diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 87d426c..aca4626 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var (
 	maximumFileCount uint32
 	minimumFileCount uint32
 	port             uint16
+	profile          bool
 	recursive        bool
 	refreshInterval  string
 	sorting          bool
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().Uint32Var(&maximumFileCount, "maximum-files", 1<<32-1, "skip directories with file counts over this value")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Uint32Var(&minimumFileCount, "minimum-files", 0, "skip directories with file counts under this value")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&port, "port", "p", 8080, "port to listen on")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&profile, "profile", false, "register net/http/pprof handlers")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&recursive, "recursive", "r", false, "recurse into subdirectories")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&refreshInterval, "refresh-interval", "", "force refresh interval equal to this duration (minimum 500ms)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&sorting, "sort", "s", false, "enable sorting")
diff --git a/cmd/web.go b/cmd/web.go
index d13869b..8996d2f 100644
--- a/cmd/web.go
+++ b/cmd/web.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	_ "net/http/pprof"
+	"net/http/pprof"
 
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
@@ -1063,6 +1063,14 @@ func ServePage(args []string) error {
 
 	mux.GET("/version", serveVersion())
 
+	if profile {
+		mux.HandlerFunc("GET", "/debug/pprof/", pprof.Index)
+		mux.HandlerFunc("GET", "/debug/pprof/cmdline", pprof.Cmdline)
+		mux.HandlerFunc("GET", "/debug/pprof/profile", pprof.Profile)
+		mux.HandlerFunc("GET", "/debug/pprof/symbol", pprof.Symbol)
+		mux.HandlerFunc("GET", "/debug/pprof/trace", pprof.Trace)
+	}
+
 	srv := &http.Server{
 		Addr:         net.JoinHostPort(bind, strconv.Itoa(int(port))),
 		Handler:      mux,