diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index e6e2618..1e891d7 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ Crab an :class:`Element <Element>`'s root tag name:
    >>> about.tag
    'li'
 
+Show the line number that an :class:`Element <Element>`'s root tag located in:
+
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>> about.lineno
+    249
+
 Select an :class:`Element <Element>` list within an :class:`Element <Element>`:
 
 .. code-block:: pycon
diff --git a/requests_html.py b/requests_html.py
index 134f432..42c1f8d 100644
--- a/requests_html.py
+++ b/requests_html.py
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ class Element(BaseParser):
         super(Element, self).__init__(element=element, url=url, default_encoding=default_encoding)
         self.element = element
         self.tag = element.tag
+        self.lineno = element.sourceline
         self._attrs = None
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str: