diff --git a/src/nvm.go b/src/nvm.go
index 08c2cdf..2a4cd9f 100644
--- a/src/nvm.go
+++ b/src/nvm.go
@@ -384,7 +384,15 @@ func findLatestSubVersion(version string) string {
 }
 
 func use(version string, cpuarch string) {
-  if version == "32" || version == "64" {
+  if version == "latest" {
+    installed := node.GetInstalled(env.root)
+    if len(installed) == 0 {
+      fmt.Println("No versions of node.js found. Try installing the latest by typing nvm install latest")
+      return
+    }
+
+    version = installed[0]
+  } else if version == "32" || version == "64" {
     cpuarch = version
     v, _ := node.GetCurrentVersion()
     version = v
@@ -603,7 +611,7 @@ func help() {
   fmt.Println("  nvm npm_mirror [url]         : Set the npm mirror. Defaults to https://github.com/npm/cli/archive/. Leave [url] blank to default url.")
   fmt.Println("  nvm uninstall <version>      : The version must be a specific version.")
 //  fmt.Println("  nvm update                   : Automatically update nvm to the latest version.")
-  fmt.Println("  nvm use [version] [arch]     : Switch to use the specified version. Optionally specify 32/64bit architecture.")
+  fmt.Println("  nvm use [version] [arch]     : Switch to use the specified version or use \"latest\" to switch to the latest installed version. Optionally specify 32/64bit architecture.")
   fmt.Println("                                 nvm use <arch> will continue using the selected version, but switch to 32/64 bit mode.")
   fmt.Println("  nvm root [path]              : Set the directory where nvm should store different versions of node.js.")
   fmt.Println("                                 If <path> is not set, the current root will be displayed.")