diff --git a/bin/git-summary b/bin/git-summary
index d8e568ef3..718fb20ef 100755
--- a/bin/git-summary
+++ b/bin/git-summary
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SUMMARY_BY_LINE=
 DEDUP_BY_EMAIL=
 MERGES_ARG=
 OUTPUT_STYLE=
+AUTHOR_COMMIT_LIMIT=0
 for arg in "$@"; do
     case "$arg" in
         --line)
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
             OUTPUT_STYLE="$2"
             shift
             ;;
+        --author-commit-limit)
+            AUTHOR_COMMIT_LIMIT="$2"
+            shift
+            ;;
         -*)
             >&2 echo "unknown argument $arg found"
             exit 1
@@ -143,9 +148,14 @@ format_authors() {
   # author name. However, Linux column utility will escape tab if separator
   # specified, so we do unesaping after it.
   LC_ALL=C awk '
+  BEGIN {
+     commitLimit = strtonum('"${AUTHOR_COMMIT_LIMIT}"');
+  }
   { args[NR] = $0; sum += $0 }
   END {
     for (i = 1; i <= NR; ++i) {
+      if (strtonum(args[i]) < commitLimit)
+         break;
       printf "%s♪%2.1f%%\n", args[i], 100 * args[i] / sum
     }
   }
diff --git a/man/git-summary.1 b/man/git-summary.1
index c5a42c748..e0293c37b 100644
--- a/man/git-summary.1
+++ b/man/git-summary.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBgit\-summary\fR \- Show repository summary
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
-\fBgit\-summary\fR [\-\-dedup\-by\-email] [\-\-no\-merges] [<committish>]
+\fBgit\-summary\fR [\-\-dedup\-by\-email] [\-\-no\-merges] [\-\-author\-commit\-limit <count>] [<committish>]
 .P
 \fBgit\-summary\fR \-\-line [<path>]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ $ git summary \-\-dedup\-by\-email
 .P
 Exclude merge commits\.
 .P
+\-\-author\-commit\-limit <count>
+.P
+Omit authors with less than <count> authored commits from author listing\. Defaults to zero\.
+.P
 \-\-line
 .P
 Summarize with lines other than commits\. When \fB\-\-line\fR is specified, the last argument is treated as <path>\.
diff --git a/man/git-summary.html b/man/git-summary.html
index 11d10bc0b..67dcdc78f 100644
--- a/man/git-summary.html
+++ b/man/git-summary.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ <h2 id="NAME">NAME</h2>
 </p>
 <h2 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h2>
 
-<p><code>git-summary</code> [--dedup-by-email] [--no-merges] [&lt;committish&gt;]</p>
+<p><code>git-summary</code> [--dedup-by-email] [--no-merges] [--author-commit-limit &lt;count&gt;] [&lt;committish&gt;]</p>
 
 <p><code>git-summary</code> --line [&lt;path&gt;]</p>
 
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ <h2 id="OPTIONS">OPTIONS</h2>
 
 <p>Exclude merge commits.</p>
 
+<p>--author-commit-limit &lt;count&gt;</p>
+
+<p>Omit authors with less than &lt;count&gt; authored commits from author listing. Defaults to zero.</p>
+
 <p>--line</p>
 
 <p>Summarize with lines other than commits.
diff --git a/man/git-summary.md b/man/git-summary.md
index 9b277b907..5f69bb9f7 100644
--- a/man/git-summary.md
+++ b/man/git-summary.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-summary(1) -- Show repository summary
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
-`git-summary` [--dedup-by-email] [--no-merges] [&lt;committish&gt;]
+`git-summary` [--dedup-by-email] [--no-merges] [--author-commit-limit &lt;count&gt;] [&lt;committish&gt;]
 
 `git-summary` --line [&lt;path&gt;]
 
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Shows a summary of the repository or a path within it.
 
   Exclude merge commits.
 
+  --author-commit-limit &lt;count&gt;
+
+  Omit authors with less than &lt;count&gt; authored commits from author listing. Defaults to zero.
+
   --line
 
   Summarize with lines other than commits.