diff --git a/vhook/drawtext.c b/vhook/drawtext.c
index 5001c4b5fa..d3ca767fe5 100644
--- a/vhook/drawtext.c
+++ b/vhook/drawtext.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int Configure(void **ctxp, int argc, char *argv[])
     ci->outline = 0;
     ci->text_height = 0;
 
-    optind = 0;
+    optind = 1;
     while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "f:t:T:x:y:s:c:C:bo")) > 0) {
       switch (c) {
       case 'f':
diff --git a/vhook/fish.c b/vhook/fish.c
index 1571cf9b95..be23dc644a 100644
--- a/vhook/fish.c
+++ b/vhook/fish.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int Configure(void **ctxp, int argc, char *argv[])
     *ctxp = av_mallocz(sizeof(ContextInfo));
     ci = (ContextInfo *) *ctxp;
 
-    optind = 0;
+    optind = 1;
 
     ci->dir = "/tmp";
     ci->threshold = 100;
diff --git a/vhook/imlib2.c b/vhook/imlib2.c
index 1626f587d4..7df4c0acad 100644
--- a/vhook/imlib2.c
+++ b/vhook/imlib2.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int Configure(void **ctxp, int argc, char *argv[])
     ci->expr_x = "0.0";
     ci->expr_y = "0.0";
 
-    optind = 0;
+    optind = 1;
 
     /* Use ':' to split FONTPATH */
     if (fp)