diff -up DeviceKit-disks-003/tools/devkit-disks.c.dashdash DeviceKit-disks-003/tools/devkit-disks.c
--- DeviceKit-disks-003/tools/devkit-disks.c.dashdash	2009-03-10 14:29:11.648335078 -0400
+++ DeviceKit-disks-003/tools/devkit-disks.c	2009-03-10 14:47:19.498336713 -0400
@@ -1056,6 +1056,11 @@ do_inhibit_polling (const char *object_p
         cookie = NULL;
         ret = 127;
 
+	if (argc > 0 && strcmp (argv[0], "--") == 0) {
+		argv++;
+		argc--;
+	}
+
 	proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (bus,
                                            "org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Disks",
                                            object_path,
@@ -1123,9 +1128,14 @@ do_inhibit_all_polling (gint         arg
         cookie = NULL;
         ret = 127;
 
+	if (argc > 0 && strcmp (argv[0], "--") == 0) {
+		argv++;
+		argc--;
+	}
+
 	proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (bus,
                                            "org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Disks",
-                                           "/",
+                                          "/",
                                            "org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Disks");
 
         error = NULL;
@@ -1188,6 +1198,11 @@ do_inhibit (gint         argc,
         cookie = NULL;
         ret = 127;
 
+	if (argc > 0 && strcmp (argv[0], "--") == 0) {
+		argv++;
+		argc--;
+	}
+
 	proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (bus,
                                            "org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Disks",
                                            "/",