diff --git a/xclip.c b/xclip.c
index e6ca258..5dab9a4 100644
--- a/xclip.c
+++ b/xclip.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "xclib.h"
 
 /* command line option table for XrmParseCommand() */
-XrmOptionDescRec opt_tab[14];
+XrmOptionDescRec opt_tab[17];
 
 /* Options that get set on the command line */
 int sloop = 0;			/* number of loops */
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ doOptTarget(void)
 	if (fverb == OVERBOSE)	/* print in verbose mode only */
 	    fprintf(stderr, "Using %s.\n", rec_val.addr);
     }
+    else if (XrmGetResource(opt_db, "xclip.TARGETS", "", &rec_typ, &rec_val) ) {
+	target = XInternAtom(dpy, "TARGETS", False);
+	fdiri = F;		/* always output when -T used */
+	if (fverb == OVERBOSE)	/* print in verbose mode only */
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Using TARGETS.\n");
+    }
     else {
 	target = XA_UTF8_STRING(dpy);
 	if (fverb == OVERBOSE)	/* print in verbose mode only */
@@ -666,6 +672,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     opt_tab[13].argKind = XrmoptionNoArg;
     opt_tab[13].value = (XPointer) xcstrdup(ST);
 
+    /* -T is shorthand for "-target TARGETS" */
+    opt_tab[14].option = xcstrdup("-TARGETS");
+    opt_tab[14].specifier = xcstrdup(".TARGETS");
+    opt_tab[14].argKind = XrmoptionNoArg;
+    opt_tab[14].value = (XPointer) xcstrdup("T");
+
+    /* -c is shorthand for "-selection clipboard" */
+    opt_tab[15].option = xcstrdup("-clipboard");
+    opt_tab[15].specifier = xcstrdup(".selection");
+    opt_tab[15].argKind = XrmoptionNoArg;
+    opt_tab[15].value = (XPointer) xcstrdup("clipboard");
+
+    /* Allow -b as synonym for -c for folks used to xsel */
+    opt_tab[16].option = xcstrdup("-board");
+    opt_tab[16].specifier = xcstrdup(".selection");
+    opt_tab[16].argKind = XrmoptionNoArg;
+    opt_tab[16].value = (XPointer) xcstrdup("clipboard");
+
     /* parse command line options */
     doOptMain(argc, argv);