diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a76a48..b4d8153 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ CHANGELOG
       # Preview window hidden by default, it appears when you first hit '?'
       fzf --bind '?:preview:cat {}' --preview-window hidden
       ```
+- Added preview window option for setting the initial scroll offset
+  ```sh
+  # Initial scroll offset is set to the line number of each line of
+  # git grep output *minus* 5 lines
+  git grep --line-number '' |
+    fzf --delimiter : --preview 'nl {1}' --preview-window +{2}-5
+  ```
 - Added support for ANSI colors in `--prompt` string
 - Vim plugin
     - `tmux` layout option for using fzf-tmux
diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1
index 878b30b..ed8328c 100644
--- a/man/man1/fzf.1
+++ b/man/man1/fzf.1
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 THE SOFTWARE.
 ..
-.TH fzf 1 "Jun 2020" "fzf 0.22.0" "fzf - a command-line fuzzy finder"
+.TH fzf 1 "Jul 2020" "fzf 0.22.0" "fzf - a command-line fuzzy finder"
 
 .SH NAME
 fzf - a command-line fuzzy finder
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Preview window will be updated even when there is no match for the current
 query if any of the placeholder expressions evaluates to a non-empty string.
 .RE
 .TP
-.BI "--preview-window=" "[POSITION][:SIZE[%]][:noborder][:wrap][:hidden]"
+.BI "--preview-window=" "[POSITION][:SIZE[%]][:noborder][:wrap][:hidden][:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]]"
 Determines the layout of the preview window. If the argument contains
 \fB:hidden\fR, the preview window will be hidden by default until
 \fBtoggle-preview\fR action is triggered. Long lines are truncated by default.
@@ -390,6 +390,12 @@ Line wrap can be enabled with \fB:wrap\fR flag.
 If size is given as 0, preview window will not be visible, but fzf will still
 execute the command in the background.
 
+\fB+SCROLL[-OFFSET]\fR determines the initial scroll offset of the preview
+window. \fBSCROLL\fR can be either a numeric integer or a single-field index
+expression that refers to a numeric integer. The optional \fB-OFFSET\fR part is
+for adjusting the base offset so that you can see the text above it. It should
+be given as a numeric integer.
+
 .RS
 .B POSITION: (default: right)
     \fBup
@@ -400,8 +406,15 @@ execute the command in the background.
 
 .RS
 e.g.
-     \fBfzf --preview="head {}" --preview-window=up:30%
-     fzf --preview="file {}" --preview-window=down:1\fR
+     \fB# Non-default scroll window positions and sizes
+     fzf --preview="head {}" --preview-window=up:30%
+     fzf --preview="file {}" --preview-window=down:1
+
+     # Initial scroll offset is set to the line number of each line of
+     # git grep output *minus* 5 lines
+     git grep --line-number '' |
+       fzf --delimiter : --preview 'nl {1}' --preview-window +{2}-5\fR
+
 .RE
 .SS Scripting
 .TP
diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index e43f5e1..811615e 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const usage = `usage: fzf [options]
   Preview
     --preview=COMMAND     Command to preview highlighted line ({})
     --preview-window=OPT  Preview window layout (default: right:50%)
-                          [up|down|left|right][:SIZE[%]][:wrap][:hidden]
+                          [up|down|left|right][:SIZE[%]][:wrap][:hidden][:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]]
 
   Scripting
     -q, --query=STR       Start the finder with the given query
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ type previewOpts struct {
 	command  string
 	position windowPosition
 	size     sizeSpec
+	scroll   string
 	hidden   bool
 	wrap     bool
 	border   bool
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ func defaultOptions() *Options {
 		ToggleSort:  false,
 		Expect:      make(map[int]string),
 		Keymap:      make(map[int][]action),
-		Preview:     previewOpts{"", posRight, sizeSpec{50, true}, false, false, true},
+		Preview:     previewOpts{"", posRight, sizeSpec{50, true}, "", false, false, true},
 		PrintQuery:  false,
 		ReadZero:    false,
 		Printer:     func(str string) { fmt.Println(str) },
@@ -994,6 +995,7 @@ func parsePreviewWindow(opts *previewOpts, input string) {
 
 	tokens := strings.Split(input, ":")
 	sizeRegex := regexp.MustCompile("^[0-9]+%?$")
+	offsetRegex := regexp.MustCompile("^\\+([0-9]+|{[0-9]+})(-[0-9]+)?$")
 	for _, token := range tokens {
 		switch token {
 		case "":
@@ -1016,8 +1018,10 @@ func parsePreviewWindow(opts *previewOpts, input string) {
 		default:
 			if sizeRegex.MatchString(token) {
 				opts.size = parseSize(token, 99, "window size")
+			} else if offsetRegex.MatchString(token) {
+				opts.scroll = token[1:]
 			} else {
-				errorExit("invalid preview window layout: " + input)
+				errorExit("invalid preview window option: " + token)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1270,7 +1274,7 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 			opts.Preview.command = ""
 		case "--preview-window":
 			parsePreviewWindow(&opts.Preview,
-				nextString(allArgs, &i, "preview window layout required: [up|down|left|right][:SIZE[%]][:noborder][:wrap][:hidden]"))
+				nextString(allArgs, &i, "preview window layout required: [up|down|left|right][:SIZE[%]][:noborder][:wrap][:hidden][:+SCROLL[-OFFSET]]"))
 		case "--height":
 			opts.Height = parseHeight(nextString(allArgs, &i, "height required: HEIGHT[%]"))
 		case "--min-height":
diff --git a/src/terminal.go b/src/terminal.go
index e6bda16..c144569 100644
--- a/src/terminal.go
+++ b/src/terminal.go
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ type previewRequest struct {
 	list     []*Item
 }
 
+type previewResult struct {
+	content string
+	offset  int
+}
+
 func toActions(types ...actionType) []action {
 	actions := make([]action, len(types))
 	for idx, t := range types {
@@ -1347,6 +1352,39 @@ func cleanTemporaryFiles() {
 	activeTempFiles = []string{}
 }
 
+func (t *Terminal) replacePlaceholder(template string, forcePlus bool, input string, list []*Item) string {
+	return replacePlaceholder(
+		template, t.ansi, t.delimiter, t.printsep, forcePlus, input, list)
+}
+
+// Ascii to positive integer
+func atopi(s string) int {
+	n, e := strconv.Atoi(strings.ReplaceAll(s, "'", ""))
+	if e != nil || n < 1 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (t *Terminal) evaluateScrollOffset(list []*Item) int {
+	offsetExpr := t.replacePlaceholder(t.preview.scroll, false, "", list)
+	nums := strings.Split(offsetExpr, "-")
+	switch len(nums) {
+	case 0:
+		return 0
+	case 1, 2:
+		base := atopi(nums[0])
+		if base == 0 {
+			return 0
+		} else if len(nums) == 1 {
+			return base - 1
+		}
+		return base - atopi(nums[1]) - 1
+	default:
+		return 0
+	}
+}
+
 func replacePlaceholder(template string, stripAnsi bool, delimiter Delimiter, printsep string, forcePlus bool, query string, allItems []*Item) string {
 	current := allItems[:1]
 	selected := allItems[1:]
@@ -1445,7 +1483,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) executeCommand(template string, forcePlus bool, background bo
 	if !valid {
 		return
 	}
-	command := replacePlaceholder(template, t.ansi, t.delimiter, t.printsep, forcePlus, string(t.input), list)
+	command := t.replacePlaceholder(template, forcePlus, string(t.input), list)
 	cmd := util.ExecCommand(command, false)
 	if !background {
 		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
@@ -1629,8 +1667,8 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 				})
 				// We don't display preview window if no match
 				if items[0] != nil {
-					command := replacePlaceholder(commandTemplate,
-						t.ansi, t.delimiter, t.printsep, false, string(t.Input()), items)
+					command := t.replacePlaceholder(commandTemplate, false, string(t.Input()), items)
+					offset := t.evaluateScrollOffset(items)
 					cmd := util.ExecCommand(command, true)
 					if t.pwindow != nil {
 						env := os.Environ()
@@ -1673,11 +1711,11 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 					cmd.Wait()
 					finishChan <- true
 					if out.Len() > 0 || !<-updateChan {
-						t.reqBox.Set(reqPreviewDisplay, out.String())
+						t.reqBox.Set(reqPreviewDisplay, previewResult{out.String(), offset})
 					}
 					cleanTemporaryFiles()
 				} else {
-					t.reqBox.Set(reqPreviewDisplay, "")
+					t.reqBox.Set(reqPreviewDisplay, previewResult{"", 0})
 				}
 			}
 		}()
@@ -1751,9 +1789,10 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 							return exitNoMatch
 						})
 					case reqPreviewDisplay:
-						t.previewer.text = value.(string)
+						result := value.(previewResult)
+						t.previewer.text = result.content
 						t.previewer.lines = strings.Count(t.previewer.text, "\n")
-						t.previewer.offset = 0
+						t.previewer.offset = util.Constrain(result.offset, 0, t.previewer.lines-1)
 						t.printPreview()
 					case reqPreviewRefresh:
 						t.printPreview()
@@ -2172,8 +2211,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) Loop() {
 					valid = !slot || query
 				}
 				if valid {
-					command := replacePlaceholder(a.a,
-						t.ansi, t.delimiter, t.printsep, false, string(t.input), list)
+					command := t.replacePlaceholder(a.a, false, string(t.input), list)
 					newCommand = &command
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/test/test_go.rb b/test/test_go.rb
index e1e2257..75e84ec 100755
--- a/test/test_go.rb
+++ b/test/test_go.rb
@@ -1787,6 +1787,24 @@ class TestGoFZF < TestBase
     tmux.until { |lines| refute_includes lines[1], '2' }
     tmux.until { |lines| assert_includes lines[1], '[111]' }
   end
+
+  def test_preview_scroll_begin_constant
+    tmux.send_keys "echo foo 123 321 | #{FZF} --preview 'seq 1000' --preview-window left:+123", :Enter
+    tmux.until { |lines| lines.item_count == 1 }
+    tmux.until { |lines| assert_match %r{123.*123/1000}, lines[1] }
+  end
+
+  def test_preview_scroll_begin_expr
+    tmux.send_keys "echo foo 123 321 | #{FZF} --preview 'seq 1000' --preview-window left:+{3}", :Enter
+    tmux.until { |lines| lines.item_count == 1 }
+    tmux.until { |lines| assert_match %r{321.*321/1000}, lines[1] }
+  end
+
+  def test_preview_scroll_begin_and_offset
+    tmux.send_keys "echo foo 123 321 | #{FZF} --preview 'seq 1000' --preview-window left:+{2}-2", :Enter
+    tmux.until { |lines| lines.item_count == 1 }
+    tmux.until { |lines| assert_match %r{121.*121/1000}, lines[1] }
+  end
 end
 
 module TestShell