diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/options.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/options.rb
index 040c4a74b8..530c881677 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/options.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/options.rb
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
 
   def dump_options_for_formula f
     f.build.each do |k,v|
-      k.prepend "--" unless k.start_with? "--"
-      puts k
+      puts "--"+k
       puts "\t"+v
     end
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 9cf1660dd6..710a084c1f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ class Formula
     @downloader = download_strategy.new(name, @active_spec)
 
     # Combine DSL `option` and `def options`
-    options.each {|o| self.class.build.add(o[0], o[1]) }
+    options.each do |opt, desc|
+      # make sure to strip "--" from the start of options
+      self.class.build.add opt[/--(.+)$/, 1], desc
+    end
   end
 
   def url;      @active_spec.url;     end