diff --git a/applets/systemmonitor/common/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/systemmonitor/common/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/systemmonitor/common/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/systemmonitor/common/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
         <label>The interval in milliseconds to update the data shown.</label>
         <default>2000</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="displayUnit" type="Enum">
+        <label>The unit used to display the data.</label>
+        <choices>
+            <choice name="Byte" value="0"/>
+            <choice name="bit" value="1"/>
+        </choices>
+        <default>1</default>
+    </entry>
   </group>
 
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/config/config.qml b/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/config/config.qml
--- a/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/config/config.qml
+++ b/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/config/config.qml
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@
          icon: "network-workgroup"
          source: "netConfig.qml"
     }
+    ConfigCategory {
+         name: i18n("Display")
+         icon: "network-workgroup"
+         source: "displayConfig.qml"
+    }
 }
diff --git a/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/ui/displayConfig.qml b/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/ui/displayConfig.qml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/ui/displayConfig.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2019 George Vogiatzis <Gvgeo@protonmail.com>
+ *
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+import QtQuick 2.0
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
+import org.kde.plasma.plasmoid 2.0
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.5 as QQC2
+import org.kde.kirigami 2.5 as Kirigami
+
+Kirigami.FormLayout {
+    property int cfg_displayUnit: plasmoid.configuration.displayUnit
+
+    QQC2.ButtonGroup {
+        id: displayUnitGroup
+    }
+
+    QQC2.RadioButton {
+        id: byteDisplayUnit
+        QQC2.ButtonGroup.group: displayUnitGroup
+
+        Kirigami.FormData.label: i18nc("@label", "Display unit:")
+
+        text: i18nc("@option:radio", "Byte")
+        checked: cfg_displayUnit == 0
+        onClicked: if (checked) {cfg_displayUnit = 0;}
+    }
+
+    QQC2.RadioButton {
+        id: bitDisplayUnit
+        QQC2.ButtonGroup.group: displayUnitGroup
+
+        text: i18nc("@option:radio", "bit")
+
+        checked: cfg_displayUnit == 1
+        onClicked: if (checked) {cfg_displayUnit = 1;}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/ui/net.qml b/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/ui/net.qml
--- a/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/ui/net.qml
+++ b/applets/systemmonitor/net/contents/ui/net.qml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
 import org.kde.kquickcontrolsaddons 2.0 as KQuickAddons
+import org.kde.kcoreaddons 1.0 as KCoreAddons
 
 Applet {
     id: root
@@ -41,14 +42,19 @@
 
     delegate: DoublePlotter {
         function formatData(data) {
-            var value = data.value * 1024 * 8
-            if (value > (1024 * 1024)) {
-                return i18nc("%1 is the displayed data transfer speed in megabits per second", "%1 Mbps", (value / (1024 * 1024)).toFixed(1));
+            if (plasmoid.configuration.displayUnit === 0) {
+                var value = data.value * 1024
+                return i18nc("%1 is the displayed data transfer speed in bytes per second", "%1/s", KCoreAddons.Format.formatByteSize(value));
+            } else {
+                var value = data.value * 1024 * 8
+                if (value > (1024 * 1024)) {
+                    return i18nc("%1 is the displayed data transfer speed in megabits per second", "%1 Mbps", (value / (1024 * 1024)).toFixed(1));
+                }
+                if (value > 1024) {
+                    return i18nc("%1 is the displayed data transfer speed in kilobits per second", "%1 Kbps", (value / 1024));
+                }
+                return i18nc("%1 is the displayed data transfer speed in bits per second", "%1 bps", value);
             }
-            if (value > 1024) {
-                return i18nc("%1 is the displayed data transfer speed in kilobits per second", "%1 Kbps", (value / 1024));
-            }
-            return i18nc("%1 is the displayed data transfer speed in bits per second", "%1 bps", value);
         }
     }
 }