2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 924ffaf4..d77db4c2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- gurpmi
+  o fix/manage --urpmi-root
 - urpme
   o add --justdb
   o sort the list of orphans
diff --git a/gurpmi2 b/gurpmi2
index 48fe89ca..f3f9c235 100755
--- a/gurpmi2
+++ b/gurpmi2
@@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ my ($rpm_lock, $urpmi_lock);
 
 #- Creates and configure an urpm object for this application to use.
 sub configure_urpm() {
-    my $urpm = urpm->new;
-    $urpm->get_global_options;
+    my $urpm;
+    { 
+        local @ARGV = @ARGV;
+        $urpm = urpm->new_parse_cmdline;
+    }
+
     $urpm->{fatal} = sub {
 	Gtk2::MessageDialog->new($mainw, [qw(modal destroy-with-parent)], 'error', 'ok', Locale::gettext::iconv($_[1], undef, 'UTF-8'))->run;
 	quit();