diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index d37f93e5..6fac63d5 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ object you want.
  * _s_: select the sentence
  * _p_: select the paragraph
  * _i_: select the current indentation block
+ * _n_: select the number
 
 For nestable objects, a count can be used in order to specify which surrounding
 level to select.
diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index 882fbc3a..3c78e1f2 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ void select_object(Context& context, int param)
             { 's', select_sentence },
             { 'p', select_paragraph },
             { 'i', select_indent },
+            { 'n', select_number },
         };
         for (auto& sel : selectors)
         {
diff --git a/src/selectors.cc b/src/selectors.cc
index 94c4fac7..ee1bf680 100644
--- a/src/selectors.cc
+++ b/src/selectors.cc
@@ -218,6 +218,31 @@ Selection select_to_eol_reverse(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selection
     return utf8_range(begin, end == buffer.begin() ? end : end+1);
 }
 
+Selection select_number(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selection, ObjectFlags flags)
+{
+    auto is_number = [&](char c) {
+        return (c >= '0' and c <= '9') or
+               (not (flags & ObjectFlags::Inner) and c == '.');
+    };
+
+    BufferIterator first = buffer.iterator_at(selection.cursor());
+    if (flags & ObjectFlags::ToBegin)
+    {
+        skip_while_reverse(first, buffer.begin(), is_number);
+        if (not is_number(*first) or not *first == '-')
+            ++first;
+    }
+    BufferIterator last = buffer.iterator_at(selection.cursor());
+    if (flags & ObjectFlags::ToEnd)
+    {
+        skip_while(last, buffer.end(), is_number);
+        --last;
+    }
+
+    return (flags & ObjectFlags::ToEnd) ? Selection{first.coord(), last.coord()}
+                                        : Selection{last.coord(), first.coord()};
+}
+
 static bool is_end_of_sentence(char c)
 {
     return c == '.' or c == ';' or c == '!' or c == '?';
diff --git a/src/selectors.hh b/src/selectors.hh
index e6a3022a..d96adf97 100644
--- a/src/selectors.hh
+++ b/src/selectors.hh
@@ -134,10 +134,8 @@ Selection select_to_previous_word(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selecti
     return utf8_range(begin, with_end ? end : end+1);
 }
 
-Selection select_line(const Buffer& buffer,
-const Selection& selection);
-Selection select_matching(const Buffer& buffer,
-                          const Selection& selection);
+Selection select_line(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selection);
+Selection select_matching(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selection);
 
 Selection select_to(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selection,
                     Codepoint c, int count, bool inclusive);
@@ -159,7 +157,9 @@ constexpr ObjectFlags operator|(ObjectFlags lhs, ObjectFlags rhs)
 { return (ObjectFlags)((int)lhs | (int) rhs); }
 
 template<WordType word_type>
-Selection select_word(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selection, ObjectFlags flags)
+Selection select_word(const Buffer& buffer,
+                      const Selection& selection,
+                      ObjectFlags flags)
 {
     Utf8Iterator first = buffer.iterator_at(selection.cursor());
     Utf8Iterator last = first;
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ Selection select_word(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& selection, ObjectFl
                                         : utf8_range(last, first);
 }
 
+Selection select_number(const Buffer& buffer,
+                        const Selection& selection,
+                        ObjectFlags flags);
+
 Selection select_sentence(const Buffer& buffer,
                           const Selection& selection,
                           ObjectFlags flags);