2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl b/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl
index 5ca7599b35..2867b522fd 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 %% Avoid warning for local function error/1 clashing with autoimported BIF.
 -compile({no_auto_import,[error/1]}).
--export([start/0]).
+-export([start/0, get_lib_dir/1]).
 -export([collect_args/1]).	% used also by typer_options.erl
 
 -include("dialyzer.hrl").
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cl(["--add_to_plt"|T]) ->
   put(dialyzer_options_analysis_type, plt_add),
   cl(T);
 cl(["--apps"|T]) ->
-  T1 = get_lib_dir(T, []),
+  T1 = get_lib_dir(T),
   {Args, T2} = collect_args(T1),
   append_var(dialyzer_options_files_rec, Args),
   cl(T2);
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ common_options() ->
 
 %%-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+get_lib_dir(Apps) ->
+  get_lib_dir(Apps, []).
+
 get_lib_dir([H|T], Acc) ->
   NewElem =
     case code:lib_dir(list_to_atom(H)) of
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_options.erl b/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_options.erl
index 2c0afa6e2b..d64e44a814 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_options.erl
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_options.erl
@@ -120,12 +120,18 @@ build_options([{OptName, undefined}|Rest], Options) when is_atom(OptName) ->
   build_options(Rest, Options);
 build_options([{OptionName, Value} = Term|Rest], Options) ->
   case OptionName of
+    apps ->
+      OldValues = Options#options.files_rec,
+      AppDirs = get_app_dirs(Value),
+      assert_filenames(Term, AppDirs),
+      build_options(Rest, Options#options{files_rec = AppDirs ++ OldValues});
     files ->
       assert_filenames(Term, Value),
       build_options(Rest, Options#options{files = Value});
     files_rec ->
+      OldValues = Options#options.files_rec,
       assert_filenames(Term, Value),
-      build_options(Rest, Options#options{files_rec = Value});
+      build_options(Rest, Options#options{files_rec = Value ++ OldValues});
     analysis_type ->
       NewOptions =
 	case Value of
@@ -188,6 +194,11 @@ build_options([{OptionName, Value} = Term|Rest], Options) ->
 build_options([], Options) ->
   Options.
 
+get_app_dirs(Apps) when is_list(Apps) ->
+  dialyzer_cl_parse:get_lib_dir([atom_to_list(A) || A <- Apps]);
+get_app_dirs(Apps) ->
+  bad_option("Use a list of otp applications", Apps).
+
 assert_filenames(Term, [FileName|Left]) when length(FileName) >= 0 ->
   case filelib:is_file(FileName) orelse filelib:is_dir(FileName) of
     true -> ok;