diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 364baf9d1..6f22c7049 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static bool AppInitRPC(int argc, char* argv[])
     // Parameters
     //
     ParseParameters(argc, argv);
-    if (argc<2 || mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version")) {
+    if (argc<2 || mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-h") || mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version")) {
         std::string strUsage = _("Bitcoin Core RPC client version") + " " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
         if (!mapArgs.count("-version")) {
             strUsage += "\n" + _("Usage:") + "\n" +
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
index 5630d20cc..3330fe5d1 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static bool AppInitRawTx(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     fCreateBlank = GetBoolArg("-create", false);
 
-    if (argc<2 || mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-help"))
+    if (argc<2 || mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-h") || mapArgs.count("-help"))
     {
         // First part of help message is specific to this utility
         std::string strUsage = _("Bitcoin Core bitcoin-tx utility version") + " " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n\n" +
diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index 284a42b32..d2af89724 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
     ParseParameters(argc, argv);
 
     // Process help and version before taking care about datadir
-    if (mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version"))
+    if (mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-h") ||  mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version"))
     {
         std::string strUsage = _("Bitcoin Core Daemon") + " " + _("version") + " " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
 
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index 89d2d44fd..bda8acff1 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     // Show help message immediately after parsing command-line options (for "-lang") and setting locale,
     // but before showing splash screen.
-    if (mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version"))
+    if (mapArgs.count("-?") || mapArgs.count("-h") || mapArgs.count("-help") || mapArgs.count("-version"))
     {
         HelpMessageDialog help(NULL, mapArgs.count("-version"));
         help.showOrPrint();