diff --git a/main/python/cmdLineUtils.py b/main/python/cmdLineUtils.py
index c05c44dcf7f4b..ac6dd7e115e13 100644
--- a/main/python/cmdLineUtils.py
+++ b/main/python/cmdLineUtils.py
@@ -1064,13 +1064,24 @@ def rootMv(sourceList, destFileName, destPathSplit, compress=None, interactive=F
 # ROOTPRINT
 
 
-def _keyListExtended(rootFile, pathSplitList):
+def _keyListExtended(rootFile, pathSplitList, recursive = False):
+    prefixList = []
     keyList, dirList = keyClassSplitter(rootFile, pathSplitList)
     for pathSplit in dirList:
         keyList.extend(getKeyList(rootFile, pathSplit))
+    subList = [key for key in keyList if isDirectoryKey(key)]
     keyList = [key for key in keyList if not isDirectoryKey(key)]
-    keyListSort(keyList)
-    return keyList
+    prefixList = ["" for key in keyList]
+    if recursive:
+        for subdir in subList:
+            subkeyList, subprefixList = _keyListExtended(ROOT.gDirectory.Get(subdir.GetName()), pathSplitList, recursive)
+            keyList.extend(subkeyList)
+            prefixList.extend([subdir.GetName() + "_" + prefix for prefix in subprefixList])
+    if recursive:
+        keyList, prefixList = (list(t) for t in zip(*sorted(zip(keyList, prefixList), key=lambda x: x[0].GetName().lower())))
+    else:
+        keyListSort(keyList)
+    return keyList, prefixList
 
 
 def rootPrint(
@@ -1083,6 +1094,7 @@ def rootPrint(
     sizeOption=None,
     styleOption=None,
     verboseOption=False,
+    recursiveOption=False,
 ):
     # Check arguments
     if sourceList == []:
@@ -1162,8 +1174,8 @@ def rootPrint(
             continue
         openRootFiles.append(rootFile)
         # Fill the key list (almost the same as in root)
-        keyList = _keyListExtended(rootFile, pathSplitList)
-        for key in keyList:
+        keyList, prefixList = _keyListExtended(rootFile, pathSplitList, recursiveOption)
+        for k, key in enumerate(keyList):
             if isTreeKey(key):
                 pass
             else:
@@ -1182,8 +1194,9 @@ def rootPrint(
                         canvas.Clear()
                         canvas.Divide(x, y)
                 else:
+                    prefix = prefixList[k]
                     if not outputOption:
-                        outputFileName = key.GetName() + "." + formatOption
+                        outputFileName = prefix + key.GetName() + "." + formatOption
                         if directoryOption:
                             outputFileName = os.path.join(directoryOption, outputFileName)
                     if outputOption or formatOption == "pdf":
diff --git a/main/python/rootprint.py b/main/python/rootprint.py
index ac84b0b145a66..21de181ec1225 100755
--- a/main/python/rootprint.py
+++ b/main/python/rootprint.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 SIZE_HELP = "specify canvas size on the format 'width'x'height' (ex: 600x400)"
 STYLE_HELP = "specify a C file name which define a style"
 VERBOSE_HELP = "print informations about the running"
+RECURSIVE_HELP = "Traverse file recursively entering any TDirectory."
 
 EPILOG = """Examples:
 - rootprint example.root:hist
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ def get_argparse():
 	parser.add_argument("-s", "--size", help=SIZE_HELP)
 	parser.add_argument("-S", "--style", help=STYLE_HELP)
 	parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help=VERBOSE_HELP)
+	parser.add_argument("-r", "--recursive", action="store_true", help=RECURSIVE_HELP)
 	return parser
 
 def execute():
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ def execute():
 								divideOption = optDict["divide"], drawOption = optDict["draw"], \
 								formatOption = optDict["format"], \
 								outputOption = optDict["output"], sizeOption = optDict["size"], \
-								styleOption = optDict["style"], verboseOption = optDict["verbose"])
+								styleOption = optDict["style"], verboseOption = optDict["verbose"], \
+								recursiveOption = optDict["recursive"])
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	sys.exit(execute())