diff --git a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
index 221abdc0..598698e3 100644
--- a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ INCLUDE_SIGS=0
 # Import libmakepkg
 source "$LIBRARY"/util/compress.sh
 source "$LIBRARY"/util/message.sh
+source "$LIBRARY"/util/parseopts.sh
 
 # ensure we have a sane umask set
 umask 0022
@@ -601,6 +602,16 @@ done
 trap 'trap_exit "$(gettext "Aborted by user! Exiting...")"' INT
 trap 'trap_exit "$(gettext "An unknown error has occurred. Exiting...")"' ERR
 
+
+OPT_SHORT="knpqRsv"
+OPT_LONG=('include-sigs' 'key' 'new' 'nocolor' 'quiet' 'prevent-downgrade' 'remove'
+          'sign' 'verify')
+if ! parseopts "$OPT_SHORT" "${OPT_LONG[@]}" -- "$@"; then
+	exit 1 # E_INVALID_OPTION
+fi
+set -- "${OPTRET[@]}"
+unset OPT_SHORT OPT_LONG OPTRET
+
 declare -a args
 # parse arguments
 while (( $# )); do