diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 79b41f1c..e2657bb5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ TESTS = tests/newline1/run-test \
 	tests/lsdiff-exclusion-combined/run-test \
 	tests/lsdiff-verbose-levels/run-test \
 	tests/lsdiff-range-exclude/run-test \
+	tests/lsdiff-binary-numbering/run-test \
 	tests/patchview1/run-test \
 	tests/patchview2/run-test \
 	tests/fuzz1/run-test \
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ TESTS = tests/newline1/run-test \
 	tests/patch-ignore-whitespace/run-test \
 	tests/whitespace-w/run-test \
 	tests/filterdiff-inplace1/run-test \
+	tests/filterdiff-binary-filtering/run-test \
 	tests/rediff-inplace1/run-test \
 	tests/rediff-empty-hunk/run-test \
 	tests/git-rename-issue22/run-test \
diff --git a/src/filterdiff.c b/src/filterdiff.c
index 9e70c19d..4f8a6956 100644
--- a/src/filterdiff.c
+++ b/src/filterdiff.c
@@ -1324,6 +1324,9 @@ static int filterdiff (FILE *f, const char *patchname)
 					/* Extract filenames from git headers */
 					if (extract_git_filenames (header, num_headers,
 								 &git_old_name, &git_new_name, git_prefix_mode) == 0) {
+						/* Increment file count for this git diff without hunks */
+						filecount++;
+
 						/* Use the best name for filtering */
 						char *names[2] = { git_old_name, git_new_name };
 						p = best_name (2, names);
@@ -1334,7 +1337,11 @@ static int filterdiff (FILE *f, const char *patchname)
 						if (match && pat_include != NULL)
 							match = patlist_match(pat_include, p_stripped);
 
-												/* Print filename if in list mode and matches */
+						/* Apply file number filter */
+						if (match)
+							match = file_matches();
+
+						/* Print filename if in list mode and matches */
 						if (match && !show_status && mode == mode_list)
 							display_filename (start_linenum, status, p, patchname);
 
@@ -1400,6 +1407,9 @@ static int filterdiff (FILE *f, const char *patchname)
 					goto flush_continue;
 				}
 
+				/* Increment file count for this git diff without hunks */
+				filecount++;
+
 				/* Use the best name for filtering */
 				char *names[2] = { git_old_name, git_new_name };
 				p = best_name (2, names);
@@ -1410,7 +1420,11 @@ static int filterdiff (FILE *f, const char *patchname)
 				if (match && pat_include != NULL)
 					match = patlist_match(pat_include, p_stripped);
 
-								/* Process the git diff (it will handle filename display) */
+				/* Apply file number filter */
+				if (match)
+					match = file_matches();
+
+				/* Process the git diff (it will handle filename display) */
 				result = do_git_diff_no_hunks (f, header, num_headers,
 							     match, &line, &linelen, &linenum,
 							     start_linenum, status, p, patchname,
diff --git a/tests/filterdiff-binary-filtering/run-test b/tests/filterdiff-binary-filtering/run-test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2052aaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/filterdiff-binary-filtering/run-test
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# GitHub issue #157: Binary files should be filtered by file number
+
+. ${top_srcdir-.}/tests/common.sh
+
+cat << 'EOF' > diff
+diff --git a/file1.txt b/file1.txt
+new file mode 100644
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/file1.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++a
+diff --git a/file1.bin b/file1.bin
+new file mode 100644
+Binary files /dev/null and b/file1.bin differ
+diff --git a/file2.txt b/file2.txt
+new file mode 100644
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/file2.txt
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++b
+diff --git a/file2.bin b/file2.bin
+new file mode 100644
+Binary files /dev/null and b/file2.bin differ
+EOF
+
+# Test -F2: should only show file #2 (file1.bin), NOT file2.bin
+${FILTERDIFF} -F2 diff 2>errors >output || exit 1
+[ -s errors ] && exit 1
+
+cat << 'EOF' | cmp - output || exit 1
+diff --git a/file1.bin b/file1.bin
+new file mode 100644
+Binary files /dev/null and b/file1.bin differ
+EOF
diff --git a/tests/lsdiff-binary-numbering/run-test b/tests/lsdiff-binary-numbering/run-test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..30578878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lsdiff-binary-numbering/run-test
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# GitHub issue #157: Binary files should be numbered sequentially
+
+. ${top_srcdir-.}/tests/common.sh
+
+cat << 'EOF' > diff
+diff --git a/file1.bin b/file1.bin
+new file mode 100644
+Binary files /dev/null and b/file1.bin differ
+diff --git a/file2.bin b/file2.bin
+new file mode 100644
+Binary files /dev/null and b/file2.bin differ
+EOF
+
+${LSDIFF} -N diff 2>errors >output || exit 1
+[ -s errors ] && exit 1
+
+cat << 'EOF' | cmp - output || exit 1
+File #1  	a/file1.bin
+File #2  	a/file2.bin
+EOF