diff --git a/src/busctl/busctl.c b/src/busctl/busctl.c
index 3163492268..16dca649cf 100644
--- a/src/busctl/busctl.c
+++ b/src/busctl/busctl.c
@@ -2394,7 +2394,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hH:M:qj", options, NULL)) >= 0)
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hH:M:qjl", options, NULL)) >= 0)
 
                 switch (c) {