diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 76160f739..502621cb4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
 )
 
+require github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e // indirect
+
 require (
 	github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.8 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 81efadc46..c2b118d6e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ github.com/schollz/peerdiscovery v1.7.0/go.mod h1:BouGdURKIFl7OGez+2lyZJKD+2tBQ2
 github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3 v3.13.1 h1:o8rySDYiQ59Mwzy2FELeHY5ZARXZTVJC7iHD6PEFUiE=
 github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3 v3.13.1/go.mod h1:xvrbki8kfT1fzWzBT/UZd9L6GA+jdL7HAgq2RFnO6fQ=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
+github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e h1:MRM5ITcdelLK2j1vwZ3Je0FKVCfqOLp5zO6trqMLYs0=
+github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e/go.mod h1:XV66xRDqSt+GTGFMVlhk3ULuV0y9ZmzeVGR4mloJI3M=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
diff --git a/src/cli/cli.go b/src/cli/cli.go
index 70f56d690..50032594e 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.go
+++ b/src/cli/cli.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func Run() (err error) {
 			ArgsUsage:   "[filename(s) or folder]",
 			Flags: []cli.Flag{
 				&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "zip", Usage: "zip folder before sending"},
+		        &cli.BoolFlag{Name: "qrcode",Aliases: []string{"qr"}, Usage: "show receive code as a qrcode"},
 				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "code", Aliases: []string{"c"}, Usage: "codephrase used to connect to relay"},
 				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "hash", Value: "xxhash", Usage: "hash algorithm (xxhash, imohash, md5)"},
 				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "text", Aliases: []string{"t"}, Usage: "send some text"},
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ func send(c *cli.Context) (err error) {
 		ThrottleUpload: c.String("throttleUpload"),
 		ZipFolder:      c.Bool("zip"),
 		GitIgnore:      c.Bool("git"),
+		ShowQrCode:     c.Bool("qrcode"),
 	}
 	if crocOptions.RelayAddress != models.DEFAULT_RELAY {
 		crocOptions.RelayAddress6 = ""
diff --git a/src/croc/croc.go b/src/croc/croc.go
index a4e23a195..996550eb7 100644
--- a/src/croc/croc.go
+++ b/src/croc/croc.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/schollz/croc/v9/src/models"
 	"github.com/schollz/croc/v9/src/tcp"
 	"github.com/schollz/croc/v9/src/utils"
+	qrcode "github.com/skip2/go-qrcode"
 )
-
 var (
 	ipRequest        = []byte("ips?")
 	handshakeRequest = []byte("handshake")
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	ZipFolder      bool
 	TestFlag       bool
 	GitIgnore      bool
+	ShowQrCode     bool
 }
 
 // Client holds the state of the croc transfer
@@ -630,6 +631,9 @@ func (c *Client) Send(filesInfo []FileInfo, emptyFoldersToTransfer []FileInfo, t
 		flags.WriteString("--pass " + c.Options.RelayPassword + " ")
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Code is: %[1]s\nOn the other computer run\n\ncroc %[2]s%[1]s\n", c.Options.SharedSecret, flags.String())
+	if c.Options.ShowQrCode {
+	    showReceiveCommandQrCode(fmt.Sprintf("%[1]s", c.Options.SharedSecret))
+	}
 	if c.Options.Ask {
 		machid, _ := machineid.ID()
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\rYour machine ID is '%s'\n", machid)
@@ -754,7 +758,12 @@ func (c *Client) Send(filesInfo []FileInfo, emptyFoldersToTransfer []FileInfo, t
 	}
 	return err
 }
-
+func showReceiveCommandQrCode(command string){
+  qrCode, err := qrcode.New(command, qrcode.Medium)
+  if err == nil {
+    fmt.Println(qrCode.ToSmallString(false))
+  }
+}
 // Receive will receive a file
 func (c *Client) Receive() (err error) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "connecting...")