diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index ab5516b..4bcc952 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -747,6 +747,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			fast = 1;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-c"))   /* centers dmenu on screen */
 			centered = 1;
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching -- only for compatibility with scripts that uses this flag (in this build case-insensitive is the default) */
+		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-s")) { /* case-sensitive item matching */
 			fstrncmp = strncmp;
 			fstrstr = strstr;