diff --git a/examples/simple.rs b/examples/simple.rs
index a7996c1..4f4b671 100644
--- a/examples/simple.rs
+++ b/examples/simple.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ fn main() {
         .with_border_style(BorderStyle::Unicode)
         .enable_squeezing(false)
         .num_panels(2)
+        .num_group_bytes(1)
         .build();
     printer.print_all(&input[..]).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/hexyl.rs b/src/bin/hexyl.rs
index 03d3579..2c17dee 100644
--- a/src/bin/hexyl.rs
+++ b/src/bin/hexyl.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extern crate clap;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, prelude::*, BufWriter, SeekFrom};
-use std::num::{NonZeroI64, NonZeroU64};
+use std::num::{NonZeroI64, NonZeroU64, NonZeroU8};
 
 use clap::builder::ArgPredicate;
 use clap::{crate_name, crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, ColorChoice, Command};
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), AnyhowError> {
                     based on the current terminal width",
                 ),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("group_bytes")
+                .short('g')
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .value_name("N")
+                .help(
+                    "Sets the number of octets per group to be displayed. \
+                    The possible option will be 1, 2, 4, 8, otherwise it will be set \
+                    to 1 by default.",
+                ),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("terminal_width")
                 .long("terminal-width")
@@ -337,6 +348,25 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), AnyhowError> {
         2
     };
 
+    let group_bytes = if let Some(group_bytes) = matches
+        .value_of("group_bytes")
+        .map(|s| {
+            s.parse::<NonZeroU8>().map(u8::from).context(anyhow!(
+                "failed to parse `-g` arg {:?} as unsigned nonzero integer",
+                s
+            ))
+        })
+        .transpose()?
+    {
+        if (group_bytes <= 8) && ((group_bytes & (group_bytes - 1)) == 0) {
+            group_bytes
+        } else {
+            1
+        }
+    } else {
+        1
+    };
+
     let stdout = io::stdout();
     let mut stdout_lock = BufWriter::new(stdout.lock());
 
@@ -347,6 +377,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), AnyhowError> {
         .with_border_style(border_style)
         .enable_squeezing(squeeze)
         .num_panels(panels)
+        .num_group_bytes(group_bytes)
         .build();
     printer.display_offset(skip_offset + display_offset);
     printer.print_all(&mut reader).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1b4738e..dfaaa9c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ pub struct PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer: Write> {
     border_style: BorderStyle,
     use_squeeze: bool,
     panels: u64,
+    group_bytes: u8,
 }
 
 impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
             border_style: BorderStyle::Unicode,
             use_squeeze: true,
             panels: 2,
+            group_bytes: 1,
         }
     }
 
@@ -195,6 +197,11 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn num_group_bytes(mut self, num: u8) -> Self {
+        self.group_bytes = num;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn build(self) -> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         Printer::new(
             self.writer,
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
             self.border_style,
             self.use_squeeze,
             self.panels,
+            self.group_bytes,
         )
     }
 }
@@ -226,6 +234,8 @@ pub struct Printer<'a, Writer: Write> {
     /// The number of panels to draw.
     panels: u64,
     squeeze_byte: usize,
+    /// The number of octets per group.
+    group_bytes: u8,
 }
 
 impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
@@ -237,6 +247,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         border_style: BorderStyle,
         use_squeeze: bool,
         panels: u64,
+        group_bytes: u8,
     ) -> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         Printer {
             idx: 0,
@@ -295,6 +306,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
             display_offset: 0,
             panels,
             squeeze_byte: 0x00,
+            group_bytes,
         }
     }
 
@@ -303,13 +315,21 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         self
     }
 
+    fn panel_sz(&self) -> usize {
+        // add one to include the trailing space of a group
+        let group_sz = 2 * self.group_bytes as usize + 1;
+        let group_per_panel = 8 / self.group_bytes as usize;
+        // add one to include the leading space
+        1 + group_sz * group_per_panel
+    }
+
     fn write_border(&mut self, border_elements: BorderElements) -> io::Result<()> {
         let h = border_elements.horizontal_line;
         let c = border_elements.column_separator;
         let l = border_elements.left_corner;
         let r = border_elements.right_corner;
         let h8 = h.to_string().repeat(8);
-        let h25 = h.to_string().repeat(25);
+        let h_repeat = h.to_string().repeat(self.panel_sz());
 
         if self.show_position_panel {
             write!(self.writer, "{l}{h8}{c}", l = l, c = c, h8 = h8).ok();
@@ -318,12 +338,12 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         }
 
         for _ in 0..self.panels - 1 {
-            write!(self.writer, "{h25}{c}", h25 = h25, c = c).ok();
+            write!(self.writer, "{h_repeat}{c}", h_repeat = h_repeat, c = c).ok();
         }
         if self.show_char_panel {
-            write!(self.writer, "{h25}{c}", h25 = h25, c = c).ok();
+            write!(self.writer, "{h_repeat}{c}", h_repeat = h_repeat, c = c).ok();
         } else {
-            write!(self.writer, "{h25}", h25 = h25).ok();
+            write!(self.writer, "{h_repeat}", h_repeat = h_repeat).ok();
         }
 
         if self.show_char_panel {
@@ -433,13 +453,17 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
                     self.writer
                         .write_all(self.byte_char_panel_g[b'*' as usize].as_bytes())?;
                 } else {
-                    self.writer.write_all(b" ")?;
+                    if i % (self.group_bytes as usize) == 0 {
+                        self.writer.write_all(b" ")?;
+                    }
                 }
                 self.writer.write_all(b"  ")?;
             }
             Squeezer::Delete => self.writer.write_all(b"   ")?,
             Squeezer::Ignore | Squeezer::Disabled => {
-                self.writer.write_all(b" ")?;
+                if i % (self.group_bytes as usize) == 0 {
+                    self.writer.write_all(b" ")?;
+                }
                 self.writer
                     .write_all(self.byte_hex_panel[b as usize].as_bytes())?;
             }
@@ -562,8 +586,11 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
             }
             write!(
                 self.writer,
-                "{0:2}{1:24}{0}{0:>26}",
-                "│", "No content to print"
+                "{0:2}{1:2$}{0}{0:>3$}",
+                "│",
+                "No content",
+                self.panel_sz() - 1,
+                self.panel_sz() + 1,
             )?;
             if self.show_char_panel {
                 write!(self.writer, "{0:>9}{0:>9}", "│")?;
@@ -614,6 +641,7 @@ mod tests {
             BorderStyle::Unicode,
             true,
             2,
+            1,
         );
 
         printer.print_all(input).unwrap();
@@ -627,7 +655,7 @@ mod tests {
         let input = io::empty();
         let expected_string = "\
 ┌────────┬─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬────────┬────────┐
-│        │ No content to print     │                         │        │        │
+│        │ No content              │                         │        │        │
 └────────┴─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┴────────┴────────┘
 "
         .to_owned();
@@ -666,6 +694,7 @@ mod tests {
             BorderStyle::Unicode,
             true,
             2,
+            1,
         );
         printer.display_offset(0xdeadbeef);
 
@@ -697,6 +726,7 @@ mod tests {
             BorderStyle::Unicode,
             true,
             4,
+            1,
         );
 
         printer.print_all(input).unwrap();
@@ -754,6 +784,7 @@ mod tests {
             BorderStyle::Unicode,
             true,
             3,
+            1,
         );
 
         printer.print_all(input).unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index df076e5..dd7c437 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ mod basic {
         .success()
         .stdout(
             "┌────────┬─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬────────┬────────┐\n\
-             │        │ No content to print     │                         │        │        │\n\
+             │        │ No content              │                         │        │        │\n\
              └────────┴─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┴────────┴────────┘\n",
         );
     }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ mod skip {
         .success()
         .stdout(
             "┌────────┬─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬────────┬────────┐\n\
-             │        │ No content to print     │                         │        │        │\n\
+             │        │ No content              │                         │        │        │\n\
              └────────┴─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┴────────┴────────┘\n",
         );
     }