diff --git a/libsparse/img2simg.cpp b/libsparse/img2simg.cpp
index 3e24cc014..51580f706 100644
--- a/libsparse/img2simg.cpp
+++ b/libsparse/img2simg.cpp
@@ -38,24 +38,41 @@
 #endif
 
 void usage() {
-  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: img2simg <raw_image_file> <sparse_image_file> [<block_size>]\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: img2simg [-s] <raw_image_file> <sparse_image_file> [<block_size>]\n");
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  char *arg_in;
+  char *arg_out;
+  enum sparse_read_mode mode = SPARSE_READ_MODE_NORMAL;
+  int extra;
   int in;
+  int opt;
   int out;
   int ret;
   struct sparse_file* s;
   unsigned int block_size = 4096;
   off64_t len;
 
-  if (argc < 3 || argc > 4) {
+  while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "s")) != -1) {
+    switch (opt) {
+      case 's':
+        mode = SPARSE_READ_MODE_HOLE;
+        break;
+      default:
+        usage();
+        exit(-1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  extra = argc - optind;
+  if (extra < 2 || extra > 3) {
     usage();
     exit(-1);
   }
 
-  if (argc == 4) {
-    block_size = atoi(argv[3]);
+  if (extra == 3) {
+    block_size = atoi(argv[optind + 2]);
   }
 
   if (block_size < 1024 || block_size % 4 != 0) {
@@ -63,22 +80,24 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     exit(-1);
   }
 
-  if (strcmp(argv[1], "-") == 0) {
+  arg_in = argv[optind];
+  if (strcmp(arg_in, "-") == 0) {
     in = STDIN_FILENO;
   } else {
-    in = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+    in = open(arg_in, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
     if (in < 0) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open input file %s\n", argv[1]);
+      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open input file %s\n", arg_in);
       exit(-1);
     }
   }
 
-  if (strcmp(argv[2], "-") == 0) {
+  arg_out = argv[optind + 1];
+  if (strcmp(arg_out, "-") == 0) {
     out = STDOUT_FILENO;
   } else {
-    out = open(argv[2], O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0664);
+    out = open(arg_out, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0664);
     if (out < 0) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open output file %s\n", argv[2]);
+      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open output file %s\n", arg_out);
       exit(-1);
     }
   }
@@ -93,7 +112,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   }
 
   sparse_file_verbose(s);
-  ret = sparse_file_read(s, in, SPARSE_READ_MODE_NORMAL, false);
+  ret = sparse_file_read(s, in, mode, false);
   if (ret) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read file\n");
     exit(-1);