diff --git a/DisplayOptionsPanel.c b/DisplayOptionsPanel.c
index 9e119091..c544162f 100644
--- a/DisplayOptionsPanel.c
+++ b/DisplayOptionsPanel.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ DisplayOptionsPanel* DisplayOptionsPanel_new(Settings* settings, ScreenManager*
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_new(strdup("Hide userland threads"), &(settings->hideUserlandThreads), false));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_new(strdup("Display threads in a different color"), &(settings->highlightThreads), false));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_new(strdup("Show custom thread names"), &(settings->showThreadNames), false));
+   Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_new(strdup("Show program path"), &(settings->showProgramPath), true));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_new(strdup("Highlight program \"basename\""), &(settings->highlightBaseName), false));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_new(strdup("Highlight large numbers in memory counters"), &(settings->highlightMegabytes), false));
    Panel_add(super, (Object*) CheckItem_new(strdup("Leave a margin around header"), &(settings->headerMargin), false));
diff --git a/Process.c b/Process.c
index 1962c5d0..6c75d92f 100644
--- a/Process.c
+++ b/Process.c
@@ -275,25 +275,33 @@ void Process_printTime(RichString* str, unsigned long long totalHundredths) {
 }
 
 static inline void Process_writeCommand(Process* this, int attr, int baseattr, RichString* str) {
-   int start = RichString_size(str);
-   RichString_append(str, attr, this->comm);
-   if (this->settings->highlightBaseName) {
-      int finish = RichString_size(str) - 1;
-      if (this->basenameOffset != -1)
-         finish = (start + this->basenameOffset) - 1;
-      int colon = RichString_findChar(str, ':', start);
-      if (colon != -1 && colon < finish) {
-         finish = colon;
-      } else {
-         for (int i = finish - start; i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (this->comm[i] == '/') {
-               start += i+1;
-               break;
-            }
+   int start = RichString_size(str), finish = 0;
+   char* comm = this->comm;
+
+   if (this->settings->highlightBaseName || !this->settings->showProgramPath) {
+      int i, basename = 0;
+      for (i = 0; i < this->basenameOffset; i++) {
+         if (comm[i] == '/') {
+            basename = i + 1;
+         } else if (comm[i] == ':') {
+            finish = i + 1;
+            break;
          }
       }
-      RichString_setAttrn(str, baseattr, start, finish);
+      if (!finish) {
+         if (this->settings->showProgramPath)
+            start += basename;
+         else
+            comm += basename;
+         finish = this->basenameOffset - basename;
+      }
+      finish += start - 1;
    }
+
+   RichString_append(str, attr, comm);
+
+   if (this->settings->highlightBaseName)
+      RichString_setAttrn(str, baseattr, start, finish);
 }
 
 void Process_outputRate(RichString* str, char* buffer, int n, double rate, int coloring) {
diff --git a/Settings.c b/Settings.c
index 68e2af5a..03f878b7 100644
--- a/Settings.c
+++ b/Settings.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ typedef struct Settings_ {
    bool countCPUsFromZero;
    bool detailedCPUTime;
    bool treeView;
+   bool showProgramPath;
    bool hideThreads;
    bool shadowOtherUsers;
    bool showThreadNames;
@@ -185,6 +186,8 @@ static bool Settings_read(Settings* this, const char* fileName, int cpuCount) {
          this->shadowOtherUsers = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "show_thread_names")) {
          this->showThreadNames = atoi(option[1]);
+      } else if (String_eq(option[0], "show_program_path")) {
+         this->showProgramPath = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "highlight_base_name")) {
          this->highlightBaseName = atoi(option[1]);
       } else if (String_eq(option[0], "highlight_megabytes")) {
@@ -271,6 +274,7 @@ bool Settings_write(Settings* this) {
    fprintf(fd, "hide_userland_threads=%d\n", (int) this->hideUserlandThreads);
    fprintf(fd, "shadow_other_users=%d\n", (int) this->shadowOtherUsers);
    fprintf(fd, "show_thread_names=%d\n", (int) this->showThreadNames);
+   fprintf(fd, "show_program_path=%d\n", (int) this->showProgramPath);
    fprintf(fd, "highlight_base_name=%d\n", (int) this->highlightBaseName);
    fprintf(fd, "highlight_megabytes=%d\n", (int) this->highlightMegabytes);
    fprintf(fd, "highlight_threads=%d\n", (int) this->highlightThreads);
diff --git a/Settings.h b/Settings.h
index af1fefb9..13aac9b6 100644
--- a/Settings.h
+++ b/Settings.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef struct Settings_ {
    bool countCPUsFromZero;
    bool detailedCPUTime;
    bool treeView;
+   bool showProgramPath;
    bool hideThreads;
    bool shadowOtherUsers;
    bool showThreadNames;