1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index ade77a59d..6dcda53ef 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
         int createFlag   = FALSE;
         int verboseFlag  = FALSE;
         int tostdoutFlag = FALSE;
+        int firstOpt = TRUE;
         int stopIt;
                                                                                                                                                    
 
@@ -156,7 +157,9 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 usage(tar_usage);
 
         /* do normal option parsing */
-        while (--argc > 0 && strspn(*(++argv), "-cxt") >0 ) {
+        while (--argc > 0 && ((*argv && **(++argv) == '-') || 
+                                (firstOpt==TRUE && strspn(*argv, "-cxt") ))) {
+                firstOpt=FALSE;
                 stopIt=FALSE;
                 while (stopIt==FALSE && *argv && **argv) {
                         switch (**argv) {