diff --git a/bin/runcutest b/bin/runcutest
index eca2878..b2b36ab 100755
--- a/bin/runcutest
+++ b/bin/runcutest
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ Display_Usage() {
     printf '  -A  or --architecture \tspecify architecture to use\n'
     printf '  -p  or --package      \tspecify package name\n'
     printf '  -sp or --single       \trun single precision version of package\n'
+    printf '  -qp or --quadruple    \trun quadruple precision version of package\n'
     printf '  -h  or --help         \tdisplay this help message\n'
     printf '  -k  or --keep         \tkeep executable after run is over\n'
     printf '  -r  or --rebuild      \tforce recompilation of problem subroutines\n'
@@ -158,6 +159,10 @@ Parse_Arguments() {
                            PSUFFIX="_s"
                            sd_opts=( ${sd_opts[@]} "-sp" )
                            ;;
+            -qp|--quadruple)  PRECISION="quadruple"
+                           PSUFFIX="_q"
+                           sd_opts=( ${sd_opts[@]} "-qp" )
+                           ;;
             -h|--help)     Display_Usage
                            exit 0
                            ;;
diff --git a/man/man1/runcutest.1 b/man/man1/runcutest.1
index 166f2f7..994d746 100644
--- a/man/man1/runcutest.1
+++ b/man/man1/runcutest.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 runcutest \- CUTEst interface to solvers.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBruncutest\fP --package \fIpack\fP [\-\-architecture \fIarch\fP]  [\-\-single] [\-\-help] [\-\-keep] [\-\-rebuild] [\-\-stash] [\-\-output \fI0|1\fP] [\-\-limit \fIsecs\fP] [\-\-cfortran] [\-\-debug] [\-\-uncons] [\-L\fIpath/to/lib\fP] [\-\-blas \fIkeyword\fP] [\-\-lapack \fIkeyword\fP] [\-\-command] [\-\-config] [\-\-decode \fIproblem[.SIF]\fP]
+\fBruncutest\fP --package \fIpack\fP [\-\-architecture \fIarch\fP]  [\-\-single] [\-\-quadruple] [\-\-help] [\-\-keep] [\-\-rebuild] [\-\-stash] [\-\-output \fI0|1\fP] [\-\-limit \fIsecs\fP] [\-\-cfortran] [\-\-debug] [\-\-uncons] [\-L\fIpath/to/lib\fP] [\-\-blas \fIkeyword\fP] [\-\-lapack \fIkeyword\fP] [\-\-command] [\-\-config] [\-\-decode \fIproblem[.SIF]\fP]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBruncutest\fP is the CUTEst interface to solvers. It replaces its
 predecessor CUTEr's combination of \fBrunpackage\fP, \fIpkg\fP and
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ used, but if $MYARCH is invalid or empty the decoder will terminate.
 Run \fIpackage\fP in single-precision mode if available. Double
 precision is the default.
 .TP
+.B \-qp, \-\-quadruple
+Run \fIpackage\fP in quadruple-precision mode if available. Double
+precision is the default.
+.TP
 .B \-h, \-\-help
 Print a short help message with the available command-line options.
 .TP