diff --git a/bin/submitjob b/bin/submitjob
index 27d175f7be559be79c6b595b331cfece1960e238..2d7749779fb539a85c1fda6ee9dd4b0922260295 100755
--- a/bin/submitjob
+++ b/bin/submitjob
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ EOF
 
 }
 
-ARG_PARSE="getopt -o s:n:c:N:m:q:t:F:l:e:E:w:b:d:fh -l system:,name:,cores:,nodes:,mem:,active:,queue:,target:,features:,logfile:,email:,emailwhen:,waitfor:,begin:,debug:,fatal,help -n $0 --"
+ARG_PARSE="getopt -o s:n:c:N:m:a:q:t:F:l:e:E:w:b:d:fh -l system:,name:,cores:,nodes:,mem:,active:,queue:,target:,features:,logfile:,email:,emailwhen:,waitfor:,begin:,debug:,fatal,help -n $0 --"
 
 # We process arguments twice to handle any argument parsing error:
 ARG_ERROR=$($ARG_PARSE "$@" 2>&1 1>/dev/null)