diff -urN src/games/hangman/hangman.h src/games/hangman/hangman.h
--- src/games/hangman/hangman.h	Tue Feb 27 21:03:28 2001
+++ src/games/hangman/hangman.h	Tue Jan 30 00:43:00 2001
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 
 extern bool	Guessed[];
 
+extern const char	*path_dict;
+
 extern char	Word[], Known[], *Noose_pict[];
 
 extern int	Errors, Wordnum;
diff -urN src/games/hangman/main.c src/games/hangman/main.c
--- src/games/hangman/main.c	Tue Feb 27 21:03:28 2001
+++ src/games/hangman/main.c	Tue Feb 27 21:05:03 2001
@@ -47,15 +47,30 @@
 
 # include	"hangman.h"
 
+const char	*path_dict = _PATH_DICT;
+
 /*
  * This game written by Ken Arnold.
  */
 int
-main()
+main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	int ch;		/* getopt() option character */
 
 	/* revoke */
 	setgid(getgid());
+
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "d:")) != -1)
+		switch (ch) {
+			case 'd':
+				path_dict = optarg;
+				break;
+
+			case '?':
+			default:
+				fputs("Usage: hangman [-d dictfile]\n", stderr);
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
 
 	initscr();
 	signal(SIGINT, die);
diff -urN src/games/hangman/setup.c src/games/hangman/setup.c
--- src/games/hangman/setup.c	Tue Feb 27 21:03:28 2001
+++ src/games/hangman/setup.c	Tue Jan 30 00:42:06 2001
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	}
 
 	srandomdev();
-	if ((Dict = fopen(_PATH_DICT, "r")) == NULL) {
+	if ((Dict = fopen(path_dict, "r")) == NULL) {
 		perror(_PATH_DICT);
 		endwin();
 		exit(1);