diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd85ad90..a88ce448 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-12-11  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* qpdf/qpdf.cc (main): Accept -help and -version as well as --help
+	and --version
+
 2008-11-23  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
 	* Include stdio.h in a few files for proper compilation with (yet
diff --git a/qpdf/qpdf.cc b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
index b95b9ca8..06d41ece 100644
--- a/qpdf/qpdf.cc
+++ b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
@@ -436,7 +436,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	whoami += 3;
     }
 
-    if ((argc == 2) && (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0))
+    if ((argc == 2) &&
+	((strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0) ||
+	 (strcmp(argv[1], "-version") == 0)))
     {
 	// make_dist looks for the line of code here that actually
 	// prints the version number, so read make_dist if you change
@@ -459,7 +461,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	exit(0);
     }
 
-    if ((argc == 2) && (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0))
+    if ((argc == 2) &&
+	((strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) ||
+	 (strcmp(argv[1], "-help") == 0)))
     {
 	std::cout << help;
 	exit(0);