diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index ebea8ccd36..fc9adf775d 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ proc_options(long argc, char **argv, ruby_cmdline_options_t *opt, int envopt)
 		if (*++s) {
 		    v = scan_oct(s, 1, &numlen);
 		    if (numlen == 0)
-			v = 1;
+                        v = 2;
 		    s += numlen;
 		}
 		if (!opt->warning) {
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_rubyoptions.rb b/test/ruby/test_rubyoptions.rb
index be08ec6acc..7b1df5bc88 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_rubyoptions.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_rubyoptions.rb
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ class TestRubyOptions < Test::Unit::TestCase
     ENV['RUBYOPT'] = nil
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-W0 -e) + ['p $-W'], "", %w(0), [])
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-W1 -e) + ['p $-W'], "", %w(1), [])
-    assert_in_out_err(%w(-Wx -e) + ['p $-W'], "", %w(1), [])
+    assert_in_out_err(%w(-Wx -e) + ['p $-W'], "", %w(2), [])
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-W -e) + ['p $-W'], "", %w(2), [])
+    assert_in_out_err(%w(-We) + ['p $-W'], "", %w(2), [])
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-w -W0 -e) + ['p $-W'], "", %w(0), [])
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-W:deprecated -e) + ['p Warning[:deprecated]'], "", %w(true), [])
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-W:no-deprecated -e) + ['p Warning[:deprecated]'], "", %w(false), [])
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ class TestRubyOptions < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-W:qux), "", [], /unknown warning category: `qux'/)
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-w -e) + ['p Warning[:deprecated]'], "", %w(true), [])
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-W -e) + ['p Warning[:deprecated]'], "", %w(true), [])
+    assert_in_out_err(%w(-We) + ['p Warning[:deprecated]'], "", %w(true), [])
     assert_in_out_err(%w(-e) + ['p Warning[:deprecated]'], "", %w(false), [])
   ensure
     ENV['RUBYOPT'] = save_rubyopt