diff --git a/src/squeue/opts.c b/src/squeue/opts.c
index e5bed2247d79db5a3f683dc7295698a4da4804af..d637fa82f1bb04345f3830ce4cf300f1cfe051e2 100644
--- a/src/squeue/opts.c
+++ b/src/squeue/opts.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ parse_command_line( int argc, char* argv[] )
 		{"sort",       required_argument, 0, 'S'},
 		{"states",     required_argument, 0, 't'},
 		{"user",       required_argument, 0, 'u'},
+		{"users",      required_argument, 0, 'u'},
 		{"verbose",    no_argument,       0, 'v'},
 		{"version",    no_argument,       0, 'V'},
 		{"help",       no_argument,       0, OPT_LONG_HELP},