diff --git a/bin.js b/bin.js
index 57f3957..7cae439 100755
--- a/bin.js
+++ b/bin.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if (argv.help || !image) {
   console.log('  --docker,  -d  [$DOCKER_HOST]  (optional host of the docker daemon)')
   console.log('  --persist                      (allow persistance of /root in the containers)')
   console.log('  --dockerport                   (expose a docker container port to dockerhost)')
+  console.log('  --pidslimit N                  (limit spawned containers to N number of processes)')
   console.log('')
   return process.exit(argv.help ? 0 : 1)
 }
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ if (argv.hostNetworking) argv.beforeCreate = function (config) {
   config.HostConfig.NetworkMode = 'host'
 }
 
+if (argv.pidslimit) argv.beforeCreate = function (config) {
+  config.HostConfig.PidsLimit = argv.pidslimit
+}
+
 var server = docker(image, argv)
 
 server.on('spawn', function(container) {