diff --git a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
index b7c53eb72..e466b8afe 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
+++ b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use std::os::windows::io::AsRawHandle;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::{Duration, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use uucore::parse_size::{parse_size, ParseSizeError};
 use uucore::InvalidEncodingHandling;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ mod options {
     pub const BLOCK_SIZE_1M: &str = "m";
     pub const SEPARATE_DIRS: &str = "S";
     pub const SUMMARIZE: &str = "s";
+    pub const THRESHOLD: &str = "threshold";
     pub const SI: &str = "si";
     pub const TIME: &str = "time";
     pub const TIME_STYLE: &str = "time-style";
@@ -510,6 +512,17 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
                 .long(options::ONE_FILE_SYSTEM)
                 .help("skip directories on different file systems")
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(options::THRESHOLD)
+                .short("t")
+                .long(options::THRESHOLD)
+                .alias("th")
+                .value_name("SIZE")
+                .number_of_values(1)
+                .allow_hyphen_values(true)
+                .help("exclude entries smaller than SIZE if positive, \
+                          or entries greater than SIZE if negative")
+        )
         // .arg(
         //     Arg::with_name("")
         //         .short("x")
@@ -586,6 +599,11 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
 
     let block_size = u64::try_from(read_block_size(matches.value_of(options::BLOCK_SIZE))).unwrap();
 
+    let threshold = matches.value_of(options::THRESHOLD).map(|s| {
+        Threshold::from_str(s)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|e| crash!(1, "{}", format_error_message(e, s, options::THRESHOLD)))
+    });
+
     let multiplier: u64 = if matches.is_present(options::SI) {
         1000
     } else {
@@ -654,6 +672,11 @@ Try '{} --help' for more information.",
                         // See: http://linux.die.net/man/2/stat
                         stat.blocks * 512
                     };
+
+                    if threshold.map_or(false, |threshold| threshold.should_exclude(size)) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     if matches.is_present(options::TIME) {
                         let tm = {
                             let secs = {
@@ -720,6 +743,37 @@ Try '{} --help' for more information.",
     0
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+enum Threshold {
+    Lower(u64),
+    Upper(u64),
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Threshold {
+    type Err = ParseSizeError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let offset = if s.starts_with(&['-', '+'][..]) { 1 } else { 0 };
+
+        let size = u64::try_from(parse_size(&s[offset..])?).unwrap();
+
+        if s.starts_with('-') {
+            Ok(Threshold::Upper(size))
+        } else {
+            Ok(Threshold::Lower(size))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Threshold {
+    fn should_exclude(&self, size: u64) -> bool {
+        match *self {
+            Threshold::Upper(threshold) => size > threshold,
+            Threshold::Lower(threshold) => size < threshold,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn format_error_message(error: ParseSizeError, s: &str, option: &str) -> String {
     // NOTE:
     // GNU's du echos affected flag, -B or --block-size (-t or --threshold), depending user's selection
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_du.rs b/tests/by-util/test_du.rs
index 8d1267423..93875ae51 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_du.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_du.rs
@@ -80,19 +80,22 @@ fn _du_basics_subdir(s: &str) {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_du_invalid_size() {
-    new_ucmd!()
-        .arg("--block-size=1fb4t")
-        .arg("/tmp")
-        .fails()
-        .code_is(1)
-        .stderr_only("du: invalid --block-size argument '1fb4t'");
-    #[cfg(not(target_pointer_width = "128"))]
-    new_ucmd!()
-        .arg("--block-size=1Y")
-        .arg("/tmp")
-        .fails()
-        .code_is(1)
-        .stderr_only("du: --block-size argument '1Y' too large");
+    let args = &["block-size", "threshold"];
+    for s in args {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .arg(format!("--{}=1fb4t", s))
+            .arg("/tmp")
+            .fails()
+            .code_is(1)
+            .stderr_only(format!("du: invalid --{} argument '1fb4t'", s));
+        #[cfg(not(target_pointer_width = "128"))]
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .arg(format!("--{}=1Y", s))
+            .arg("/tmp")
+            .fails()
+            .code_is(1)
+            .stderr_only(format!("du: --{} argument '1Y' too large", s));
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -351,3 +354,24 @@ fn test_du_one_file_system() {
     }
     _du_basics_subdir(result.stdout_str());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_du_threshold() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+
+    let threshold = if cfg!(windows) { "7K" } else { "10K" };
+
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .arg(format!("--threshold={}", threshold))
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_contains("links")
+        .stdout_does_not_contain("deeper");
+
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .arg(format!("--threshold=-{}", threshold))
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_does_not_contain("links")
+        .stdout_contains("deeper");
+}