diff --git a/daemon/lightningd.c b/daemon/lightningd.c
index 93af1fdab..c0ea8932c 100644
--- a/daemon/lightningd.c
+++ b/daemon/lightningd.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 						 | SECP256K1_CONTEXT_SIGN);
 
 	/* Handle options and config; move to .lightningd */
+	register_opts(dstate);
 	handle_opts(dstate, argc, argv);
 
 	/* Activate crash log now we're in the right place. */
diff --git a/daemon/options.c b/daemon/options.c
index 7a19925cc..9885e7d91 100644
--- a/daemon/options.c
+++ b/daemon/options.c
@@ -447,10 +447,8 @@ static void opt_parse_from_config(struct lightningd_state *dstate)
 	tal_free(contents);
 }
 
-bool handle_opts(struct lightningd_state *dstate, int argc, char *argv[])
+void register_opts(struct lightningd_state *dstate)
 {
-	bool newdir = false;
-
 	opt_set_alloc(opt_allocfn, tal_reallocfn, tal_freefn);
 
 	opt_register_early_noarg("--help|-h", opt_usage_and_exit,
@@ -469,6 +467,11 @@ bool handle_opts(struct lightningd_state *dstate, int argc, char *argv[])
 				&dstate->config_dir, &dstate->rpc_filename);
 	config_register_opts(dstate);
 	dev_register_opts(dstate);
+}
+
+bool handle_opts(struct lightningd_state *dstate, int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	bool newdir = false;
 
 	/* Get any configdir/testnet options first. */
 	opt_early_parse(argc, argv, opt_log_stderr_exit);
diff --git a/daemon/options.h b/daemon/options.h
index 8654fb6c3..dd9bf3c2e 100644
--- a/daemon/options.h
+++ b/daemon/options.h
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 struct lightningd_state;
 
+/* You can register additional options *after* this if you want. */
+void register_opts(struct lightningd_state *dstate);
+
 /* After this, we're in the .lightning dir, config file parsed.
  * If we just created the dir, returns true.
  */
diff --git a/lightningd/lightningd.c b/lightningd/lightningd.c
index 77e3a4289..869a60217 100644
--- a/lightningd/lightningd.c
+++ b/lightningd/lightningd.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	ld->daemon_dir = find_my_path(ld, argv[0]);
 
 	/* Handle options and config; move to .lightningd */
+	register_opts(&ld->dstate);
 	newdir = handle_opts(&ld->dstate, argc, argv);
 
 	/* Activate crash log now we're in the right place. */