diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 9fd1b55..a7c03bb 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@
 	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED       , "PS2=> "    , NULL            },
 	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED       , "PS4=+ "    , NULL            },
 #if ENABLE_ASH_GETOPTS
-	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED       , "OPTIND=1"  , getoptsreset    },
+	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED       , defoptindvar, getoptsreset    },
 #endif
 #if ENABLE_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
 	{ VSTRFIXED|VTEXTFIXED|VUNSET|VDYNAMIC, "RANDOM", change_random },
@@ -13124,6 +13124,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		setvareq((char*)defoptindvar, VTEXTFIXED);
+
 		setvar0("PPID", utoa(getppid()));
 #if ENABLE_ASH_BASH_COMPAT
 		p = lookupvar("SHLVL");