diff --git a/tests/test_new.py b/tests/test_new.py
index 36fa8b7..819491b 100644
--- a/tests/test_new.py
+++ b/tests/test_new.py
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ class TestNew(unittest.TestCase):
                          r"created run #1 with test device '/dev/vdb1' "
                          r"\[[\d\-\: ]+\]\n")
 
+    @unittest.mock.patch("sys.stdout", new_callable=io.StringIO)
+    def test_new_terse(self, mock_stdout: io.StringIO):
+        """Test running `xfstestsdb new --terse`."""
+        self.xfstestsdb.run(["new", "--terse", "/dev/vdb1"])
+        self.assertEqual(mock_stdout.getvalue(), "1\n")
+
     @unittest.mock.patch("sys.stderr", new_callable=io.StringIO)
     def test_new_error(self, mock_stderr: io.StringIO):
         """Test running the `xfstestsdb new` command with invalid input."""
diff --git a/xfstestsdb/new.py b/xfstestsdb/new.py
index 10f6c0d..de08e94 100644
--- a/xfstestsdb/new.py
+++ b/xfstestsdb/new.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Command(commands.Command):
         self.parser.add_argument("device", metavar="device", nargs=1,
                                  help="the test device used for"
                                  "this xfstests run")
+        self.parser.add_argument("--terse", action="store_true",
+                                 help="output only the new runid")
 
     def do_command(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         """Create a new row in the xfstestsdb_runs table."""
@@ -24,6 +26,9 @@ class Command(commands.Command):
                        datetime(timestamp, 'localtime') as timestamp""",
                        args.device[0])
         row = cur.fetchone()
-        print(f"created run #{row['runid']}", end=" ")
-        print(f"with test device '{row['device']}'", end=" ")
-        print(f"[{row['timestamp']}]")
+        if args.terse:
+            print(row['runid'])
+        else:
+            print(f"created run #{row['runid']}", end=" ")
+            print(f"with test device '{row['device']}'", end=" ")
+            print(f"[{row['timestamp']}]")