diff --git a/bandwidth.go b/bandwidth.go
index a3b9e3c..45505ee 100644
--- a/bandwidth.go
+++ b/bandwidth.go
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ func (b *BPS) Rate() float64 {
 	return float64(total) / b.interval.Seconds()
 }
 
+// HumanRate returns a human-friendly (e.g. 23.3MB/s) rate.
+func (b *BPS) HumanRate() string {
+	return Bytes(uint64(b.Rate())) + "/s"
+}
+
 // Close cleans up and shuts down a BPS.
 func (b *BPS) Close() {
 	close(b.quit)
diff --git a/bandwidth_test.go b/bandwidth_test.go
index 0ba189b..836b89f 100644
--- a/bandwidth_test.go
+++ b/bandwidth_test.go
@@ -76,3 +76,17 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	bw.Close()
 }
+
+func TestHumanBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	bw, err := New(100*time.Second, 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failure to make reasonable BPS: %v", err)
+	}
+	bw.Add(1000)
+	got := bw.HumanRate()
+	want := "10B/s"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("did not get right human rate; got %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/bytes.go b/bytes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..162fafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bytes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// from https://github.com/dustin/go-humanize/
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2005-2008  Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>
+package bps
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+)
+
+func logn(n, b float64) float64 {
+	return math.Log(n) / math.Log(b)
+}
+
+func humanateBytes(s uint64, base float64, sizes []string) string {
+	if s < 10 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%dB", s)
+	}
+	e := math.Floor(logn(float64(s), base))
+	suffix := sizes[int(e)]
+	val := math.Floor(float64(s)/math.Pow(base, e)*10+0.5) / 10
+	f := "%.0f%s"
+	if val < 10 {
+		f = "%.1f%s"
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf(f, val, suffix)
+}
+
+// Bytes produces a human readable representation of an SI size.
+//
+// Bytes(82854982) -> 83MB
+func Bytes(s uint64) string {
+	sizes := []string{"B", "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB"}
+	return humanateBytes(s, 1000, sizes)
+}