diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 648bbdc38f..2a5d4b7595 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -714,7 +714,10 @@ static void parse_input(int argc, char *argv[])
    for (;;)
    {
       int port;
-      int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring, opts, NULL);
+      int c = -1;
+       
+      if (argv != NULL)
+          c = getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring, opts, NULL);
 
       if (c == -1)
          break;