diff --git a/trm.sh b/trm.sh
index aaa8ae2..5e6c56e 100755
--- a/trm.sh
+++ b/trm.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   # Parse command line args
 
   OPERATOR="mv"    # Can be overriden with -c option
-  OPTLIST='ctdv'   # List of all legal options
+  OPTLIST='cdtsv'  # List of all legal command line options
   OPTIND=1         # getopts may have been previously used in this context
   TESTMODE=""
   VERBOSE=""
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
         rm -rf  ${VERBOSE} ${GRAVEYARD}/* ${GRAVEYARD}/.[-z]*
       ;;
 
+      # Expand symlinks
+      s)
+        SYMEXPAND="symexpand"
+      ;;
+
       # Don't do anything, just show what you would do
       t)
         TESTMODE="testmode"
@@ -58,7 +63,27 @@
   shift $((OPTIND-1))
   for arg in $*
   do
-      REALPATH=$(readlink -f $arg)
+
+      # Only expand symlinks if we ask for it
+
+      if [ -L $arg ]
+      then
+
+        # Expand the symlink
+        if [ -n "${SYMEXPAND}" ]
+        then
+          REALPATH=$(readlink $arg)
+
+        # Treat the symlink as a normal file
+        else
+          REALPATH=$(readlink -f $(dirname  $arg))/$arg
+        fi
+
+      # Process normal files and directories
+      else
+          REALPATH=$(readlink -f $arg)
+      fi
+
       SRCDIR=$(dirname $REALPATH)
       SRCFIL=$(basename $REALPATH)
       DESDIR=${GRAVEYARD}${SRCDIR}