diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 43b06d9..1407d72 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -107,12 +107,14 @@ install-exec-hook:
 	$(LN_S) -f lrzip$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/lrunzip$(EXEEXT)
 	$(LN_S) -f lrzip$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/lrzcat$(EXEEXT)
 	$(LN_S) -f lrztar$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/lrzuntar$(EXEEXT)
+	$(LN_S) -f lrz$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/lrz$(EXEEXT)
 
 
 uninstall-local:
 	rm -f $(bindir)/lrunzip
 	rm -f $(bindir)/lrzcat
 	rm -f $(bindir)/lrzuntar
+	rm -f $(bindir)/lrz
 
 .PHONY: doc
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 40c943a..74589b7 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 #include "rzip.h"
 #include "lrzip_core.h"
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 
 static rzip_control base_control, local_control, *control;
 
-static void usage(void)
+static void usage(bool compat)
 {
 	print_output("lrzip version %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
 	print_output("Copyright (C) Con Kolivas 2006-2015\n");
@@ -69,20 +70,30 @@ static void usage(void)
 	print_output("Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 1998-2003\n\n");
 	print_output("Usage: lrzip [options] <file...>\n");
 	print_output("General options:\n");
-	print_output("	-c, --check		check integrity of file written on decompression\n");
+	if (compat) {
+		print_output("	-c, --stdout		output to STDOUT\n");
+		print_output("	-C, --check		check integrity of file written on decompression\n");
+	} else
+		print_output("	-c, -C, --check		check integrity of file written on decompression\n");
 	print_output("	-d, --decompress	decompress\n");
 	print_output("	-e, --encrypt		password protected sha512/aes128 encryption on compression\n");
 	print_output("	-h, -?, --help		show help\n");
 	print_output("	-H, --hash		display md5 hash integrity information\n");
 	print_output("	-i, --info		show compressed file information\n");
-	print_output("	-q, --quiet		don't show compression progress\n");
+	if (compat)
+		print_output("	-P, --progress		show compression progress\n");
+	else
+		print_output("	-q, --quiet		don't show compression progress\n");
 	print_output("	-t, --test		test compressed file integrity\n");
 	print_output("	-v[v], --verbose	Increase verbosity\n");
 	print_output("	-V, --version		show version\n");
 	print_output("Options affecting output:\n");
-	print_output("	-D, --delete		delete existing files\n");
+	if (!compat)
+		print_output("	-D, --delete		delete existing files\n");
 	print_output("	-f, --force		force overwrite of any existing files\n");
-	print_output("	-k, --keep-broken	keep broken or damaged output files\n");
+	if (compat)
+		print_output("	-k, --keep		don't delete source files on de/compression\n");
+	print_output("	-%s, --keep-broken	keep broken or damaged output files\n", compat ? "K" : "k, -K");
 	print_output("	-o, --outfile filename	specify the output file name and/or path\n");
 	print_output("	-O, --outdir directory	specify the output directory when -o is not used\n");
 	print_output("	-S, --suffix suffix	specify compressed suffix (default '.lrz')\n");
@@ -94,7 +105,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	print_output("	-z, --zpaq		zpaq compression (best, extreme compression, extremely slow)\n");
 	print_output("Low level options:\n");
 	print_output("	-L, --level level	set lzma/bzip2/gzip compression level (1-9, default 7)\n");
-	print_output("	-N, --nice-level value	Set nice value to value (default 19)\n");
+	print_output("	-N, --nice-level value	Set nice value to value (default %d)\n", compat ? 0 : 19);
 	print_output("	-p, --threads value	Set processor count to override number of threads\n");
 	print_output("	-m, --maxram size	Set maximim available ram in hundreds of MB\n");
 	print_output("				overrides detected ammount of available ram\n");
@@ -191,6 +202,7 @@ static void show_summary(void)
 static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"bzip2",	no_argument,	0,	'b'},
 	{"check",	no_argument,	0,	'c'},
+	{"check",	no_argument,	0,	'C'},
 	{"decompress",	no_argument,	0,	'd'},
 	{"delete",	no_argument,	0,	'D'},
 	{"encrypt",	no_argument,	0,	'e'},
@@ -200,6 +212,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"hash",	no_argument,	0,	'H'},
 	{"info",	no_argument,	0,	'i'},
 	{"keep-broken",	no_argument,	0,	'k'},
+	{"keep-broken",	no_argument,	0,	'K'},
 	{"lzo",		no_argument,	0,	'l'},
 	{"level",	no_argument,	0,	'L'},
 	{"maxram",	required_argument,	0,	'm'},
@@ -208,6 +221,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"outfile",	required_argument,	0,	'o'},
 	{"outdir",	required_argument,	0,	'O'},
 	{"threads",	required_argument,	0,	'p'},
+	{"progress",	no_argument,	0,	'P'},
 	{"quiet",	no_argument,	0,	'q'},
 	{"suffix",	required_argument,	0,	'S'},
 	{"test",	no_argument,	0,	't'},
@@ -217,29 +231,40 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"version",	no_argument,	0,	'V'},
 	{"window",	required_argument,	0,	'w'},
 	{"zpaq",	no_argument,	0,	'z'},
+	{"fast",	no_argument,	0,	'1'},
+	{"best",	no_argument,	0,	'9'},
 	{0,	0,	0,	0},
 };
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	bool lrzcat = false, compat = false;
 	struct timeval start_time, end_time;
 	struct sigaction handler;
 	double seconds,total_time; // for timers
-	bool lrzcat = false;
 	int c, i;
 	int hours,minutes;
 	extern int optind;
-	char *eptr; /* for environment */
+	char *eptr, *av; /* for environment */
 
         control = &base_control;
 
 	initialise_control(control);
 
-	if (strstr(argv[0], "lrunzip"))
+	av = basename(argv[0]);
+	if (!strcmp(av, "lrunzip"))
 		control->flags |= FLAG_DECOMPRESS;
-	else if (strstr(argv[0], "lrzcat")) {
+	else if (!strcmp(av, "lrzcat")) {
 		control->flags |= FLAG_DECOMPRESS | FLAG_STDOUT;
 		lrzcat = true;
+	} else if (!strcmp(av, "lrz")) {
+		/* Called in gzip compatible command line mode */
+		control->flags &= ~FLAG_SHOW_PROGRESS;
+		control->nice_val = 0;
+		control->flags &= ~FLAG_KEEP_FILES;
+		compat = true;
+		long_options[1].name = "stdout";
+		long_options[11].name = "keep";
 	}
 
 	/* generate crc table */
@@ -255,7 +280,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	else if (!strstr(eptr,"NOCONFIG"))
 		read_config(control);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "bcdDefghHiklL:nN:o:O:p:qS:tTUm:vVw:z?", long_options, &i)) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "bcCdDefghHikKlL:nN:o:O:pP:qS:tTUm:vVw:z?123456789", long_options, &i)) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'b':
 			if (control->flags & FLAG_NOT_LZMA)
@@ -263,6 +288,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			control->flags |= FLAG_BZIP2_COMPRESS;
 			break;
 		case 'c':
+			if (compat) {
+				control->flags |= FLAG_STDOUT;
+				break;
+			}
+		case 'C':
 			control->flags |= FLAG_CHECK;
 			control->flags |= FLAG_HASH;
 			break;
@@ -285,7 +315,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
-			usage();
+			usage(compat);
 			return -1;
 		case 'H':
 			control->flags |= FLAG_HASH;
@@ -294,6 +324,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			control->flags |= FLAG_INFO;
 			break;
 		case 'k':
+			if (compat) {
+				control->flags |= FLAG_KEEP_FILES;
+				break;
+			}
+		case 'K':
 			control->flags |= FLAG_KEEP_BROKEN;
 			break;
 		case 'l':
@@ -388,6 +423,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				failure("Can only use one of -l, -b, -g, -z or -n\n");
 			control->flags |= FLAG_ZPAQ_COMPRESS;
 			break;
+		case '1':
+		case '2':
+		case '3':
+		case '4':
+		case '5':
+		case '6':
+		case '7':
+		case '8':
+		case '9':
+			control->compression_level = c - '0';
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -482,12 +528,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (!FORCE_REPLACE) {
 			if (STDIN && isatty(fileno((FILE *)stdin))) {
 				print_err("Will not read stdin from a terminal. Use -f to override.\n");
-				usage();
+				usage(compat);
 				exit (1);
 			}
 			if (!TEST_ONLY && STDOUT && isatty(fileno((FILE *)stdout))) {
 				print_err("Will not write stdout to a terminal. Use -f to override.\n");
-				usage();
+				usage(compat);
 				exit (1);
 			}
 		}