diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index de4f04f..d917ec9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ fn main() {
             .arg(Arg::with_name("follow")
                         .long("follow")
                         .short("L")
-                        .help("Follow symlinks"))
+                        .help("Follow symlinks")
+                        .alias("dereference"))
             .arg(Arg::with_name("null_separator")
                         .long("print0")
                         .short("0")