diff --git a/src/cmdline_parser.py b/src/cmdline_parser.py
index 4d6578e..7c5bc1d 100644
--- a/src/cmdline_parser.py
+++ b/src/cmdline_parser.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cmd_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
 
 cmd_parser.add_argument("path")
 cmd_parser.add_argument("pattern")
+cmd_parser.add_argument("-t", "--type")
 # if -s is found in the command line cmd_args.show_children_nodes is True
 cmd_parser.add_argument("-s", "--show-children-nodes", action="store_true")
 ## more than one occurrencies of -e option are appended in a list
diff --git a/src/tree_find.py b/src/tree_find.py
index cbcdda5..165189b 100644
--- a/src/tree_find.py
+++ b/src/tree_find.py
@@ -19,9 +19,19 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
     self.find_opts = find_opts
     NerdTree.__init__(self, startpath, opts=opts)
 
+  def found_true_cond(self, test_node):
+    search_type = self.find_opts['type'] if self.find_opts.get('type') else None
+
+    if not search_type:        test_type = True
+    else:                      test_type = (test_node['type'] == search_type)
+
+    test_match = True if self.re_item_name.match(test_node['name']) else False
+    return all([test_match, test_type]) 
+
   def find_node_recursively(self, node):
     # if node['name'] == self.item_name:
-    if self.re_item_name.match(node['name']):
+    # if self.re_item_name.match(node['name']):
+    if self.found_true_cond(node):
       node_copy = node.copy()
       node_copy.update({'color_formatter' : YELLOW, 'found' : 1})
       self.results.append(node_copy)
@@ -33,7 +43,8 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
         self.find_node_recursively(item_child)
       else:
         # if item_child['name'] == self.item_name:
-        if self.re_item_name.match(item_child['name']):
+        # if self.re_item_name.match(item_child['name']):
+        if self.found_true_cond(item_child):
           item_child_copy = item_child.copy()
           item_child_copy.update({'color_formatter' : YELLOW, 'found' : 1})
           self.results.append(item_child_copy)
diff --git a/vfind.py b/vfind.py
index 9b4aaa5..5baa88b 100755
--- a/vfind.py
+++ b/vfind.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
   # opts for find
   find_opts = {
-      'dont_show_children_nodes': not show_children_nodes
+      'dont_show_children_nodes': not show_children_nodes,
+      'type' : cmd_args.type,
       }
 
   ntree = NerdTreeFind(path, opts=opts)