diff --git a/vmstat.8 b/vmstat.8

index fa0938c..fd1078f 100644

--- a/vmstat.8

+++ b/vmstat.8

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ Display version information and exit.

 .TP

 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR

 Display help and exit.

+.TP

+\fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-no-first\fR

+Omits first report with statistics since system boot.

 .PD

 .SH "FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR VM MODE"

 .SS

diff --git a/vmstat.c b/vmstat.c

index f2aa2f4..07496cd 100644

--- a/vmstat.c

+++ b/vmstat.c

@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ static int a_option;

 /* "-w" means "wide output" */

 static int w_option;

+/* "-y" means "skip first output" */

+static int y_option;

+

 /* "-t" means "show timestamp" */

 static int t_option;

@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))

 	fputs(_(" -S, --unit <char>      define display unit\n"), out);

 	fputs(_(" -w, --wide             wide output\n"), out);

 	fputs(_(" -t, --timestamp        show timestamp\n"), out);

+	fputs(_(" -y, --no-first         skips first line of output\n"), out);

 	fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);

 	fputs(USAGE_HELP, out);

 	fputs(USAGE_VERSION, out);

@@ -304,43 +308,47 @@ static void new_format(void)

 		cpu_zzz, pgpgin, pgpgout, pswpin, pswpout, intr, ctxt, &running,

 		&blocked, &dummy_1, &dummy_2);

-	if (t_option) {

-		(void) time( &the_time );

-		tm_ptr = localtime( &the_time );

-		strftime(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", tm_ptr);

-	}

+	if (y_option == 0) {

+		if (t_option) {

+			(void) time( &the_time );

+			tm_ptr = localtime( &the_time );

+			 strftime(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", tm_ptr);

+		}

-	duse = *cpu_use + *cpu_nic;

-	dsys = *cpu_sys + *cpu_xxx + *cpu_yyy;

-	didl = *cpu_idl;

-	diow = *cpu_iow;

-	dstl = *cpu_zzz;

-	Div = duse + dsys + didl + diow + dstl;

-	if (!Div) Div = 1, didl = 1;

-	divo2 = Div / 2UL;

-	printf(w_option ? wide_format : format,

-	       running, blocked,

-	       unitConvert(kb_swap_used), unitConvert(kb_main_free),

-	       unitConvert(a_option?kb_inactive:kb_main_buffers),

-	       unitConvert(a_option?kb_active:kb_main_cached),

-	       (unsigned)( (unitConvert(*pswpin  * kb_per_page) * hz + divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (unitConvert(*pswpout * kb_per_page) * hz + divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (*pgpgin		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (*pgpgout		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (*intr		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (*ctxt		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (100*duse			+ divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (100*dsys			+ divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (100*didl			+ divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (100*diow			+ divo2) / Div ),

-	       (unsigned)( (100*dstl			+ divo2) / Div )

-	);

+		duse = *cpu_use + *cpu_nic;

+		dsys = *cpu_sys + *cpu_xxx + *cpu_yyy;

+		didl = *cpu_idl;

+		diow = *cpu_iow;

+		dstl = *cpu_zzz;

+		Div = duse + dsys + didl + diow + dstl;

+		if (!Div) Div = 1, didl = 1;

+		divo2 = Div / 2UL;

+		printf(w_option ? wide_format : format,

+		       running, blocked,

+		       unitConvert(kb_swap_used), unitConvert(kb_main_free),

+		       unitConvert(a_option?kb_inactive:kb_main_buffers),

+		       unitConvert(a_option?kb_active:kb_main_cached),

+		       (unsigned)( (unitConvert(*pswpin  * kb_per_page) * hz + divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (unitConvert(*pswpout * kb_per_page) * hz + divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (*pgpgin		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (*pgpgout		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (*intr		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (*ctxt		   * hz + divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (100*duse			+ divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (100*dsys			+ divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (100*didl			+ divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (100*diow			+ divo2) / Div ),

+		       (unsigned)( (100*dstl			+ divo2) / Div )

+		);

-	if (t_option) {

-		printf(" %s", timebuf);

-	}

+		if (t_option) {

+			printf(" %s", timebuf);

+		}

-	printf("\n");

+		printf("\n");

+	}

+	else

+		num_updates++;

 	/* main loop */

 	for (i = 1; infinite_updates || i < num_updates; i++) {

@@ -865,6 +873,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])

 		{"timestamp", no_argument, NULL, 't'},

 		{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},

 		{"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},

+		{"no-first", no_argument, NULL, 'y'},

 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}

 	};

@@ -877,7 +886,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])

 	atexit(close_stdout);

 	while ((c =

-		getopt_long(argc, argv, "afmnsdDp:S:wthV", longopts,

+		getopt_long(argc, argv, "afmnsdDp:S:wthVy", longopts,

 			    NULL)) != EOF)

 		switch (c) {

 		case 'V':

@@ -946,6 +955,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])

 		case 't':

 			t_option = 1;

 			break;

+		case 'y':

+			/* Don't display stats since system restart */

+			y_option = 1;

+			break;

+

 		default:

 			/* no other aguments defined yet. */

 			usage(stderr);