diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Antoine Cezar
 Daniele Serafini
 Ishan Bhanuka
-Antoine Cezar
+Kumar Shivendu
diff --git a/swh/model/cli.py b/swh/model/cli.py
--- a/swh/model/cli.py
+++ b/swh/model/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
+from enum import Enum
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
@@ -170,6 +172,16 @@
     return swhid
 
 
+class Color(Enum):
+    blue = "\033[94m"
+    green = "\033[92m"
+    end = "\033[0m"
+
+
+def colorize(text, color):
+    return color.value + text + color.end.value
+
+
 @swh_cli_group.command(context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
 @click.option(
     "--dereference/--no-dereference",
@@ -184,6 +196,9 @@
     default=True,
     help="show/hide file name (default: show)",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--recursive", "-r", is_flag=True, help="Compute SWHID recursively",
+)
 @click.option(
     "--type",
     "-t",
@@ -210,7 +225,13 @@
 )
 @click.argument("objects", nargs=-1, required=True)
 def identify(
-    obj_type, verify, show_filename, follow_symlinks, objects, exclude_patterns,
+    obj_type,
+    verify,
+    show_filename,
+    recursive,
+    follow_symlinks,
+    objects,
+    exclude_patterns,
 ):
     """Compute the Software Heritage persistent identifier (SWHID) for the given
     source code object(s).
@@ -232,8 +253,8 @@
       swh:1:cnt:57b939c81bce5d06fa587df8915f05affbe22b82    sched/deadline.c
 
     \b
-      $ swh identify --no-filename /usr/src/linux/kernel/
-      swh:1:dir:f9f858a48d663b3809c9e2f336412717496202ab
+      $ swh identify --R --no-filename /usr/src/linux/kernel/
+      swh:1:dir:
 
     \b
       $ git clone --mirror https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/helloworld.git
@@ -246,14 +267,31 @@
     if verify and len(objects) != 1:
         raise click.BadParameter("verification requires a single object")
 
-    results = zip(
-        objects,
-        map(
-            partial(identify_object, obj_type, follow_symlinks, exclude_patterns),
-            objects,
-        ),
+    partial_identify_obj = partial(
+        identify_object, obj_type, follow_symlinks, exclude_patterns
     )
 
+    if recursive:
+
+        def out(path: Path):
+            is_dir = path.is_dir()
+            colored_path = colorize(path.name, Color.blue if is_dir else Color.green)
+            swhid = partial_identify_obj(str(path))
+            return f"{colored_path} {swhid}"
+
+        for obj in list(objects):
+            obj = Path(obj)
+            for root, _, files in os.walk(str(obj)):
+                root = Path(root)
+                rel_depth = len(str(root.relative_to(obj)).split(os.sep))
+                click.echo(f"{(rel_depth - 1) * ' │ '} {out(root)}")
+                for filename in files:
+                    filepath = Path(os.path.join(root, filename))
+                    click.echo(f"{(rel_depth) * ' │ '} {out(filepath)}")
+        return
+
+    results = zip(objects, map(partial_identify_obj, objects))
+
     if verify:
         swhid = next(results)[1]
         if str(verify) == swhid: