diff --git a/qpkg/qpkg.c b/qpkg/qpkg.c
index 76ec13e..2b6120f 100644
--- a/qpkg/qpkg.c
+++ b/qpkg/qpkg.c
@@ -111,9 +111,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int arg;
 
+	if (argc == 1)
+		usage(*argv);
 	packages = make_tree(comp_id);
 	versions = make_tree(comp_id);
 	for (arg = 1; arg != argc; arg++) {
+		if (*argv[arg] == '-')
+			usage(*argv);
 		if (!strcmp(argv[arg], "list")) {
 			switch (argc-arg) {
 			case 1: