1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index 0c77529ec..985d18d6f 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 /* This is a NOEXEC applet. Be very careful! */
 
 
-#define OPT_STR     ("Rh" IF_DESKTOP("vcfLHP"))
+#define OPT_STR     "Rh" IF_DESKTOP("vcfLHP")
 #define BIT_RECURSE 1
 #define OPT_RECURSE (opt & 1)
 #define OPT_NODEREF (opt & 2)
@@ -127,11 +127,10 @@ int chown_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         int opt, flags;
         struct param_t param;
 
-        opt_complementary = "-2";
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CHOWN_LONG_OPTIONS
-        opt = getopt32long(argv, OPT_STR, chown_longopts);
+        opt = getopt32long(argv, "^" OPT_STR "\0" "=2", chown_longopts);
 #else
-        opt = getopt32(argv, OPT_STR);
+        opt = getopt32(argv, "^" OPT_STR "\0" "=2");
 #endif
         argv += optind;