diff --git a/include/perk/perk.h b/include/perk/perk.h
index 8624838..5e6010d 100644
--- a/include/perk/perk.h
+++ b/include/perk/perk.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ perk_api void pe_free_unit_ctx		(struct pe_unit_ctx *);
 
 /* utility api */
 perk_api int  pe_main			(int, char **, char **);
+perk_api int  pe_output_image_type	(const struct pe_driver_ctx *, const struct pe_unit_ctx *, FILE *);
 perk_api int  pe_output_export_symbols	(const struct pe_driver_ctx *, const struct pe_image_meta *, FILE *);
 perk_api int  pe_output_import_libraries(const struct pe_driver_ctx *, const struct pe_image_meta *, FILE *);
 perk_api int  pe_output_error_record	(const struct pe_driver_ctx *, const struct pe_error_info *);
diff --git a/include/perk/perk_output.h b/include/perk/perk_output.h
index 0d03181..b5ad5c5 100644
--- a/include/perk/perk_output.h
+++ b/include/perk/perk_output.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define PERK_OUTPUT_EXPORT_SYMS		0x00000001
 #define PERK_OUTPUT_IMPORT_LIBS		0x00000002
 #define PERK_OUTPUT_IMPORT_SYMS		0x00000004
+#define PERK_OUTPUT_IMAGE_TYPE		0x00000008
 
 
 /* pretty-printer flags */
diff --git a/src/driver/pe_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/pe_driver_ctx.c
index fdc2704..942291b 100644
--- a/src/driver/pe_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/pe_driver_ctx.c
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ int pe_get_driver_ctx(
 					pretty = entry->arg;
 					break;
 
+				case TAG_IMGTYPE:
+					cctx.fmtflags |= PERK_OUTPUT_IMAGE_TYPE;
+					break;
+
 				case TAG_EXPSYMS:
 					cctx.fmtflags |= PERK_OUTPUT_EXPORT_SYMS;
 					break;
diff --git a/src/internal/perk_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/perk_driver_impl.h
index ae5adfc..78d55ae 100644
--- a/src/internal/perk_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/perk_driver_impl.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_VERSION,
 	TAG_OUTPUT,
 	TAG_PRETTY,
+	TAG_IMGTYPE,
 	TAG_EXPSYMS,
 	TAG_IMPLIBS,
 	TAG_IMPSYMS,
diff --git a/src/skin/pe_skin_default.c b/src/skin/pe_skin_default.c
index ad663e8..56fbd14 100644
--- a/src/skin/pe_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/pe_skin_default.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ const struct argv_option pe_default_options[] = {
 	{"pretty",	'p',TAG_PRETTY,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,"yaml|dlltool",0,
 			"format output for parsing by %s"},
 
+	{"type",	't',TAG_IMGTYPE,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
+			"print image type"},
+
 	{"expsyms",	'e',TAG_EXPSYMS,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 			"print exported symbols" },
 
@@ -23,5 +26,6 @@ const struct argv_option pe_default_options[] = {
 	{"impsyms",	'I',TAG_IMPSYMS,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 			"list direct dependency libraries "
 			"along with required symbols"},
+
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };