diff --git a/src/parallel b/src/parallel
index 9ea69033..b6306cbd 100755
--- a/src/parallel
+++ b/src/parallel
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ sub halt() {
 	}
 	wait_and_exit($Global::halt_exitstatus);
     } else {
-	wait_and_exit(min(undef_as_zero($Global::exitstatus),101));
+	if(not defined $Global::halt_exitstatus) {
+	    wait_and_exit(min(undef_as_zero($Global::exitstatus),101));
+	}
+	wait_and_exit($Global::halt_exitstatus);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1696,6 +1699,7 @@ sub options_hash() {
 	 "semaphoretimeout|st=s" => \$opt::semaphoretimeout,
 	 "semaphorename|id=s" => \$opt::semaphorename,
 	 "fg" => \$opt::fg,
+	 "fg-exit" => \$opt::fg_exit,
 	 "bg" => \$opt::bg,
 	 "wait" => \$opt::wait,
 	 # Shebang #!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang
@@ -11101,6 +11105,14 @@ sub set_exitsignal($$) {
 	    $limit = $Global::total_completed;
 	}
 	if(not defined $limit) {
+	    if($opt::fg and $opt::fg_exit and not defined $Global::halt_exitstatus) {
+		# --fg-exit
+		# Emulate Bash's +128 if there is a signal
+		$Global::halt_exitstatus =
+		    ($job->exitstatus()
+		     or
+		     $job->exitsignal() ? $job->exitsignal() + 129 : 0);
+	    }
 	    return ""
 	}
 	#  --halt # => 1..100 (number of jobs failed, 101 means > 100)
diff --git a/src/parallel.pod b/src/parallel.pod
index 2e2c6424..0bac31c8 100644
--- a/src/parallel.pod
+++ b/src/parallel.pod
@@ -908,7 +908,18 @@ foreground (opposite B<--bg>), and wait for completion of the command
 before exiting.
 
 
-See also: B<--bg> B<man sem>
+See also: B<--fg-exit> B<--bg> B<man sem>
+
+
+=item B<--fg-exit>
+
+Return exit code of command.
+
+Along with B<--fg> the exit value of GNU B<parallel> will be that of
+the command being run.
+
+
+See also: B<--fg-exit> B<--bg> B<man sem>
 
 
 =item B<--fifo>