1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index b0c543d28..9daa15470 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,15 @@ static void scan_and_display_dirs_recur(struct dnode **dn, int first)
                 subdnp = scan_one_dir((*dn)->fullname, &nfiles);
 #if ENABLE_DESKTOP
                 if (option_mask32 & (OPT_s|OPT_l)) {
-                        printf("total %"OFF_FMT"u\n", calculate_blocks(subdnp));
+                        if (option_mask32 & OPT_h) {
+                                printf("total %-"HUMAN_READABLE_MAX_WIDTH_STR"s\n",
+                                        /* print size, no fractions, use suffixes */
+                                        make_human_readable_str(calculate_blocks(subdnp) * 1024,
+                                                                0, 0)
+                                );
+                        } else {
+                                printf("total %"OFF_FMT"u\n", calculate_blocks(subdnp));
+                        }
                 }
 #endif
                 if (nfiles > 0) {