1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index 4e926a908..dafbd4e9f 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -762,11 +762,13 @@ int stat_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         unsigned opts;
         statfunc_ptr statfunc = do_stat;
 
-        opt_complementary = "-1"; /* min one arg */
-        opts = getopt32(argv, "tL"
+        opts = getopt32(argv, "^"
+                "tL"
                 IF_FEATURE_STAT_FILESYSTEM("f")
                 IF_SELINUX("Z")
-                IF_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT("c:", &format)
+                IF_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT("c:")
+                "\0" "-1" /* min one arg */
+                IF_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT(,&format)
         );
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_STAT_FILESYSTEM
         if (opts & OPT_FILESYS) /* -f */