1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index bca5a0906..8dec4349d 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         while (
 #ifndef BB_FEATURE_TAR_EXCLUDE
-                        (opt = getopt(argc, argv, "cxtzvOf:"))
+                        (opt = getopt(argc, argv, "cxtzvOf:p"))
 #else
-                        (opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "cxtzvOf:X:", longopts, NULL))
+                        (opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "cxtzvOf:X:p", longopts, NULL))
 #endif
                         > 0) {
                 switch (opt) {
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 fclose(fileList);
                                 break;
 #endif
-                                default:
+                        case 'p':
+                                break;
+                        default:
                                         show_usage();
                 }
         }