diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e34169..80b733e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ python2.7 download.py -o <data_dir>
 python2.7 download.py -c bedroom
 # Download testing set
 python2.7 download.py -c test
+# Download validation set
+python2.7 download.py -c val
 ```
 
 ## Demo code
diff --git a/download.py b/download.py
index 05090a1..22d13a5 100644
--- a/download.py
+++ b/download.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ def main():
     else:
         if args.category == 'test':
             download(args.out_dir, '', 'test', args.tag)
+        elif args.category == 'val':
+            for category in categories:
+                download(args.out_dir, category, 'val', args.tag)
         elif args.category not in categories:
             print('Error:', args.category, "doesn't exist in",
                   args.tag, 'LSUN release')