diff --git a/lisp/ob-sed.el b/lisp/ob-sed.el
index b2c80f88c..ca8b7545f 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-sed.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-sed.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Bjarte Johansen
 ;; Keywords: literate programming, reproducible research
-;; Version: 0.1.0
+;; Version: 0.1.1
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function is called by `org-babel-execute-src-block'."
          (cmd (mapconcat #'identity
 			 (remq nil
 			       (list org-babel-sed-command
-				     (format "--file=\"%s\"" code-file)
+				     (format "-f \"%s\"" code-file)
 				     cmd-line
 				     in-file))
 			 " ")))