diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index 58fa17e..c72f19e 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_AR_CHECK,
 	TAG_AR_PRINT,
 	TAG_AR_PRETTY,
+	TAG_AR_POSIX,
+	TAG_AR_YAML,
 	TAG_AR_VERBOSE,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c b/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c
index d3715a8..17ad439 100644
--- a/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c
+++ b/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ int slbt_exec_ar(
 
 					break;
 
+				case TAG_AR_POSIX:
+					ictx->cctx.fmtflags &= ~(uint64_t)SLBT_PRETTY_FLAGS;
+					ictx->cctx.fmtflags |= SLBT_PRETTY_POSIX;
+					break;
+
+				case TAG_AR_YAML:
+					ictx->cctx.fmtflags &= ~(uint64_t)SLBT_PRETTY_FLAGS;
+					ictx->cctx.fmtflags |= SLBT_PRETTY_YAML;
+					break;
+
 				case TAG_AR_VERBOSE:
 					ictx->cctx.fmtflags |= SLBT_PRETTY_VERBOSE;
 					break;
diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c
index 7346626..5108554 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_ar_options[] = {
 			"'hexdata' for yaml-formatted data with additional "
 			"hexdump output"},
 
+	{"Wposix",	0,TAG_AR_POSIX,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,
+			ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY,0,0,
+			"a shorthand for -Wpretty=posix"},
+
+	{"Wyaml",	0,TAG_AR_YAML,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,
+			ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY,0,0,
+			"a shorthand for -Wpretty=yaml"},
+
 	{"Wverbose",	0,TAG_AR_VERBOSE,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,
 			ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY,0,0,
 			"produce verbose output; "