diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 791d10f9..220c7d87 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -2950,3 +2950,105 @@ int arg_copy_path(char *dest, const char *src, int destlen)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+unsigned int get_unit_mode_from_arg(int *argc, char *argv[], int df_mode)
+{
+	unsigned int unit_mode = UNITS_DEFAULT;
+	int arg_i;
+	int arg_end;
+
+	for (arg_i = 0; arg_i < *argc; arg_i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--raw")) {
+			unit_mode = UNITS_RAW;
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--human-readable")) {
+			unit_mode = UNITS_HUMAN_BINARY;
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--iec")) {
+			units_set_mode(&unit_mode, UNITS_BINARY);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--si")) {
+			units_set_mode(&unit_mode, UNITS_DECIMAL);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--kbytes")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_KBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--mbytes")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_MBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--gbytes")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_GBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "--tbytes")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_TBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!df_mode)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "-b")) {
+			unit_mode = UNITS_RAW;
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "-h")) {
+			unit_mode = UNITS_HUMAN_BINARY;
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "-H")) {
+			unit_mode = UNITS_HUMAN_DECIMAL;
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "-k")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_KBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "-m")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_MBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "-g")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_GBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[arg_i], "-t")) {
+			units_set_base(&unit_mode, UNITS_TBYTES);
+			argv[arg_i] = NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (arg_i = 0, arg_end = 0; arg_i < *argc; arg_i++) {
+		if (!argv[arg_i])
+			continue;
+		argv[arg_end] = argv[arg_i];
+		arg_end++;
+	}
+
+	*argc = arg_end;
+
+	return unit_mode;
+}
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 10d68e9a..dce0a47c 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -245,4 +245,28 @@ int btrfs_check_nodesize(u32 nodesize, u32 sectorsize);
 
 const char *get_argv0_buf(void);
 
+#define HELPINFO_OUTPUT_UNIT							\
+	"--raw              raw numbers in bytes",				\
+	"--human-readable   human friendly numbers, base 1024 (default)",	\
+	"--iec              use 1024 as a base (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)",		\
+	"--si               use 1000 as a base (kB, MB, GB, TB)",		\
+	"--kbytes           show sizes in KiB, or kB with --si",		\
+	"--mbytes           show sizes in MiB, or MB with --si",		\
+	"--gbytes           show sizes in GiB, or GB with --si",		\
+	"--tbytes           show sizes in TiB, or TB with --si"
+
+#define HELPINFO_OUTPUT_UNIT_DF							\
+	"-b|--raw           raw numbers in bytes",				\
+	"-h|--human-readable",							\
+	"                   human friendly numbers, base 1024 (default)",	\
+	"-H                 human friendly numbers, base 1000",			\
+	"--iec              use 1024 as a base (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB)",		\
+	"--si               use 1000 as a base (kB, MB, GB, TB)",		\
+	"-k|--kbytes        show sizes in KiB, or kB with --si",		\
+	"-m|--mbytes        show sizes in MiB, or MB with --si",		\
+	"-g|--gbytes        show sizes in GiB, or GB with --si",		\
+	"-t|--tbytes        show sizes in TiB, or TB with --si"
+
+unsigned int get_unit_mode_from_arg(int *argc, char *argv[], int df_mode);
+
 #endif