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diff --git a/src/ui/gui/main.c b/src/ui/gui/main.c
index eddf3fe334..a5e054f02d 100644
--- a/src/ui/gui/main.c
+++ b/src/ui/gui/main.c
@@ -262,11 +262,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       g_warning ("%s", vers);
     }
 
-  /* Let GDK remove any options that it owns. */
-  gdk_init (&argc, &argv);
 
-  /* Parse our own options. */
   ss = create_source_stream ();
+  /* Parse our own options. 
+     This must come BEFORE gdk_init otherwise options such as 
+     --help --version which ought to work without an X server, won't.
+  */
   parser = argv_parser_create ();
   argv_parser_add_options (parser, startup_options, N_STARTUP_OPTIONS,
                            startup_option_callback, &show_splash);
@@ -275,6 +276,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   argv_parser_destroy (parser);
 
+  /* Initialise GDK.  Theoretically this call can remove options from argc,argv if
+     it thinks they are gdk options.
+     However there shouldn't be any here because of the gtk_parse_args call above. */
+  gdk_init (&argc, &argv);
+
   init_p.splash_window = create_splash_window ();
   init_p.ss = ss;
   init_p.data_file = optind < argc ? argv[optind] : NULL;