diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e1536f..151c3f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ Similarly, cmdarg understands '--' which means "stop processing arguments, the r
 
 ... Cmdarg would parse -x and --longopt as expected, and then ${cmdarg_argv[0]} would hold "--some-thing-with-dashes", for your program to do with what it will.
 
+getopt vs getopts
+=================
+
+cmdarg does not use getopt or getopts for option parsing. Its parser is written in 100% pure bash, and is self contained in cmdarg_parse. It will run the same way anywhere you have bash4.
+
 Tests
 =====
 
diff --git a/cmdarg.sh b/cmdarg.sh
index dd08685..facb41c 100644
--- a/cmdarg.sh
+++ b/cmdarg.sh
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ function cmdarg_parse
 	elif [[ "${fullopt:0:1}" == "-" ]] && [[ ${#fullopt} -eq 2 ]]; then
 	    opt=${fullopt:1}
 	    longopt=${CMDARG[$opt]}
+	elif [[ "${fullopt:0:1}" != "-" ]]; then
+	    cmdarg_argv+=("$fullopt")
+	    continue
 	else
 	    echo "Malformed argument: ${fullopt}" >&2
 	    echo "While parsing: $@" >&2