diff --git a/scripts/jw-pkg b/scripts/jw-pkg
index b95d0181..7dab15f3 100644
--- a/scripts/jw-pkg
+++ b/scripts/jw-pkg
@@ -46,23 +46,6 @@ EOT
 	[ "$1" ] && exit $1
 }
 
-get_opts()
-{
-    set -- `getopt $opts $*`
-    while [ "$1" != -- ] ; do
-	case "$1" in
-	    -v)
-		opt_verbose=true
-		;;
-	    *)
-		eusage
-		;;
-	esac
-	shift
-    done
-    shift
-}
-
 create_ldconfig_state()
 {
 	echo "=== automatically created by $myname update script"
@@ -185,9 +168,29 @@ cmd_compile_templates()
 	local mode=600
 	local conf_patt="^[ 	]*# *conf:"
 
-	# TODO: allow default target file attributes to be specified in options
 	umask 0077
 
+	while [ ${1:0:1} = '-' ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+	-o)
+		owner="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	-m)
+		mode="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	-g)
+		group="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	*)
+		usage 1
+		;;
+	esac
+	shift
+	done
+
 	local f
 	cmd_list_templates "$@" | while read f; do
 		local base=`echo $f | sed "s/$ext_from_re$//"`
@@ -227,9 +230,21 @@ longname=$0
 opts="v"
 template_exts=".jw-tmpl"
 
+while [ ${1:0:1} = '-' ]; do
+case "$1" in
+-v)
+	opt_verbose=true
+	shift
+	;;
+*)
+	usage 1
+	;;
+esac
+shift
+done
+
 cmd="$1"
 shift
-get_opts $*
 
 case $cmd in
 
@@ -313,5 +328,4 @@ help)
 *)
 	usage 1
 	;;
-
 esac