1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/getopt32.c b/libbb/getopt32.c
index 611333c66..54dc7857d 100644
--- a/libbb/getopt32.c
+++ b/libbb/getopt32.c
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ getopt32(char **argv, const char *applet_opts, ...)
 
         int spec_flgs = 0;
 
-        argc = 0;
+        /* skip 0: some applets cheat: they do not actually HAVE argv[0] */
+        argc = 1;
         while (argv[argc])
                 argc++;