diff --git a/src/bootstrap/flags.rs b/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
index f806e40aa8b..319a0b4e611 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/flags.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ pub fn parse(args: &[String]) -> Flags {
                         `/<build_base>/rustfix_missing_coverage.txt`",
                 );
             }
-            "check" => {
+            "check" | "c" => {
                 opts.optflag("", "all-targets", "Check all targets");
             }
             "bench" => {