--- a/pym/gentoolkit/equery/depgraph.py	
+++ a/pym/gentoolkit/equery/depgraph.py	
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def main(input_args):
 	"""Parse input and run the program"""
 
 	short_opts = "hAMUl"
-	long_opts = ('help', 'no-atom', 'no-useflags', 'no-mask', 'depth=')
+	long_opts = ('help', 'no-atom', 'no-useflags', 'no-mask', 'depth=', 'linear')
 
 	try:
 		module_opts, queries = gnu_getopt(input_args, short_opts, long_opts)