diff --git a/server/eit/commands/query.py b/server/eit/commands/query.py
index 2e949cf34..622967595 100644
--- a/server/eit/commands/query.py
+++ b/server/eit/commands/query.py
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ class EitQuery(EitCommand):
         needed_parser.add_argument("--quiet", "-q", action="store_true",
             default=self._quiet,
             help=_('quiet output, for scripting purposes'))
-        needed_parser.add_argument("inrepo", action="store_const",
-                                   const=None)
+        needed_parser.add_argument("--in", metavar="<repository>",
+            help=_("query into given repository only"),
+            dest="inrepo", default=None)
         needed_parser.add_argument("packages", nargs='+',
                                  metavar="<package>",
                                  help=_("package names"))
@@ -86,8 +87,9 @@ class EitQuery(EitCommand):
         revdeps_parser.add_argument("--bdeps", "-b", action="store_true",
             default=False,
             help=_('include build dependencies'))
-        revdeps_parser.add_argument("inrepo", action="store_const",
-                                    const=None)
+        revdeps_parser.add_argument("--in", metavar="<repository>",
+            help=_("query into given repository only"),
+            dest="inrepo", default=None)
         revdeps_parser.add_argument("packages", nargs='+',
                                  metavar="<package>",
                                  help=_("package names"))