diff -rupN wget-1.13.4.original/src/ftp.c wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/ftp.c
--- wget-1.13.4.original/src/ftp.c	2011-09-13 11:05:12.000000000 +0300
+++ wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/ftp.c	2012-03-28 00:50:09.731942900 +0300
@@ -1747,6 +1747,14 @@ ftp_retrieve_list (struct url *u, struct
       err = RETROK;
 
       dlthis = true;
+
+      if ((f->type == FT_PLAINFILE) && opt.limit_size && (f->size > opt.limit_size))
+      {
+          logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("%s -- remote file size (%s) "), quote (con->target), human_readable(f->size));
+          logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("is bigger than limit-size (%s) option -- not retrieving.\n"), human_readable(opt.limit_size));
+          dlthis = false;
+      }
+      
       if (opt.timestamping && f->type == FT_PLAINFILE)
         {
           struct_stat st;
diff -rupN wget-1.13.4.original/src/http.c wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/http.c
--- wget-1.13.4.original/src/http.c	2011-09-07 13:58:01.000000000 +0300
+++ wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/http.c	2012-03-28 17:34:01.986674000 +0300
@@ -2377,6 +2377,25 @@ read_header:
         }
     }
 
+  if (opt.limit_size && (contlen != -1) && (contlen > opt.limit_size))
+  {
+      logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("%s -- remote file size (%s) "), quote (u->path), human_readable(contlen));
+      logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("is bigger than limit-size (%s) option -- not retrieving.\n"), human_readable(opt.limit_size));
+
+      /* this piece of code is copypasted from the code below... */
+
+      /* In case the caller inspects. */
+      hs->len = contlen;
+      hs->res = 0;
+      /* Mark as successfully retrieved. */
+      *dt |= RETROKF;
+      xfree_null (type);
+      CLOSE_INVALIDATE (sock);        /* would be CLOSE_FINISH, but there
+                                   might be more bytes in the body. */
+      xfree (head);
+      return RETRUNNEEDED;
+  }
+
   if (statcode == HTTP_STATUS_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE
       || (!opt.timestamping && hs->restval > 0 && statcode == HTTP_STATUS_OK
           && contrange == 0 && contlen >= 0 && hs->restval >= contlen))
diff -rupN wget-1.13.4.original/src/init.c wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/init.c
--- wget-1.13.4.original/src/init.c	2011-08-19 13:06:20.000000000 +0300
+++ wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/init.c	2012-03-27 23:57:02.270630500 +0300
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ static const struct {
   { "iri",              &opt.enable_iri,        cmd_boolean },
   { "keepsessioncookies", &opt.keep_session_cookies, cmd_boolean },
   { "limitrate",        &opt.limit_rate,        cmd_bytes },
+  { "limitsize",        &opt.limit_size,        cmd_bytes },
   { "loadcookies",      &opt.cookies_input,     cmd_file },
   { "localencoding",    &opt.locale,            cmd_string },
   { "logfile",          &opt.lfilename,         cmd_file },
diff -rupN wget-1.13.4.original/src/main.c wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/main.c
--- wget-1.13.4.original/src/main.c	2011-09-06 16:50:11.000000000 +0300
+++ wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/main.c	2012-03-27 23:31:24.067650300 +0300
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static struct cmdline_option option_data
     { "keep-session-cookies", 0, OPT_BOOLEAN, "keepsessioncookies", -1 },
     { "level", 'l', OPT_VALUE, "reclevel", -1 },
     { "limit-rate", 0, OPT_VALUE, "limitrate", -1 },
+    { "limit-size", 0, OPT_VALUE, "limitsize", -1 },
     { "load-cookies", 0, OPT_VALUE, "loadcookies", -1 },
     { "local-encoding", 0, OPT_VALUE, "localencoding", -1 },
     { "max-redirect", 0, OPT_VALUE, "maxredirect", -1 },
@@ -502,6 +503,8 @@ Download:\n"),
     N_("\
        --limit-rate=RATE         limit download rate to RATE.\n"),
     N_("\
+       --limit-size=SIZE         limit download file size to SIZE.\n"),
+    N_("\
        --no-dns-cache            disable caching DNS lookups.\n"),
     N_("\
        --restrict-file-names=OS  restrict chars in file names to ones OS allows.\n"),
diff -rupN wget-1.13.4.original/src/options.h wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/options.h
--- wget-1.13.4.original/src/options.h	2011-08-06 13:24:32.000000000 +0300
+++ wget-1.13.4-limitsize/src/options.h	2012-03-27 23:33:39.674406600 +0300
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ struct options
 
   wgint limit_rate;		/* Limit the download rate to this
 				   many bps. */
+
+  wgint limit_size;		/* Limit the download file size. */
+
   SUM_SIZE_INT quota;		/* Maximum file size to download and
 				   store. */