diff --git a/urpm-repomanage.py b/urpm-repomanage.py
index b8c8d30..6137434 100755
--- a/urpm-repomanage.py
+++ b/urpm-repomanage.py
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ def parseargs(args):
                         help=_('report obsolete packages'))
     parser.add_argument("-r", "--remove-old", default=False, action="store_true",
                         help=_('remove older packages'))
+    parser.add_argument("-l", "--leave-oldest", default=False, action="store_true",
+                        help=_('leave only the oldest version of every package'))
     parser.add_argument("-s", "--space", default=False, action="store_true",
                         help=_('space separated output, not newline'))
     parser.add_argument("-k", "--keep", default=1, dest='keep', action="store",
@@ -257,6 +259,11 @@ def main(args):
                 newevrs = evrlist[keepnum:]
                 if len(evrlist[:keepnum]) > 0:
                     old_found = 1
+                if options.leave_oldest:
+                    for dropped in evrlist[1:]:
+                        (e,v,r,d) = dropped
+                        pkg = str(verfile[(n,a,e,v,r,d)]).replace("['","").replace("']","")
+                        subprocess.call(["rm", "-f", pkg])
                 if options.remove_old:
                     for dropped in evrlist[:keepnum]:
                         (e,v,r,d) = dropped
@@ -285,6 +292,11 @@ def main(args):
             oldevrs = evrlist[:keepnum]
             if len(oldevrs) > 0:
                 old_found = 1
+            if options.leave_oldest:
+                for dropped in evrlist[1:]:
+                    (e,v,r,d) = dropped
+                    pkg = str(verfile[(n,a,e,v,r,d)]).replace("['","").replace("']","")
+                    subprocess.call(["rm", "-f", pkg])
             for (e,v,r,d) in oldevrs:
                 for pkg in verfile[(n,a,e,v,r,d)]:
                     outputpackages.append(pkg)