diff --git a/src/mvim/main.py b/src/mvim/main.py
index 11ec89a..39424de 100644
--- a/src/mvim/main.py
+++ b/src/mvim/main.py
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ def main():
         action="store_true",
         help="do not ignore entries starting with “.”.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--directory",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="list directories themselves, not their contents",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-s",
         "--follow-symlinks",
diff --git a/src/mvim/mvim.py b/src/mvim/mvim.py
index 60f534a..45cc3c1 100644
--- a/src/mvim/mvim.py
+++ b/src/mvim/mvim.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def __init__(
         *,
         all_files=False,
         follow_symlinks=False,
+        directory=False,
         force=False,
         recursive=False,
         windows=False,
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.all_files = all_files
         self.follow_symlinks = follow_symlinks
+        self.directory = directory
         self.force = force
         self.recursive = recursive
         self.windows = windows
@@ -135,15 +137,18 @@ def add(self, path):
             path = path.resolve().relative_to(Path.cwd())
 
         if path.is_dir():
-            self.oldnames.extend(
-                sorted(
-                    [
-                        p
-                        for p in path.iterdir()
-                        if self.all_files or not p.as_posix().startswith(".")
-                    ]
+            if self.directory:
+                self.oldnames.append(path)
+            else:
+                self.oldnames.extend(
+                    sorted(
+                        [
+                            p
+                            for p in path.iterdir()
+                            if self.all_files or not p.as_posix().startswith(".")
+                        ]
+                    )
                 )
-            )
         elif path.is_file() or path.is_symlink():
             self.oldnames.append(path)
         else: