diff --git a/bin/swift-recon b/bin/swift-recon
index 372581b2a4..b72cc2841d 100755
--- a/bin/swift-recon
+++ b/bin/swift-recon
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
                 print "No hosts returned valid data."
         print "=" * 79
 
-    def disk_usage(self, hosts):
+    def disk_usage(self, hosts, top=0):
         """
         Obtain and print disk usage statistics
 
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
         raw_total_used = []
         raw_total_avail = []
         percents = {}
+        top_percents = [(None, 0)] * top
         recon = Scout("diskusage", self.verbose, self.suppress_errors,
                       self.timeout)
         print "[%s] Checking disk usage now" % self._ptime()
@@ -563,6 +564,13 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
                         raw_total_used.append(entry['used'])
                         raw_total_avail.append(entry['avail'])
                         hostusage.append(round(used, 2))
+                        for ident, oused in top_percents:
+                            if oused < used:
+                                top_percents.append(
+                                    (url + ' ' + entry['device'], used))
+                                top_percents.sort(key=lambda x: -x[1])
+                                top_percents.pop()
+                                break
                 stats[url] = hostusage
 
         for url in stats:
@@ -597,6 +605,13 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
         else:
             print "No hosts returned valid data."
         print "=" * 79
+        if top_percents:
+            print 'TOP %s' % top
+            for ident, used in top_percents:
+                if ident:
+                    url, device = ident.split()
+                    host = urlparse(url).netloc.split(':')[0]
+                    print '%.02f%%  %s' % (used, '%-15s %s' % (host, device))
 
     def main(self):
         """
@@ -640,6 +655,8 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
                         "local copy")
         args.add_option('--sockstat', action="store_true",
                         help="Get cluster socket usage stats")
+        args.add_option('--top', type='int', metavar='COUNT', default=0,
+                        help='Also show the top COUNT entries in rank order.')
         args.add_option('--all', action="store_true",
                         help="Perform all checks. Equal to -arudlq --md5 "
                         "--sockstat")
@@ -731,7 +748,7 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
             if options.loadstats:
                 self.load_check(hosts)
             if options.diskusage:
-                self.disk_usage(hosts)
+                self.disk_usage(hosts, options.top)
             if options.md5:
                 self.get_ringmd5(hosts, ring_file)
             if options.quarantined: