--- a/cli-runopts.c	Mon Nov 30 20:36:15 2015 +0300
+++ b/cli-runopts.c	Mon Nov 30 20:30:58 2015 +0300
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@
 #ifdef ENABLE_CLI_PUBKEY_AUTH
 	cli_opts.privkeys = list_new();
 #endif
+#ifdef ENABLE_CLI_ANYTCPFWD
+	cli_opts.exit_on_fwd_failure = 0;
+#endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_CLI_LOCALTCPFWD
 	cli_opts.localfwds = list_new();
 	opts.listen_fwd_all = 0;
@@ -854,9 +857,20 @@
 	const char *optstr = origstr;
 
 	if (strcmp(origstr, "help") == 0) {
-		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "No options available\n");
+		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Available options:\n"
+#ifdef ENABLE_CLI_ANYTCPFWD
+			"\tExitOnForwardFailure\n"
+#endif
+		);
 		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 	}
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_CLI_ANYTCPFWD
+	if (match_extendedopt(&optstr, "ExitOnForwardFailure") == DROPBEAR_SUCCESS) {
+		cli_opts.exit_on_fwd_failure = parse_flag_value(optstr);
+		return;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	dropbear_exit("Bad configuration option '%s'", origstr);
 }

--- a/cli-tcpfwd.c	Mon Nov 30 20:36:15 2015 +0300
+++ b/cli-tcpfwd.c	Mon Nov 30 20:30:58 2015 +0300
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@
 };
 #endif
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_CLI_ANYTCPFWD
+static void fwd_failed(const char* format, ...) ATTRIB_PRINTF(1,2);
+void fwd_failed(const char* format, ...)
+{
+	va_list param;
+	va_start(param, format);
+
+	if (cli_opts.exit_on_fwd_failure)
+		_dropbear_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, format, param);
+	else
+		_dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, format, param);
+
+	va_end(param);
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_CLI_LOCALTCPFWD
 void setup_localtcp() {
 	m_list_elem *iter;
@@ -75,7 +91,7 @@
 				fwd->connectaddr,
 				fwd->connectport);
 		if (ret == DROPBEAR_FAILURE) {
-			dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Failed local port forward %s:%d:%s:%d",
+			fwd_failed("Failed local port forward %s:%d:%s:%d",
 					fwd->listenaddr,
 					fwd->listenport,
 					fwd->connectaddr,
@@ -181,7 +197,10 @@
 		struct TCPFwdEntry *fwd = (struct TCPFwdEntry*)iter->item;
 		if (!fwd->have_reply) {
 			fwd->have_reply = 1;
-			dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Remote TCP forward request failed (port %d -> %s:%d)", fwd->listenport, fwd->connectaddr, fwd->connectport);
+			fwd_failed("Remote TCP forward request failed (port %d -> %s:%d)",
+					fwd->listenport,
+					fwd->connectaddr,
+					fwd->connectport);
 			return;
 		}
 	}

--- a/dbclient.1	Mon Nov 30 20:36:15 2015 +0300
+++ b/dbclient.1	Mon Nov 30 20:30:58 2015 +0300
@@ -127,6 +127,20 @@
 .B \-m \fIMAClist
 Specify a comma separated list of authentication MACs to enable. Use \fI-m help\fR to list possibilities.
 .TP
+.B \-o \fIoption
+Can be used to give options in the format used by OpenSSH config file. This is
+useful for specifying options for which there is no separate command-line flag.
+For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
+ssh_config(5).
+
+For now only following options have been implemented:
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+ExitOnForwardFailure
+.RE
+.RE
+.TP
 .B \-s 
 The specified command will be requested as a subsystem, used for sftp. Dropbear doesn't implement sftp itself but the OpenSSH sftp client can be used eg \fIsftp -S dbclient user@host\fR
 .TP

--- a/runopts.h	Mon Nov 30 20:36:15 2015 +0300
+++ b/runopts.h	Mon Nov 30 20:30:58 2015 +0300
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@
 #ifdef ENABLE_CLI_PUBKEY_AUTH
 	m_list *privkeys; /* Keys to use for public-key auth */
 #endif
+#ifdef ENABLE_CLI_ANYTCPFWD
+	int exit_on_fwd_failure;
+#endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_CLI_REMOTETCPFWD
 	m_list * remotefwds;
 #endif