diff --git a/lib/heroku/command/base.rb b/lib/heroku/command/base.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/heroku/command/base.rb
+++ b/lib/heroku/command/base.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ protected
     end.join("\n")
   end
 
+  def self.extract_option(key)
+    options[key]
+  end
+
   def self.extract_options(help)
     help.select do |line|
       line =~ /^\s+-(.+)#(.+)/
re-add extract_option for backwards compatibility