diff --git a/apachedex/__init__.py b/apachedex/__init__.py
index 3484c53e05b40f44cb5b3211fba3314159fbbb26..1c183fcf03bf96ccf7a63cebdcf68b88bca57873 100755
--- a/apachedex/__init__.py
+++ b/apachedex/__init__.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ MONTH_VALUE_DICT = dict((y, x) for (x, y) in enumerate(('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar',
 
 US_PER_S = 10 ** 6
 
-N_SLOWEST = 20
+N_HOTTEST_PAGES_DEFAULT = 20
 N_ERROR_URL = 10
 N_REFERRER_PER_ERROR_URL = 5
 N_USER_AGENT = 20
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ class GenericSiteStats(object):
       x_min=None, x_max=None,
       apdex_y_min=None, hit_y_min=None, hit_y_max=None,
       apdex_y_scale=None, hit_y_scale=None,
+      n_hottest_pages=N_HOTTEST_PAGES_DEFAULT,
     ):
     result = []
     append = result.append
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ class GenericSiteStats(object):
     append(APDEXStats.asHTMLHeader())
     append('<th>url</th></tr>')
     for url, data in sorted(self.url_apdex.iteritems(), key=lambda x: x[1].getAverage() * x[1].hit,
-        reverse=True)[:N_SLOWEST]:
+        reverse=True)[:n_hottest_pages]:
       append('<tr>')
       append(data.asHTML(self.threshold))
       append('<td class="text">%s</td></tr>' % escape(url))
@@ -605,6 +606,7 @@ class ERP5SiteStats(GenericSiteStats):
       encoding, stat_filter=lambda x: x, x_min=None, x_max=None,
       apdex_y_min=None, hit_y_min=None, hit_y_max=None,
       apdex_y_scale=None, hit_y_scale=None,
+      n_hottest_pages=N_HOTTEST_PAGES_DEFAULT,
     ):
     result = []
     append = result.append
@@ -713,6 +715,7 @@ class ERP5SiteStats(GenericSiteStats):
       apdex_y_min=apdex_y_min, hit_y_min=hit_y_min, hit_y_max=hit_y_max,
       apdex_y_scale=apdex_y_scale,
       hit_y_scale=hit_y_scale,
+      n_hottest_pages=n_hottest_pages,
     ))
     return '\n'.join(result)
 
@@ -1106,6 +1109,7 @@ def asHTML(out, encoding, per_site, args, default_site, period_parameter_dict,
   for hit_date, hit in sorted(hit_per_day.iteritems(), key=ITEMGETTER0):
     out.write('<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>' % (hit_date, hit))
   out.write('</table>')
+  n_hottest_pages = args.n_hottest_pages
   for i, (site_id, data) in site_list:
     out.write('<h1 id="%s" title="%s">%s</h1>' % (i, escape(repr(site_id),
       quote=True), html_site_caption_dict[site_id]))
@@ -1136,6 +1140,7 @@ def asHTML(out, encoding, per_site, args, default_site, period_parameter_dict,
       apdex_y_min=apdex_y_min, hit_y_min=hit_y_min, hit_y_max=hit_y_max,
       apdex_y_scale=apdex_y_scale,
       hit_y_scale=hit_y_scale,
+      n_hottest_pages=n_hottest_pages,
     ))
   end_stat_time = time.time()
   if args.stats:
@@ -1283,6 +1288,9 @@ def main():
   group.add_argument('--hit-yscale', default='linear',
     choices=hit_y_scale_dict,
     help='hit graph ordinate scale. Default: %(default)s')
+  group.add_argument('--n-hottest-pages', type=int,
+    default=N_HOTTEST_PAGES_DEFAULT,
+    help='Number of hottest pages to display.')
 
   group = parser.add_argument_group('site matching', 'Earlier arguments take '
     'precedence. Arguments are Python regexes, matching urlencoded strings.'