diff --git a/drive/drive.go b/drive/drive.go
index 10e36de2a..965289768 100644
--- a/drive/drive.go
+++ b/drive/drive.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package drive
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"code.google.com/p/goauth2/oauth"
 	"code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client/drive/v2"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
+	"github.com/ogier/pflag"
 )
 
 // Constants
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const (
 // Globals
 var (
 	// Flags
-	driveFullList = flag.Bool("drive-full-list", true, "Use a full listing for directory list. More data but usually quicker.")
+	driveFullList = pflag.BoolP("drive-full-list", "", true, "Use a full listing for directory list. More data but usually quicker.")
 )
 
 // Register with Fs
diff --git a/fs/config.go b/fs/config.go
index 01b5bc019..6e481dae2 100644
--- a/fs/config.go
+++ b/fs/config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package fs
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Unknwon/goconfig"
+	"github.com/ogier/pflag"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ var (
 	// Global config
 	Config = &ConfigInfo{}
 	// Flags
-	verbose      = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "Print lots more stuff")
-	quiet        = flag.Bool("quiet", false, "Print as little stuff as possible")
-	modifyWindow = flag.Duration("modify-window", time.Nanosecond, "Max time diff to be considered the same")
-	checkers     = flag.Int("checkers", 8, "Number of checkers to run in parallel.")
-	transfers    = flag.Int("transfers", 4, "Number of file transfers to run in parallel.")
-	configFile   = flag.String("config", ConfigPath, "Config file.")
+	verbose      = pflag.BoolP("verbose", "v", false, "Print lots more stuff")
+	quiet        = pflag.BoolP("quiet", "q", false, "Print as little stuff as possible")
+	modifyWindow = pflag.DurationP("modify-window", "", time.Nanosecond, "Max time diff to be considered the same")
+	checkers     = pflag.IntP("checkers", "", 8, "Number of checkers to run in parallel.")
+	transfers    = pflag.IntP("transfers", "", 4, "Number of file transfers to run in parallel.")
+	configFile   = pflag.StringP("config", "", ConfigPath, "Config file.")
 )
 
 // Filesystem config options
diff --git a/rclone.go b/rclone.go
index 090d5a611..c6bb36134 100644
--- a/rclone.go
+++ b/rclone.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ogier/pflag"
+
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
 	// Active file systems
 	_ "github.com/ncw/rclone/drive"
@@ -25,9 +26,9 @@ import (
 // Globals
 var (
 	// Flags
-	cpuprofile    = flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "Write cpu profile to file")
-	dry_run       = flag.Bool("dry-run", false, "Do a trial run with no permanent changes")
-	statsInterval = flag.Duration("stats", time.Minute*1, "Interval to print stats")
+	cpuprofile    = pflag.StringP("cpuprofile", "", "", "Write cpu profile to file")
+	dry_run       = pflag.BoolP("dry-run", "n", false, "Do a trial run with no permanent changes")
+	statsInterval = pflag.DurationP("stats", "", time.Minute*1, "Interval to print stats")
 )
 
 // A pair of fs.Objects
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func DeleteFiles(to_be_deleted fs.ObjectsChan) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			for dst := range to_be_deleted {
 				if *dry_run {
-					fs.Debug(dst, "Not deleting as -dry-run")
+					fs.Debug(dst, "Not deleting as --dry-run")
 				} else {
 					fs.Stats.Checking(dst)
 					err := dst.Remove()
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ func mkdir(fdst, fsrc fs.Fs) {
 // Removes a container but not if not empty
 func rmdir(fdst, fsrc fs.Fs) {
 	if *dry_run {
-		log.Printf("Not deleting %s as -dry-run", fdst)
+		log.Printf("Not deleting %s as --dry-run", fdst)
 	} else {
 		err := fdst.Rmdir()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ var Commands = []Command{
         unchanged files, testing first by modification time then by
         MD5SUM.  Deletes any files that exist in source that don't
         exist in destination. Since this can cause data loss, test
-        first with the -dry-run flag.`,
+        first with the --dry-run flag.`,
 		Run:     Sync,
 		MinArgs: 2,
 		MaxArgs: 2,
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ Subcommands:
 	}
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Options:\n")
-	flag.PrintDefaults()
+	pflag.PrintDefaults()
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, `
 It is only necessary to use a unique prefix of the subcommand, eg 'up' for 'upload'.
 `)
@@ -521,9 +522,9 @@ func fatal(message string, args ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	flag.Usage = syntaxError
-	flag.Parse()
-	args := flag.Args()
+	pflag.Usage = syntaxError
+	pflag.Parse()
+	args := pflag.Args()
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
 	fs.LoadConfig()