diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 0041a82..35fd6a7 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ fn calculate_complexity(flags: flags::Flags) {
     builder.filter_entry(move |e| files_filter.matches(e.path()));
 
     let results = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![]));
+    let scorer = flags.scorer;
 
     builder.build_parallel().run(|| {
         Box::new(|result| {
-            let mut scorer: Box<dyn scoring::ScoreVisitor> = Box::new(scoring::Standard::default());
+            let mut scorer = build_scorer(&scorer);
             if let Some(parsed_file) = parse_dir_entry(&mut scorer, result) {
                 let mut results = results.lock().unwrap();
                 results.push(parsed_file);
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ fn calculate_complexity(flags: flags::Flags) {
     }
 }
 
+fn build_scorer(algorithm: &flags::ScoringAlgorithm) -> Box<dyn scoring::ScoreVisitor> {
+    match algorithm {
+        flags::ScoringAlgorithm::Standard => Box::new(scoring::Standard::default()),
+        flags::ScoringAlgorithm::Length => Box::new(scoring::Length::default()),
+    }
+}
+
 fn render_standard(results: &[ParsedFile]) {
     for parsed_file in results {
         println!(
diff --git a/src/flags.rs b/src/flags.rs
index 9a27b27..e21f1aa 100644
--- a/src/flags.rs
+++ b/src/flags.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ impl FromStr for Format {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ScoringAlgorithm {
+    Standard,
+    Length,
+}
+
+impl FromStr for ScoringAlgorithm {
+    type Err = String;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s.to_lowercase().as_ref() {
+            "standard" => Ok(ScoringAlgorithm::Standard),
+            "length" => Ok(ScoringAlgorithm::Length),
+            v => Err(format!("Unknown scoring algorithm: {}", v)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 #[structopt(
     name = "complexity",
@@ -51,4 +69,8 @@ pub struct Flags {
     /// Format output
     #[structopt(long, possible_values = &["standard", "csv", "json"], default_value = "standard", case_insensitive = true)]
     pub format: Format,
+
+    /// Scoring algorithm
+    #[structopt(short = "s", long, possible_values = &["standard", "length"], default_value = "standard", case_insensitive = true)]
+    pub scorer: ScoringAlgorithm,
 }
diff --git a/src/scoring.rs b/src/scoring.rs
index 05f6288..9340d8a 100644
--- a/src/scoring.rs
+++ b/src/scoring.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+mod length;
 mod standard;
 
+pub use length::Length;
 pub use standard::Standard;
 
 pub trait ScoreVisitor {
diff --git a/src/scoring/length.rs b/src/scoring/length.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8a2906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scoring/length.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use crate::scoring::ScoreVisitor;
+
+pub struct Length {
+    line_length: usize,
+}
+
+impl Default for Length {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { line_length: 0 }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ScoreVisitor for Length {
+    fn visit_line_length(&mut self, length: usize) {
+        self.line_length = length;
+    }
+
+    fn visit_first_line(&mut self, _: usize) {}
+
+    fn visit_indent(&mut self, _: usize) {}
+
+    fn visit_same(&mut self, _: usize) {}
+
+    fn visit_dedent(&mut self, _: usize) {}
+
+    fn score(&self) -> f32 {
+        self.line_length as f32
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::scoring::{score, ScoreVisitor};
+    use approx::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn length_only_uses_file_length() {
+        let mut scorer: Box<dyn ScoreVisitor> = Box::new(Length::default());
+
+        assert!(abs_diff_eq!(
+            score(&mut scorer, &vec![0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0]),
+            11.0,
+            epsilon = 0.0001
+        ));
+    }
+}