@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 pym/_emerge/depgraph.py |    3 ++-
 pym/_emerge/help.py     |    2 +-
 pym/_emerge/main.py     |    6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py	
+++ a/pym/_emerge/depgraph.py	
@@ -2741,7 +2741,8 @@ class depgraph(object):
 			mask_docs = True
 		else:
 			writemsg_stdout("\nemerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "+green(xinfo)+".\n", noiselevel=-1)
-			if isinstance(myparent, AtomArg):
+			if self._frozen_config.myopts.get('--misspell-suggestions', 'y') == 'y' and \
+				isinstance(myparent, AtomArg):
 				cp = myparent.atom.cp.lower()
 				cat, pkg = portage.catsplit(cp)
 				if cat == "null":
--- a/pym/_emerge/help.py	
+++ a/pym/_emerge/help.py	
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def shorthelp():
 	print("          [ "+green("--complete-graph")+"             ] [ "+green("--deep")+"       ]")
 	print("          [ "+green("--jobs") + " " + turquoise("JOBS")+" ] [ "+green("--keep-going")+" ] [ " + green("--load-average")+" " + turquoise("LOAD") + "            ]")
 	print("          [ "+green("--newuse")+"    ] [ "+green("--noconfmem")+"  ] [ "+green("--nospinner")+"  ]")
-	print("          [ "+green("--oneshot")+"   ] [ "+green("--onlydeps")+"   ]")
+	print("          [ "+green("--oneshot")+"   ] [ "+green("--onlydeps")+"   ] [ " + green("--misspell-suggestions")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" > ]")
 	print("          [ "+green("--reinstall ")+turquoise("changed-use")+"      ] [ " + green("--with-bdeps")+" < " + turquoise("y") + " | "+ turquoise("n")+" >         ]")
 	print(bold("Actions:")+"  [ "+green("--depclean")+" | "+green("--list-sets")+" | "+green("--search")+" | "+green("--sync")+" | "+green("--version")+"        ]")
 
--- a/pym/_emerge/main.py	
+++ a/pym/_emerge/main.py	
@@ -778,6 +778,12 @@ def parse_opts(tmpcmdline, silent=False):
 			"choices"  : true_y_or_n
 		},
 
+		"--misspell-suggestions": {
+			"help"     : "enable package name suggestions when not existing",
+			"type"     : "choice",
+			"choices"  : true_y_or_n
+		},
+
 	}
 
 	if _ENABLE_DYN_LINK_MAP:
--