diff --git a/cmd/podman/main_local.go b/cmd/podman/main_local.go
index b4f21bd0c7..132f35ab51 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/main_local.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/main_local.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.Runtime, "runtime", "", "Path to the OCI-compatible binary used to run containers, default is /usr/bin/runc")
 	// -s is depracated due to conflict with -s on subcommands
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.StorageDriver, "storage-driver", "", "Select which storage driver is used to manage storage of images and containers (default is overlay)")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&MainGlobalOpts.StorageOpts, "storage-opt", []string{}, "Used to pass an option to the storage driver")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&MainGlobalOpts.StorageOpts, "storage-opt", []string{}, "Used to pass an option to the storage driver")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&MainGlobalOpts.Syslog, "syslog", false, "Output logging information to syslog as well as the console")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.TmpDir, "tmpdir", "", "Path to the tmp directory")