diff --git a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
index 9b984e0..8100e0a 100644
--- a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ static int slbt_split_argv(
 			*targv++ = argv[i++];
 			*targv++ = argv[i];
 
+		} else if (!(strcmp("dlpreopen",&argv[i][1]))) {
+			(void)0;
+
 		} else {
 			for (popt=optout; popt[0] && popt[0]->long_name; popt++)
 				if (!(strcmp(popt[0]->long_name,&argv[i][1])))
diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index 14f981a..b630126 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_RPATH,
 	TAG_RELEASE,
 	TAG_DLOPEN,
+	TAG_DLPREOPEN,
 	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 0c5e312..40eb189 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_default_options[] = {
 				"add the directory containing %s to the library path "
 				"[currently a no-op]"},
 
+	{"dlpreopen",		0,TAG_DLPREOPEN,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,
+				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY|ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_SPACE,
+				0,"<FILE>",
+				"Link the specified %s into the generated library "
+				"or executable"},
+
 	{"export-symbols",	0,TAG_EXPSYM_FILE,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,
 				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY|ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_SPACE,
 				0,"<symfile>",