diff --git a/macho/cmdline.cc b/macho/cmdline.cc
index 3eda89fd..0ab5a5af 100644
--- a/macho/cmdline.cc
+++ b/macho/cmdline.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Options:
   -demangle                   Demangle C++ symbols in log messages (default)
   -dynamic                    Link against dylibs (default)
   -help                       Report usage information
+  -l<LIB>                     Search for a given library
   -lto_library <FILE>         Ignored
   -o FILE                     Set output filename
   -platform_version <PLATFORM> <MIN_VERSION> <SDK_VERSION>
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ static i64 parse_version(Context &ctx, std::string_view arg) {
 }
 
 void parse_nonpositional_args(Context &ctx,
-                              std::vector<std::string_view> &remaining) {
+                              std::vector<std::string> &remaining) {
   std::span<std::string_view> args = ctx.cmdline_args;
   args = args.subspan(1);
 
@@ -96,6 +97,17 @@ void parse_nonpositional_args(Context &ctx,
       return false;
     };
 
+    auto read_joined = [&](std::string name) {
+      if (read_arg(name))
+        return true;
+      if (args[0].starts_with(name)) {
+        arg = args[0].substr(2);
+        args = args.subspan(1);
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    };
+
     auto read_flag = [&](std::string name) {
       if (args[0] == name) {
         args = args.subspan(1);
@@ -110,11 +122,8 @@ void parse_nonpositional_args(Context &ctx,
       exit(0);
     }
 
-    if (read_arg("-L")) {
+    if (read_joined("-L")) {
       ctx.arg.library_paths.push_back(std::string(arg));
-    } else if (args[0].starts_with("-L")) {
-      ctx.arg.library_paths.push_back(std::string(args[0].substr(2)));
-      args = args.subspan(1);
     } else if (read_arg("-arch")) {
       if (arg != "x86_64")
         Fatal(ctx) << "unknown -arch: " << arg;
@@ -122,6 +131,8 @@ void parse_nonpositional_args(Context &ctx,
       ctx.arg.demangle = true;
     } else if (read_flag("-dynamic")) {
       ctx.arg.dynamic = true;
+    } else if (read_joined("-l")) {
+      remaining.push_back("-l" + std::string(arg));
     } else if (read_flag("-lto_library")) {
     } else if (read_arg("-o")) {
       ctx.arg.output = arg;
@@ -136,7 +147,7 @@ void parse_nonpositional_args(Context &ctx,
     } else {
       if (args[0][0] == '-')
         Fatal(ctx) << "unknown command line option: " << args[0];
-      remaining.push_back(args[0]);
+      remaining.push_back(std::string(args[0]));
       args = args.subspan(1);
     }
   }
diff --git a/macho/main.cc b/macho/main.cc
index 93fd440b..f8428d34 100644
--- a/macho/main.cc
+++ b/macho/main.cc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   }
 
   ctx.cmdline_args = expand_response_files(ctx, argv);
-  std::vector<std::string_view> file_args;
+  std::vector<std::string> file_args;
   parse_nonpositional_args(ctx, file_args);
 
   for (std::string_view arg : file_args)
diff --git a/macho/mold.h b/macho/mold.h
index a9006f51..f8c71296 100644
--- a/macho/mold.h
+++ b/macho/mold.h
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ std::vector<TextDylib> parse_tbd(Context &ctx, MappedFile<Context> *mf);
 //
 
 void parse_nonpositional_args(Context &ctx,
-                              std::vector<std::string_view> &remaining);
+                              std::vector<std::string> &remaining);
 
 //
 // main.cc