-f** is not required if **-n** is being
     used.
 
-:   Note that if **\--numeric** is in use, then adding **\--bytes** will
-    cause the number of bytes processed so far to be output instead of a
+:   If **\--numeric** is in use, then adding **\--bytes** will cause the
+    number of bytes processed so far to be output instead of a
     percentage; if **\--line-mode** is also in use as well as
     **\--bytes** and **\--numeric**, then instead of bytes or a
-    percentage, the number of lines so far is output. And finally, if
-    **\--timer** is added to **\--numeric**, then each output line is
-    prefixed with the elapsed time so far, as a decimal number of
-    seconds.
+    percentage, the number of lines so far is output. If **\--rate** is
+    added, then the transfer rate is also output (if **\--bytes** is in
+    use as well, the rate comes after the byte/line count). If
+    **\--timer** is also added, then each output line is *prefixed* with
+    the elapsed time so far, as a decimal number of seconds.
 
 **-q, \--quiet**
 
diff --git a/src/pv/display.c b/src/pv/display.c
index dbc1de1..8e2d1c7 100644
--- a/src/pv/display.c
+++ b/src/pv/display.c
@@ -662,40 +662,67 @@ bool pv_format(pvstate_t state, bool final)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * In numeric output mode, our output is just a number.
+	 * In numeric output mode, our output is just the percentage
+	 * completion, as a number by itself.
 	 *
-	 * Patch from Sami Liedes:
-	 * With --timer we prefix the output with the elapsed time.
-	 * With --bytes we output the bytes transferred so far instead
-	 * of the percentage. (Or lines, if --lines was given with --bytes).
+	 * With --timer, we prefix the output with the elapsed time.
+	 *
+	 * With --bytes, we output the bytes transferred so far instead of
+	 * the percentage (or we output the number lines transferred, if
+	 * --lines was given with --bytes).
+	 *
+	 * With --rate was given, we output the current transfer rate
+	 * instead of the percentage.  With --bytes as well, the rate is
+	 * given after the bytes/lines.
 	 */
 	if (state->control.numeric) {
-		char numericprefix[128]; /* flawfinder: ignore - only populated by pv_snprintf(). */
+		char msg_timer[128];	 /* flawfinder: ignore */
+		char msg_bytes[128];	 /* flawfinder: ignore */
+		char msg_rate[128];	 /* flawfinder: ignore */
+		char msg_percent[128];	 /* flawfinder: ignore */
+		bool first_item, show_percentage;
 
-		numericprefix[0] = '\0';
+		/* flawfinder: each buffer is kept safe by pv_snprintf(). */
 
-		if (state->display.component[PV_COMPONENT_TIMER].required)
-			(void) pv_snprintf(numericprefix, sizeof(numericprefix), "%.4Lf ",
+		first_item = true;
+		show_percentage = true;
+
+		msg_timer[0] = '\0';
+		if (state->display.component[PV_COMPONENT_TIMER].required) {
+			(void) pv_snprintf(msg_timer, sizeof(msg_timer), "%s%.4Lf", first_item ? "" : " ",
 					   state->transfer.elapsed_seconds);
-
-		if (state->display.component[PV_COMPONENT_BYTES].required) {
-			if (state->control.bits) {
-				(void) pv_snprintf(state->display.display_buffer,
-						   state->display.display_buffer_size,
-						   "%.99s%lld\n", numericprefix,
-						   (long long) (8 * state->transfer.total_written));
-			} else {
-				(void) pv_snprintf(state->display.display_buffer,
-						   state->display.display_buffer_size,
-						   "%.99s%lld\n", numericprefix,
-						   (long long) (state->transfer.total_written));
-			}
-		} else {
-			(void) pv_snprintf(state->display.display_buffer,
-					   state->display.display_buffer_size, "%.99s%ld\n", numericprefix,
-					   (long) (state->calc.percentage));
+			first_item = false;
 		}
 
+		msg_bytes[0] = '\0';
+		if (state->display.component[PV_COMPONENT_BYTES].required) {
+			(void) pv_snprintf(msg_bytes, sizeof(msg_bytes),
+					   "%s%lld", first_item ? "" : " ",
+					   (long long) ((state->control.bits ? 8 : 1) * state->transfer.total_written));
+			first_item = false;
+			show_percentage = false;
+		}
+
+		msg_rate[0] = '\0';
+		if (state->display.component[PV_COMPONENT_RATE].required) {
+			(void) pv_snprintf(msg_rate, sizeof(msg_rate),
+					   "%s%.4Lf", first_item ? "" : " ",
+					   ((state->control.bits ? 8.0 : 1.0) * state->calc.transfer_rate));
+			first_item = false;
+			show_percentage = false;
+		}
+
+		msg_percent[0] = '\0';
+		if (show_percentage) {
+			(void) pv_snprintf(msg_percent, sizeof(msg_percent),
+					   "%s%d", first_item ? "" : " ", state->calc.percentage);
+			first_item = false;
+		}
+
+		(void) pv_snprintf(state->display.display_buffer,
+				   state->display.display_buffer_size, "%.39s%.39s%.39s%.39s\n", msg_timer, msg_bytes,
+				   msg_rate, msg_percent);
+
 		state->display.display_string_len = strlen(state->display.display_buffer);	/* flawfinder: ignore */
 		/* flawfinder: always \0 terminated by pv_snprintf(). */
 
@@ -953,10 +980,10 @@ bool pv_format(pvstate_t state, bool final)
 			/* Transfer buffer percentage utilisation. */
 			if (state->transfer.buffer_size > 0) {
 				int pct_used = pv_percentage((off_t)
-								   (state->transfer.read_position -
-								    state->transfer.write_position),
-								   (off_t)
-								   (state->transfer.buffer_size));
+							     (state->transfer.read_position -
+							      state->transfer.write_position),
+							     (off_t)
+							     (state->transfer.buffer_size));
 				(void) pv_snprintf(component_content, component_buf_size, "{%3d%%}", pct_used);
 			}
 #ifdef HAVE_SPLICE