diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 2f5d649..a79e7a6 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -1253,9 +1253,9 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
 	if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA) {
 		c->no_dhcp_dns = c->no_dhcp_dns_search = 1;
 		fwd_default = FWD_AUTO;
-		optstring = "dqfel:hF:I:p:P:m:a:n:M:g:i:o:D:S:46t:u:T:U:";
+		optstring = "+dqfel:hF:I:p:P:m:a:n:M:g:i:o:D:S:46t:u:T:U:";
 	} else {
-		optstring = "dqfel:hs:F:p:P:m:a:n:M:g:i:o:D:S:461t:u:";
+		optstring = "+dqfel:hs:F:p:P:m:a:n:M:g:i:o:D:S:461t:u:";
 	}
 
 	c->tcp.fwd_in.mode = c->tcp.fwd_out.mode = FWD_UNSET;
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 7761bd3..0b41404 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ void close_open_files(int argc, char **argv)
 	int name, rc;
 
 	do {
-		name = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":F", optfd, NULL);
+		name = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+:F", optfd, NULL);
 
 		if (name == 'F') {
 			errno = 0;