diff --git a/tail.go b/tail.go
index 36cb4b9..b3be92e 100644
--- a/tail.go
+++ b/tail.go
@@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ func TailFile(filename string, config Config) (*Tail, error) {
 	return t, nil
 }
 
+// Return the file's current position, like stdio's ftell().
+// But this value is not very accurate.
+// it may readed one line in the chan(tail.Lines),
+// so it may lost one line.
+func (tail *Tail) Tell() (offset int64, err error) {
+	if tail.file == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	offset, err = tail.file.Seek(0, os.SEEK_CUR)
+	if err == nil {
+		offset -= int64(tail.reader.Buffered())
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // Stop stops the tailing activity.
 func (tail *Tail) Stop() error {
 	tail.Kill(nil)
diff --git a/tail_test.go b/tail_test.go
index e3b298f..c9ec769 100644
--- a/tail_test.go
+++ b/tail_test.go
@@ -225,6 +225,39 @@ func TestRateLimiting(_t *testing.T) {
 	tail.Stop()
 }
 
+func TestTell(_t *testing.T) {
+	t := NewTailTest("tell-position", _t)
+	t.CreateFile("test.txt", "hello\nworld\nagain\nmore\n")
+	config := Config{
+		Follow:   false,
+		Location: &SeekInfo{0, os.SEEK_SET}}
+	tail := t.StartTail("test.txt", config)
+	// read noe line
+	<-tail.Lines
+	offset, err := tail.Tell()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Tell return error: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	tail.Done()
+	// tail.close()
+
+	config = Config{
+		Follow:   false,
+		Location: &SeekInfo{offset, os.SEEK_SET}}
+	tail = t.StartTail("test.txt", config)
+	for l := range tail.Lines {
+		// it may readed one line in the chan(tail.Lines),
+		// so it may lost one line.
+		if l.Text != "world" && l.Text != "again" {
+			t.Fatalf("mismatch; expected world or again, but got %s",
+				l.Text)
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	t.RemoveFile("test.txt")
+	tail.Done()
+}
+
 // Test library
 
 type TailTest struct {