diff --git a/Userland/tail.cpp b/Userland/tail.cpp
index cf19e7b34e..8fe43d992a 100644
--- a/Userland/tail.cpp
+++ b/Userland/tail.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <LibCore/CFile.h>
 #include <LibCore/CArgsParser.h>
 
+#define DEFAULT_LINE_COUNT 10
+
 int tail_from_pos(CFile& file, off_t startline, bool want_follow)
 {
     if (!file.seek(startline + 1))
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             args_parser.print_usage();
             return 1;
         }
+    } else {
+    	line_count = DEFAULT_LINE_COUNT;
     }
 
     CFile f(values[0]);