diff --git a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
index 1379731..ac41ed3 100644
--- a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ static int slbt_split_argv(
 			*targv++ = argv[i++];
 			*targv++ = argv[i];
 
+		} else if (!(strcmp("dlopen",&argv[i][1]))) {
+			*targv++ = argv[i++];
+			*targv++ = argv[i];
+
 		} else if (!(strcmp("export-symbols",&argv[i][1]))) {
 			*targv++ = argv[i++];
 			*targv++ = argv[i];
@@ -990,6 +994,9 @@ int slbt_get_driver_ctx(
 					cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_AVOID_VERSION;
 					break;
 
+				case TAG_DLOPEN:
+					break;
+
 				case TAG_EXPSYM_FILE:
 					cctx.symfile = entry->arg;
 					break;
diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index 9a4a750..a6b69a6 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_SHREXT,
 	TAG_RPATH,
 	TAG_RELEASE,
+	TAG_DLOPEN,
 	TAG_EXPSYM_FILE,
 	TAG_EXPSYM_REGEX,
 	TAG_VERSION_INFO,
diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
index 09408a3..6f752b7 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_default_options[] = {
 				"followed by the creation of libfoo.so "
 				"as a symlink thereto"},
 
+	{"dlopen",		0,TAG_DLOPEN,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,
+				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY|ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_SPACE,
+				0,"<module>",
+				"add the directory containing %s to the library path "
+				"[currently a no-op]"},
+
 	{"export-symbols",	0,TAG_EXPSYM_FILE,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,
 				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY|ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_SPACE,
 				0,"<symfile>",