diff --git a/roffit b/roffit
index af2b9eb..0315139 100755
--- a/roffit
+++ b/roffit
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 # Web:     https://daniel.haxx.se/projects/roffit
 
-my $version = "0.17";
+my $version = "0.18";
 
 use strict;
 #use warnings;
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ my $mandir;
 my $hrefdir=".";
 my $filename;
 my $leavecase;
+my %manhref;
 
 while($ARGV[0]) {
     if($ARGV[0] eq "--bare") {
@@ -65,6 +66,14 @@ while($ARGV[0]) {
         $leavecase = 1;
         exit;
     }
+    elsif($ARGV[0] =~ /^--man=([^=]*)=(.*)/) {
+        # check for other man pages in the given dir, and if so, link to it
+        # using the second string. can be specified multiple times
+        push @mandirs, $1;
+        $manhref{$1} = $2;
+        $mandir = 1; # option used
+        shift @ARGV;
+    }
     elsif($ARGV[0] =~ /^--mandir=(.*)/) {
         # check for other HTMLized man pages in these given dirs
         # can be specified multiple times
@@ -84,6 +93,8 @@ while($ARGV[0]) {
             " --bare          do not put in HTML, HEAD, BODY tags\n",
             " --hrefdir=<dir> if a manpage is found in the --mandir, this is the\n",
             "                 dir we prefix the HTML file name with in the output\n",
+            " --man=<dir>=<href> if a manpage is found in DIR then link to it using\n",
+            "                 HREF\n",
             " --mandir=<dir>  check for other HTMLized man pages in these dirs\n",
             " --preserve-case leave case of section headers untouched\n",
             " --version       display roffit version and exit\n";
@@ -238,7 +249,11 @@ sub linkfile {
                                 my $file = "$d/$symbol.$section";
 
                                 if(-r $file) {
-                                    my $html = "$hrefdir/$symbol.html";
+                                    my $href = $hrefdir;
+                                    if($manhref{$d}) {
+                                        $href = $manhref{$d};
+                                    }
+                                    my $html = "$href/$symbol.html";
                                     # there is such a HTML file present, produce a
                                     # link to it!
                                     $link = "<a Class=\"$style\" href=\"$html\">$symbol</a>";