diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b856ba..363fc0d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -861,6 +861,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humansize"
+version = "2.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6cb51c9a029ddc91b07a787f1d86b53ccfa49b0e86688c946ebe8d3555685dd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libm",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "2.1.1"
@@ -1205,6 +1214,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dialoguer",
  "futures-util",
  "git2",
+ "humansize",
  "indoc",
  "itertools",
  "landlock",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b84cddd..5e780b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const_format = "0.2.35"
 derive_more = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["display", "error"] }
 dialoguer = "0.12.0"
 futures-util = "0.3.31"
+humansize = "2.1.3"
 indoc = "2.0.7"
 itertools = "0.14.0"
 nix = { version = "0.30.1", features = ["fs", "process", "socket", "user"] }
diff --git a/src/client/commands/show_db.rs b/src/client/commands/show_db.rs
index e23e70b..4dcd601 100644
--- a/src/client/commands/show_db.rs
+++ b/src/client/commands/show_db.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ pub struct ShowDbArgs {
     /// Print the information as JSON
     #[arg(short, long)]
     json: bool,
+
+    /// Show sizes in bytes instead of human-readable format
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    bytes: bool,
 }
 
 pub async fn show_databases(
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ pub async fn show_databases(
     if args.json {
         print_list_databases_output_status_json(&databases);
     } else {
-        print_list_databases_output_status(&databases);
+        print_list_databases_output_status(&databases, args.bytes);
 
         if databases.iter().any(|(_, res)| {
             matches!(
diff --git a/src/core/protocol/commands/list_databases.rs b/src/core/protocol/commands/list_databases.rs
index fdecd1d..9162a2d 100644
--- a/src/core/protocol/commands/list_databases.rs
+++ b/src/core/protocol/commands/list_databases.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ pub enum ListDatabasesError {
     MySqlError(String),
 }
 
-pub fn print_list_databases_output_status(output: &ListDatabasesResponse) {
+pub fn print_list_databases_output_status(
+    output: &ListDatabasesResponse,
+    display_size_as_bytes: bool,
+) {
     let mut final_database_list: Vec<&DatabaseRow> = Vec::new();
     for (db_name, db_result) in output {
         match db_result {
@@ -52,7 +55,11 @@ pub fn print_list_databases_output_status(output: &ListDatabasesResponse) {
             "Users",
             "Collation",
             "Character Set",
-            "Size (Bytes)"
+            if display_size_as_bytes {
+                "Size (Bytes)"
+            } else {
+                "Size"
+            }
         ]);
         for db in final_database_list {
             table.add_row(row![
@@ -61,7 +68,11 @@ pub fn print_list_databases_output_status(output: &ListDatabasesResponse) {
                 db.users.iter().map(|user| user.as_str()).join("\n"),
                 db.collation.as_deref().unwrap_or("N/A"),
                 db.character_set.as_deref().unwrap_or("N/A"),
-                db.size_bytes,
+                if display_size_as_bytes {
+                    db.size_bytes.to_string()
+                } else {
+                    humansize::format_size(db.size_bytes, humansize::DECIMAL)
+                }
             ]);
         }