diff --git a/extensions/paintbynumber.inx b/extensions/paintbynumber.inx
index 841160f..8e8b96a 100644
--- a/extensions/paintbynumber.inx
+++ b/extensions/paintbynumber.inx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	<dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
 	<_param name="title" type="description">Generates a "Paint by Number" picture from the selected paths.</_param>
 	<param name="radius" type="string" _gui-text="Vertex Radius">5</param>
+	<param name="fontsize" type="string" _gui-text="Font Size">15</param>
 	<param name="hidepath" type="boolean" _gui-text="Hide path after completion">true</param>
 	<effect>
 		<object-type>all</object-type>
diff --git a/extensions/paintbynumber.py b/extensions/paintbynumber.py
index 1a50aa6..373d60d 100644
--- a/extensions/paintbynumber.py
+++ b/extensions/paintbynumber.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ def __init__(self):
 		self.OptionParser.add_option('-r', '--radius', action = 'store',
 									 type = 'string', dest = 'radius', default = 10,
 									 help = 'Radius of the dots at every vertex of the path')
+		self.OptionParser.add_option('-f', '--fontsize', action = 'store',
+									 type = 'string', dest = 'fontsize', default = 10,
+									 help = 'Font size of the numbers')
 
 
 	def effect(self):
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ def effect(self):
 					number.text = str(idx+1)
 					number.set('x', str(nx))
 					number.set('y', str(ny))
+					number.set('font-size', self.options.fontsize)
 
 					numberLayer.append(number)