diff --git a/ci/test-08-options-n-q.pl b/ci/test-08-options-n-q.pl
index a201162..32630d0 100755
--- a/ci/test-08-options-n-q.pl
+++ b/ci/test-08-options-n-q.pl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
-use Test::Command tests => 24;
+use Test::Command tests => 36;
 
 #  -n         show targets by name (-d is equivalent)
 #  -O n       set the type of service (tos) flag on the ICMP packets
@@ -81,6 +81,45 @@ $cmd->stderr_like(qr{\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
 });
 }
 
+# fping -Q n ignores non-number characters after the number, except for keywords
+{
+my $cmd = Test::Command->new(cmd => "fping -Q 1whatever -p 550 -c 5 127.0.0.1");
+$cmd->exit_is_num(0);
+$cmd->stdout_is_eq("");
+$cmd->stderr_like(qr{\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 2/2/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 2/2/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 5/5/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+});
+}
+
+# fping -Q n ignores unknown keywords
+{
+my $cmd = Test::Command->new(cmd => "fping -Q 1,not_a_keyword -p 550 -c 5 127.0.0.1");
+$cmd->exit_is_num(0);
+$cmd->stdout_is_eq("");
+$cmd->stderr_like(qr{\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 2/2/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 2/2/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 5/5/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+});
+}
+
+# fping -Q n,cumulative
+{
+my $cmd = Test::Command->new(cmd => "fping -Q 1,cumulative -p 550 -c 5 127.0.0.1");
+$cmd->exit_is_num(0);
+$cmd->stdout_is_eq("");
+$cmd->stderr_like(qr{\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 2/2/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 4/4/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+127\.0\.0\.1 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 5/5/0%, min/avg/max = \d\.\d+/\d\.\d+/\d\.\d+
+});
+}
+
 # fping -Q -o
 {
 my $cmd = Test::Command->new(cmd => "fping -c4 -Q1 -p550 -o 8.8.8.7");
@@ -94,3 +133,16 @@ $cmd->stderr_like(qr{\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
 });
 }
 
+# fping -Q n,cumulative -o
+{
+my $cmd = Test::Command->new(cmd => "fping -c4 -Q1,cumulative -p550 -o 8.8.8.7");
+$cmd->exit_is_num(1);
+$cmd->stdout_is_eq("");
+$cmd->stderr_like(qr{\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+8\.8\.8\.7 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%, outage\(ms\) = 55\d
+\[\d+:\d+:\d+\]
+8\.8\.8\.7 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 3/0/100%, outage\(ms\) = 165\d
+8\.8\.8\.7 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 4/0/100%, outage\(ms\) = 220\d
+});
+}
+
diff --git a/doc/fping.pod b/doc/fping.pod
index d293fcd..efb1410 100644
--- a/doc/fping.pod
+++ b/doc/fping.pod
@@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ an individual target. Default is 1000 and minimum is 10.
 Quiet. Don't show per-probe results, but only the final summary. Also don't
 show ICMP error messages.
 
-=item B<-Q>, B<--squiet>=I<SECS>
+=item B<-Q>, B<--squiet>=I<SECS[,cumulative]>
 
 Like B<-q>, but additionally show interval summary results every I<SECS>
-seconds.
+seconds. With I<cumulative>, show summary results since start instead of
+for the last interval, unless option B<-N> is used, too.
 
 =item B<-r>, B<--retry>=I<N>
 
diff --git a/src/fping.c b/src/fping.c
index 779836a..c58e20c 100644
--- a/src/fping.c
+++ b/src/fping.c
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ int multif_flag, timeout_flag, fast_reachable;
 int outage_flag = 0;
 int timestamp_flag = 0;
 int random_data_flag = 0;
+int cumulative_stats_flag = 0;
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(_DEBUG)
 int randomly_lose_flag, trace_flag, print_per_system_flag;
 int lose_factor;
@@ -677,6 +678,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             }
             report_interval = opt_value_float * 1e9;
 
+            /* recognize keyword(s) after number, ignore everything else */
+            {
+                char *comma = strchr(optparse_state.optarg, ',');
+                if ((comma != NULL) && (strcmp(++comma, "cumulative") == 0)) {
+                    cumulative_stats_flag = 1;
+                }
+            }
+
             break;
 
         case 'e':
@@ -1813,7 +1822,9 @@ void print_per_system_splits(void)
         }
 
         fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-        stats_reset_interval(h);
+        if (!cumulative_stats_flag) {
+            stats_reset_interval(h);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -2986,7 +2997,8 @@ void usage(int is_error)
     fprintf(out, "   -N, --netdata      output compatible for netdata (-l -Q are required)\n");
     fprintf(out, "   -o, --outage       show the accumulated outage time (lost packets * packet interval)\n");
     fprintf(out, "   -q, --quiet        quiet (don't show per-target/per-ping results)\n");
-    fprintf(out, "   -Q, --squiet=SECS  same as -q, but add interval summary every SECS seconds\n");
+    fprintf(out, "   -Q, --squiet=SECS[,cumulative]  same as -q, but add interval summary every SECS seconds,\n");
+    fprintf(out, "                                   with 'cumulative', print stats since beginning\n");
     fprintf(out, "   -s, --stats        print final stats\n");
     fprintf(out, "   -u, --unreach      show targets that are unreachable\n");
     fprintf(out, "   -v, --version      show version\n");