diff --git a/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.8 b/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.8
--- a/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.8
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
 Should only be used in conjunction with the unit argument.
 .It Fl d Ar [ugen]<unit>.<addr>
 Limit device range to USB devices connected to the given unit and address.
-The unit and address coordinates may be prefixed by the lowercased word "ugen".
+The unit and address coordinates may be prefixed by the lowercased word "ugen",
+or the full path name
+.Pa /dev/ugen .
 .It Fl i Ar interface_index
 Specify interface index as indicated by the command description.
 If this argument is not specified a value of zero will be used for the interface index.
diff --git a/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.c b/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.c
--- a/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/usbconfig/usbconfig.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <err.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -100,10 +101,6 @@
 };
 
 enum {
-	T_UNIT,
-	T_ADDR,
-	T_UGEN,
-	T_IFACE,
 	T_SET_CONFIG,
 	T_SET_ALT,
 	T_SET_TEMPLATE,
@@ -136,10 +133,6 @@
 static struct options options;
 
 static const struct token token[] = {
-	{"-u", T_UNIT, 1},
-	{"-a", T_ADDR, 1},
-	{"-d", T_UGEN, 1},
-	{"-i", T_IFACE, 1},
 	{"set_config", T_SET_CONFIG, 1},
 	{"set_alt", T_SET_ALT, 1},
 	{"set_template", T_SET_TEMPLATE, 1},
@@ -563,6 +556,7 @@
 	int addr;
 	int n;
 	int t;
+	int ch;
 
 	if (argc < 1) {
 		usage();
@@ -571,7 +565,53 @@
 	if (pbe == NULL)
 		err(1, "could not access USB backend\n");
 
-	for (n = 1; n != argc; n++) {
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "a:d:i:u:")) != -1) {
+		switch (ch) {
+		case 'a':
+			opt->addr = num_id(optarg, "addr");
+			opt->got_addr = 1;
+			break;
+
+		case 'd':
+			if (strncmp(optarg, "ugen", strlen("ugen")) == 0) {
+				ptr = optarg + strlen("ugen");
+			} else if (strncmp(optarg, "/dev/ugen",
+					 strlen("/dev/ugen")) == 0) {
+				ptr = optarg + strlen("/dev/ugen");
+			} else {
+				ptr = optarg;
+			}
+			if ((sscanf(ptr, "%d.%d",
+			    &unit, &addr) != 2) ||
+			    (unit < 0) || (unit > 65535) ||
+			    (addr < 0) || (addr > 65535)) {
+				errx(1, "cannot "
+				    "parse '%s'", optarg);
+			}
+			opt->bus = unit;
+			opt->addr = addr;
+			opt->got_bus = 1;
+			opt->got_addr = 1;
+			break;
+
+		case 'i':
+			opt->iface = num_id(optarg, "iface");
+			opt->got_iface = 1;
+			break;
+
+		case 'u':
+			opt->bus = num_id(optarg, "busnum");
+			opt->got_bus = 1;
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			usage();
+		}
+	}
+	argc -= optind;
+	argv += optind;
+
+	for (n = 0; n != argc; n++) {
 
 		/* get number of additional options */
 		t = (argc - n - 1);
@@ -654,52 +694,6 @@
 			opt->got_show_iface_driver = 1;
 			break;
 
-		case T_UGEN:
-			if (opt->got_any) {
-				/* allow multiple commands on the same line */
-				flush_command(pbe, opt);
-			}
-			ptr = argv[n + 1];
-
-			if ((ptr[0] == 'u') &&
-			    (ptr[1] == 'g') &&
-			    (ptr[2] == 'e') &&
-			    (ptr[3] == 'n'))
-				ptr += 4;
-
-			if ((sscanf(ptr, "%d.%d",
-			    &unit, &addr) != 2) ||
-			    (unit < 0) || (unit > 65535) ||
-			    (addr < 0) || (addr > 65535)) {
-				errx(1, "cannot "
-				    "parse '%s'", argv[n + 1]);
-			}
-			opt->bus = unit;
-			opt->addr = addr;
-			opt->got_bus = 1;
-			opt->got_addr = 1;
-			n++;
-			break;
-
-		case T_UNIT:
-			if (opt->got_any) {
-				/* allow multiple commands on the same line */
-				flush_command(pbe, opt);
-			}
-			opt->bus = num_id(argv[n + 1], "busnum");
-			opt->got_bus = 1;
-			n++;
-			break;
-		case T_ADDR:
-			opt->addr = num_id(argv[n + 1], "addr");
-			opt->got_addr = 1;
-			n++;
-			break;
-		case T_IFACE:
-			opt->iface = num_id(argv[n + 1], "iface");
-			opt->got_iface = 1;
-			n++;
-			break;
 		case T_SET_CONFIG:
 			if (opt->got_set_config)
 				duplicate_option(argv[n]);