1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/syncqt b/bin/syncqt
index 6c1a438..be0a019 100755
--- a/bin/syncqt
+++ b/bin/syncqt
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ use Cwd;
 use Config;
 use strict;
 
+for (my $i = 0; $i < $#ARGV; $i++) {
+    if ($ARGV[$i] eq "-base-dir" && $i < $#ARGV - 1) {
+        $ENV{"QTDIR"} = $ARGV[$i + 1];
+        last;
+    }
+}
+
 die "syncqt: QTDIR not defined" if ! $ENV{"QTDIR"}; # sanity check
 
 # global variables
@@ -579,6 +586,10 @@ while ( @ARGV ) {
     } elsif("$arg" eq "-show") {
 	$var = "showonly";
 	$val = "yes";
+    } elsif("$arg" eq "-base-dir") {
+        # skip, it's been dealt with at the top of the file
+        shift @ARGV;
+        next;
     } elsif("$arg" eq '*') {
         # workaround for windows 9x where "%*" expands to "*"
         $var = 1;