diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 051202a58..f5a8f3ca8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
   ([#6659](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/pull/6659), @basedBaba)
 * Fix a regression when leaf cert creation would fail with intermediate CAs in `ca_file`.
   ([#6666](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/pull/6666), @manselmi)
+* Add `content_view_lines_cutoff` option to mitmdump
+  ([#6692](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/pull/6692), @errorxyz)
 
 
 ## 21 January 2024: mitmproxy 10.2.2
diff --git a/mitmproxy/addons/dumper.py b/mitmproxy/addons/dumper.py
index b76c34832..1fdfe8bcf 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/addons/dumper.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/addons/dumper.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from mitmproxy import flowfilter
 from mitmproxy import http
 from mitmproxy.contrib import click as miniclick
 from mitmproxy.net.dns import response_codes
+from mitmproxy.options import CONTENT_VIEW_LINES_CUTOFF
 from mitmproxy.tcp import TCPFlow
 from mitmproxy.tcp import TCPMessage
 from mitmproxy.udp import UDPFlow
@@ -54,12 +55,12 @@ class Dumper:
             "flow_detail",
             int,
             1,
-            """
+            f"""
             The display detail level for flows in mitmdump: 0 (quiet) to 4 (very verbose).
               0: no output
               1: shortened request URL with response status code
               2: full request URL with response status code and HTTP headers
-              3: 2 + truncated response content, content of WebSocket and TCP messages
+              3: 2 + truncated response content, content of WebSocket and TCP messages (content_view_lines_cutoff: {CONTENT_VIEW_LINES_CUTOFF})
               4: 3 + nothing is truncated
             """,
         )
@@ -125,7 +126,9 @@ class Dumper:
             logging.debug(error)
 
         if ctx.options.flow_detail == 3:
-            lines_to_echo = itertools.islice(lines, 70)
+            lines_to_echo = itertools.islice(
+                lines, ctx.options.content_view_lines_cutoff
+            )
         else:
             lines_to_echo = lines
 
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_dumper.py b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_dumper.py
index c7f2e85d4..e9b6a92bc 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_dumper.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/addons/test_dumper.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_simple():
 def test_echo_body():
     f = tflow.tflow(resp=True)
     f.response.headers["content-type"] = "text/html"
-    f.response.content = b"foo bar voing\n" * 100
+    f.response.content = b"foo bar voing\n" * 600
 
     sio = io.StringIO()
     d = dumper.Dumper(sio)
@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@ def test_echo_body():
         assert "cut off" in t
 
 
+def test_echo_body_custom_cutoff():
+    f = tflow.tflow(resp=True)
+    f.response.headers["content-type"] = "text/html"
+    f.response.content = b"foo bar voing\n" * 4
+
+    sio = io.StringIO()
+    d = dumper.Dumper(sio)
+    with taddons.context(d) as ctx:
+        ctx.configure(d, flow_detail=3)
+        ctx.configure(d, content_view_lines_cutoff=3)
+        d._echo_message(f.response, f)
+        t = sio.getvalue()
+        assert "cut off" in t
+
+
 def test_echo_trailer():
     sio = io.StringIO()
     d = dumper.Dumper(sio)
@@ -118,7 +133,7 @@ def test_echo_trailer():
         f.request.headers["content-type"] = "text/html"
         f.request.headers["transfer-encoding"] = "chunked"
         f.request.headers["trailer"] = "my-little-request-trailer"
-        f.request.content = b"some request content\n" * 100
+        f.request.content = b"some request content\n" * 600
         f.request.trailers = Headers(
             [(b"my-little-request-trailer", b"foobar-request-trailer")]
         )