diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 94f83b9..324b743 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
       {
         first_run=false;
         // resolve shebang
-        if(options["bash"])
+        if(options["lxsh"])
+        {
+          shebang_is_bin = true;
+          parse_bash = true;
+          binshebang = basename(shebang);
+          shebang = "#!/usr/bin/env lxsh";
+        }
+        else if(options["bash"])
         {
           parse_bash=true;
           shebang = "#!/usr/bin/env bash";
diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index 6c9204c..e36b9ec 100644
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ztd::option_set options( {
   ztd::option('R', "no-resolve",    false, "Don't resolve %resolve commands"),
   ztd::option("no-extend",          false, "Don't add lxsh extension functions"),
   ztd::option("bash",               false, "Force bash parsing"),
+  ztd::option("lxsh",               false, "Force lxsh parsing"),
   ztd::option("debashify",          false, "Attempt to turn a bash-specific script into a POSIX shell script"),
   ztd::option("remove-unused",      false, "Remove unused functions and variables"),
   ztd::option("list-cmd",           false, "List all commands invoked in the script"),