diff --git a/djcelery/management/commands/celeryctl.py b/djcelery/management/commands/celeryctl.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/djcelery/management/commands/celeryctl.py
+++ b/djcelery/management/commands/celeryctl.py
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ class Command(CeleryCommand):
 
     def run_from_argv(self, argv):
         util = celeryctl(app=app)
-        util.execute_from_commandline(argv[1:])
+
+        util.execute_from_commandline(self.handle_default_options(argv)[1:])
+
+
Fixing #<I> (--settings not supported with celeryctl). Code was already there. One just has to call it