diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index 980796981..0f8301596 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@ int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       {"script_trace", no_argument, 0, 0},
       {"script-updatedb", no_argument, 0, 0},
       {"script_updatedb", no_argument, 0, 0},
-	  {"script-args",required_argument,0,0},
+      {"script-args",required_argument,0,0},
+      {"script_args",required_argument,0,0},
 #endif
       {"ip_options", required_argument, 0, 0},
       {"ip-options", required_argument, 0, 0},
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@ int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if (strcmp(long_options[option_index].name, "script") == 0) {
 		o.script = 1;
 		o.chooseScripts(optarg);
-	} else if(strcmp(long_options[option_index].name,"script-args")==0){
+	} else if(optcmp(long_options[option_index].name,"script-args")==0){
 		o.scriptargs=strdup(optarg);
 		if(script_check_args()!=0)
 			fatal("Error parsing --script-args\n");