const struct option *options,
                       const char * const usagestr[])
 {
+       int internal_help = !(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP);
+
        /* we must reset ->opt, unknown short option leave it dangling */
        ctx->opt = NULL;
 
 
                if (arg[1] != '-') {
                        ctx->opt = arg + 1;
-                       if (*ctx->opt == 'h')
+                       if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h')
                                return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
                        switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
                        case -1:
                        if (ctx->opt)
                                check_typos(arg + 1, options);
                        while (ctx->opt) {
-                               if (*ctx->opt == 'h')
+                               if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h')
                                        return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
                                switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
                                case -1:
                        break;
                }
 
-               if (!strcmp(arg + 2, "help-all"))
+               if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg + 2, "help-all"))
                        return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 1);
-               if (!strcmp(arg + 2, "help"))
+               if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg + 2, "help"))
                        return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
                switch (parse_long_opt(ctx, arg + 2, options)) {
                case -1:
 
        PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION = 2,
        PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 = 4,
        PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN = 8,
+       PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP = 16,
 };
 
 enum parse_opt_option_flags {