diff --git a/git-sig b/git-sig
index e3329f9..11ff5b8 100755
--- a/git-sig
+++ b/git-sig
@@ -456,13 +456,14 @@ cmd_remove() {
 }
 
 cmd_verify() {
-	local opts threshold=1 group="" method="" diff=""
-	opts="$(getopt -o t:g:m:d:: -l threshold:,group:,ref:,diff:: -n "$PROGRAM" -- "$@")"
+	local opts threshold=1 remote="origin" group="" method="" diff=""
+	opts="$(getopt -o t:g:m:o:d:: -l threshold:,group:,ref:,remote:,diff:: -n "$PROGRAM" -- "$@")"
 	eval set -- "$opts"
 	while true; do case $1 in
 		-t|--threshold) threshold="$2"; shift 2 ;;
 		-g|--group) group="$2"; shift 2 ;;
 		-r|--ref) ref="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+		-o|--remote) remote="$2"; shift 2 ;;
 		-d|--diff) diff="1"; shift 2 ;;
 		--) shift; break ;;
 	esac done