diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fa2f1b..fdac5d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ giving:
 
     usage: brother_ql_create [-h] [--model MODEL] [--label-size LABEL_SIZE]
                              [--rotate {0,90,180,270}] [--threshold THRESHOLD]
-                             [--no-cut] [--loglevel LOGLEVEL]
+                             [--dither] [--no-cut] [--loglevel LOGLEVEL]
                              image [outfile]
     
     positional arguments:
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ giving:
       --threshold THRESHOLD, -t THRESHOLD
                             The threshold value (in percent) to discriminate
                             between black and white pixels.
+      --dither, -d          Enable dithering when converting the image to b/w. If
+                            set, --threshold is meaningless.
       --no-cut              Don't cut the tape after printing the label.
       --loglevel LOGLEVEL   Set to DEBUG for verbose debugging output to stderr.
 
diff --git a/brother_ql/brother_ql_create.py b/brother_ql/brother_ql_create.py
index 3dd1675..e62e700 100755
--- a/brother_ql/brother_ql_create.py
+++ b/brother_ql/brother_ql_create.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('--label-size', '-s', default='62', help='The label size (and kind) to use. Check available ones with `brother_ql_info list-label-sizes`.')
     parser.add_argument('--rotate', '-r', choices=('0', '90', '180', '270'), default='auto', help='Rotate the image (counterclock-wise) by this amount of degrees.')
     parser.add_argument('--threshold', '-t', type=float, default=70.0, help='The threshold value (in percent) to discriminate between black and white pixels.')
+    parser.add_argument('--dither', '-d', action='store_true', help='Enable dithering when converting the image to b/w. If set, --threshold is meaningless.')
     parser.add_argument('--no-cut', dest='cut', action='store_false', help="Don't cut the tape after printing the label.")
     parser.add_argument('--loglevel', type=lambda x: getattr(logging, x), default=logging.WARNING, help='Set to DEBUG for verbose debugging output to stderr.')
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def main():
 
     qlr.exception_on_warning = True
 
-    create_label(qlr, args.image, args.label_size, threshold=args.threshold, cut=args.cut, rotate=args.rotate)
+    create_label(qlr, args.image, args.label_size, threshold=args.threshold, cut=args.cut, rotate=args.rotate, dither=args.dither)
 
     args.outfile.write(qlr.data)