diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythontests.yml b/.github/workflows/pythontests.yml
index 9ac6546..1df2960 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythontests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythontests.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         wget --quiet http://scikit-hep.org/uproot3/examples/Event.root
         histoprint -s Event.root -f T/event/fTracks/fTracks.fYfirst -f T/event/fTracks/fTracks.fYlast[:,0]
         histoprint -s Event.root -f T/fTracks.fYfirst -f T/event/fTracks/fTracks.fYlast[:,0] -C 'fNtrack > 5'
+        histoprint -s Event.root --field-prefix T/event/fTracks/fTracks. -f fYfirst -f fYlast[:,0]
         histoprint -s Event.root -f htime
 
   pre-commit:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0567917..c90896f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- add support for --field-prefix option at cli
+
 ## [2.4.0]
 
-### Addded
+### Added
 - RichHistogram class for use with the `rich` package.
 - Argument to set maximum count in bins for plotting.
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8334a79..93ab3f8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ It can read in files or take data directly from STDIN::
                                       'tree/branch[:,2]' to histogram the 3rd
                                       elements of a vector-like branch.
 
+      --field-prefix TEXT             String to prepend to each argument passed to
+                                      --field option following --field-prefix E.g.
+                                      'histoprint -f Muon_eta --field-prefix Tau_
+                                      -f eta -f phi' ... would refer to fields
+                                      'Muon_eta', 'Tau_eta' and 'Tau_phi''
+
       -C, --cut TEXT                  Filter the data to be plotted by a cut
                                       condition. For ROOT files, variables must be
                                       referenced by their branch name within the
diff --git a/histoprint/cli.py b/histoprint/cli.py
index a5e7e39..2895f40 100644
--- a/histoprint/cli.py
+++ b/histoprint/cli.py
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@
     "of array-like branches, e.g. use 'tree/branch[:,2]' to histogram the 3rd "
     "elements of a vector-like branch.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--field-prefix",
+    "field_prefix",
+    type=str,
+    multiple=False,
+    help="String to prepend to all values indicated with --field option, "
+    "ignores position where this and --field options are specified.",
+)
 @click.option(
     "-C",
     "--cut",
@@ -109,6 +117,8 @@ def histoprint(infile, **kwargs):
 
     INFILE can be '-', in which case the data is read from STDIN.
     """
+    if (prefix := kwargs.pop("field_prefix", None)) is not None:
+        kwargs["fields"] = map(lambda s: prefix + s, kwargs["fields"])
 
     # Read file into buffer for use by implementations
     try:
diff --git a/tests/data/2D-prefixable.csv b/tests/data/2D-prefixable.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dae7a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/2D-prefixable.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Txx,Txy
+1,4
+2,5
+2,5
+3,6
+3,nan
+3,6
+4,7
+4,7
+5,8
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index 4828212..9ce8095 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
+from click.testing import CliRunner
 from uhi.numpy_plottable import ensure_plottable_histogram
 
 import histoprint as hp
+from histoprint.cli import histoprint as cli
 
 
 def test_hist():
@@ -181,3 +183,39 @@ def test_rich_histogram():
     tab.add_row(hist, Align.center(hist), Align.right(hist))
 
     rich.print(tab)
+
+
+def test_cli_opt_field_prefix():
+    """Test equivalence of --field-prefix cli option to explicit prepend on --field."""
+
+    runner = CliRunner()
+
+    res = runner.invoke(
+        cli,
+        [
+            "-s",
+            "tests/data/2D-prefixable.csv",
+            "-f",
+            "Txx",
+            "-f",
+            "Txy",
+        ],
+    )
+    res_prefixed = runner.invoke(
+        cli,
+        [
+            "-s",
+            "tests/data/2D-prefixable.csv",
+            "-f",
+            "x",
+            "-f",
+            "y",
+            "--field-prefix",
+            "Tx",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    # assert succesful equivalent output
+    assert res.exit_code == 0
+    assert res_prefixed.exit_code == 0
+    assert res.output == res_prefixed.output