diff --git a/distro-info-util.c b/distro-info-util.c
index 6374f92..0c026e6 100644
--- a/distro-info-util.c
+++ b/distro-info-util.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 #endif
             "--all, --devel, "
 #ifdef UBUNTU
-            "--lts, "
+            "--latest, --lts, "
 #endif
 #ifdef DEBIAN
             "--oldstable, "
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@
 #ifdef DEBIAN
     char *alias_codename = NULL;
 #endif
+#ifdef UBUNTU
+    bool filter_latest = false;
+#endif
 
     const struct option long_options[] = {
         {"help",        no_argument,       NULL, 'h' },
@@ -587,13 +590,14 @@
         {"testing",     no_argument,       NULL, 't' },
 #endif
 #ifdef UBUNTU
+        {"latest",      no_argument,       NULL, 'l' },
         {"lts",         no_argument,       NULL, 'L' },
 #endif
         {NULL,          0,                 NULL, '\0' }
     };
 
 #ifdef UBUNTU
-    const char *short_options = "hadscrfy::";
+    const char *short_options = "hadscrfly::";
 #endif
 #ifdef DEBIAN
     const char *short_options = "hadscrfoty::";
@@ -674,6 +678,13 @@
                 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 #ifdef UBUNTU
+            case 'l':
+                selected_filters++;
+                filter_latest = true;
+                filter_cb = filter_devel;
+                select_cb = select_latest_created;
+                break;
+
             case 'L':
                 // Only long option --lts is used
                 selected_filters++;
@@ -828,6 +839,11 @@
         filter_data(distro_list, date, date_index, just_days, filter_cb, print_cb);
     } else {
         selected = get_distro(distro_list, date, filter_cb, select_cb);
+#ifdef UBUNTU
+        if(selected == NULL && filter_latest) {
+            selected = get_distro(distro_list, date, filter_stable, select_latest_release);
+        }
+#endif
         if(selected == NULL) {
             fprintf(stderr, NAME ": " OUTDATED_ERROR "\n");
             return_value = EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/doc/ubuntu-distro-info.1 b/doc/ubuntu-distro-info.1
index 454f2bb..ede1f9d 100644
--- a/doc/ubuntu-distro-info.1
+++ b/doc/ubuntu-distro-info.1
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-devel\fR
 latest development version
 .TP
+\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-latest\fR
+prints the latest development version. In case of outdated distribution data,
+the latest stable version will be printed.
+.TP
 \fB\-\-lts\fR
 latest long term support (LTS) version
 .TP
diff --git a/test-ubuntu-distro-info b/test-ubuntu-distro-info
index 71d3f8d..d8dc9e8 100755
--- a/test-ubuntu-distro-info
+++ b/test-ubuntu-distro-info
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 testDevel() {
     success "--date 2011-01-10 --devel" "natty"
     success "--date 2010-05-10 -d --codename" "maverick"
+}
+
+testLatest() {
+    success "--date 2011-01-10 --latest" "natty"
+    success "--date 2010-05-10 -l --codename" "maverick"
 }
 
 testLTS() {
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@
 }
 
 testExactlyOne() {
-    local result='ubuntu-distro-info: You have to select exactly one of --all, --devel, --lts, --stable, --supported, --unsupported.'
+    local result='ubuntu-distro-info: You have to select exactly one of --all, --devel, --latest, --lts, --stable, --supported, --unsupported.'
     failure "" "$result"
     failure "--date=2009-01-10 -sad" "$result"
 }
@@ -207,6 +212,7 @@
     failure "--date 1970-10-03 --lts" "ubuntu-distro-info: $outdated_e"
     failure "--date ${future_year}-10-03 -s" "ubuntu-distro-info: $outdated_e"
     failure "--date ${future_year}-10-03 -d" "ubuntu-distro-info: $outdated_e"
+    failure "--date ${future_year}-10-03 -l" "ubuntu-distro-info: $outdated_e"
 }
 
 testInvalidDate() {