diff --git a/lib/commands/report.js b/lib/commands/report.js
index 419134a1f..0b48d869f 100644
--- a/lib/commands/report.js
+++ b/lib/commands/report.js
@@ -39,6 +39,38 @@ exports.builder = function (yargs) {
       type: 'boolean',
       global: false
     })
+    .option('check-coverage', {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      default: false,
+      describe: 'check whether coverage is within thresholds provided',
+      global: false
+    })
+    .option('branches', {
+      default: 0,
+      description: 'what % of branches must be covered?',
+      global: false
+    })
+    .option('functions', {
+      default: 0,
+      description: 'what % of functions must be covered?',
+      global: false
+    })
+    .option('lines', {
+      default: 90,
+      description: 'what % of lines must be covered?',
+      global: false
+    })
+    .option('statements', {
+      default: 0,
+      description: 'what % of statements must be covered?',
+      global: false
+    })
+    .option('per-file', {
+      default: false,
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description: 'check thresholds per file',
+      global: false
+    })
     .example('$0 report --reporter=lcov', 'output an HTML lcov report to ./coverage')
 }
 
@@ -46,4 +78,12 @@ exports.handler = function (argv) {
   process.env.NYC_CWD = process.cwd()
   var nyc = new NYC(argv)
   nyc.report()
+  if (argv.checkCoverage) {
+    nyc.checkCoverage({
+      lines: argv.lines,
+      functions: argv.functions,
+      branches: argv.branches,
+      statements: argv.statements
+    }, argv['per-file'])
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/nyc-bin.js b/test/nyc-bin.js
index d96666493..1aae65b97 100644
--- a/test/nyc-bin.js
+++ b/test/nyc-bin.js
@@ -48,6 +48,38 @@ describe('the nyc cli', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('report and check', function () {
+    it('should show coverage check along with report', function (done) {
+      // generate some coverage info
+      var args = [bin, '--silent', process.execPath, './half-covered.js']
+
+      var proc = spawn(process.execPath, args, {
+        cwd: fixturesCLI,
+        env: env
+      })
+
+      proc.on('close', function (code) {
+        code.should.equal(0)
+        var args = [bin, 'report', '--check-coverage', '--lines=100']
+        var proc = spawn(process.execPath, args, {
+          cwd: fixturesCLI,
+          env: env
+        })
+
+        var stderr = ''
+        proc.stderr.on('data', function (chunk) {
+          stderr += chunk
+        })
+
+        proc.on('close', function (code) {
+          code.should.not.equal(0)
+          stderr.should.equal('ERROR: Coverage for lines (50%) does not meet global threshold (100%)\n')
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('--exclude', function () {
     it('should allow default exclude rules to be overridden', function (done) {
       var args = [bin, '--all', '--exclude', '**/half-covered.js', process.execPath, './half-covered.js']