diff --git a/mcs/mcs/settings.cs b/mcs/mcs/settings.cs
index 1393bcd58f3..af5febe7cf6 100644
--- a/mcs/mcs/settings.cs
+++ b/mcs/mcs/settings.cs
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 				}
 				return ParseResult.Success;
 
-			case "runtimemetadataversion":
+			case "/runtimemetadataversion":
 				if (value.Length == 0) {
 					Error_RequiresArgument (option);
 					return ParseResult.Error;