diff --git a/mylib/config.py b/mylib/config.py
index b592232..34e1b08 100644
--- a/mylib/config.py
+++ b/mylib/config.py
@@ -649,6 +649,12 @@ class Config:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         log.debug('get(%s, %s): %s (%s)', section, option, value, type(value))
         return value
 
+    def get_option(self, option, default=None):
+        """ Get an argument parser option value """
+        if self.options and hasattr(self.options, option):
+            return getattr(self.options, option)
+        return default
+
     def set(self, section, option, value):
         """ Set option value """
         assert self.config_parser, 'Unconfigured options parser'