diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 830daa0..d92ed0a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(s3fs, 1.12)
+AC_INIT(s3fs, 1.13)
 
 
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index 265a2ff..433ffc7 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -1880,6 +1880,7 @@ static void show_help (void) {
     "     --version     Output version info.\n"
     " -d  --debug       Turn on DEBUG messages to syslog. Specifying -d\n"
     "                   twice turns on FUSE debug messages to STDOUT.\n"
+    " -f                FUSE foreground option - do not run as daemon.\n"
     "\n"
     "\n"
     "Report bugs to <s3fs-devel@googlegroups.com>\n"
@@ -2072,7 +2073,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       program_name.replace(0, found+1, "");
    }
 
-   while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dho:", long_opts, &option_index)) != -1) {
+   while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dho:f", long_opts, &option_index)) != -1) {
      switch (ch) {
      case 0:
        if (strcmp(long_opts[option_index].name, "version") == 0) {
@@ -2090,6 +2091,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
      case 'd':
        break;
 
+     case 'f':
+       break;
+
      default:
        exit(1);
      }