diff --git a/include/libwebsockets/lws-misc.h b/include/libwebsockets/lws-misc.h
index f58563b40..6bffd85d4 100644
--- a/include/libwebsockets/lws-misc.h
+++ b/include/libwebsockets/lws-misc.h
@@ -269,6 +269,22 @@ lws_parse_uri(char *p, const char **prot, const char **ads, int *port,
 LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN const char *
 lws_cmdline_option(int argc, const char **argv, const char *val);
 
+/**
+ * lws_cmdline_option_handle_builtin(): apply standard cmdline options
+ *
+ * \param argc:		count of argument strings
+ * \param argv:		argument strings
+ * \param info:		context creation info
+ *
+ * Applies standard options to the context creation info to save them having
+ * to be (unevenly) copied into the minimal examples.
+ *
+ * Applies default log levels that can be overriden by -d
+ */
+LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN void
+lws_cmdline_option_handle_builtin(int argc, const char **argv,
+				  struct lws_context_creation_info *info);
+
 /**
  * lws_now_secs(): return seconds since 1970-1-1
  */
diff --git a/lib/core/libwebsockets.c b/lib/core/libwebsockets.c
index 738c17b07..79c55b8f9 100644
--- a/lib/core/libwebsockets.c
+++ b/lib/core/libwebsockets.c
@@ -987,6 +987,8 @@ lws_cmdline_option(int argc, const char **argv, const char *val)
 				return argv[c + 1];
 			}
 
+			if (argv[c][n] == '=')
+				return &argv[c][n + 1];
 			return argv[c] + n;
 		}
 	}
@@ -994,6 +996,42 @@ lws_cmdline_option(int argc, const char **argv, const char *val)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static const char * const builtins[] = {
+	"-d",
+	"--udp-tx-loss",
+	"--udp-rx-loss"
+};
+
+void
+lws_cmdline_option_handle_builtin(int argc, const char **argv,
+				  struct lws_context_creation_info *info)
+{
+	const char *p;
+	int n, m, logs = LLL_USER | LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN | LLL_NOTICE;
+
+	for (n = 0; n < (int)LWS_ARRAY_SIZE(builtins); n++) {
+		p = lws_cmdline_option(argc, argv, builtins[n]);
+		if (!p)
+			continue;
+
+		m = atoi(p);
+
+		switch (n) {
+		case 0:
+			logs = m;
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			info->udp_loss_sim_tx_pc = m;
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			info->udp_loss_sim_rx_pc = m;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	lws_set_log_level(logs, NULL);
+}
+
 
 const lws_humanize_unit_t humanize_schema_si[] = {
 	{ "Pi ", LWS_PI }, { "Ti ", LWS_TI }, { "Gi ", LWS_GI },
diff --git a/minimal-examples/http-client/minimal-http-client/minimal-http-client.c b/minimal-examples/http-client/minimal-http-client/minimal-http-client.c
index 06c82eb01..63dc6ee61 100644
--- a/minimal-examples/http-client/minimal-http-client/minimal-http-client.c
+++ b/minimal-examples/http-client/minimal-http-client/minimal-http-client.c
@@ -204,30 +204,19 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	lws_state_notify_link_t *na[] = { &notifier, NULL };
 	struct lws_context_creation_info info;
 	struct lws_context *context;
-	const char *p;
 	struct args args;
-	int n = 0, logs = LLL_USER | LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN | LLL_NOTICE
-		   /*
-		    * For LLL_ verbosity above NOTICE to be built into lws,
-		    * lws must have been configured and built with
-		    * -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG instead of =RELEASE
-		    *
-		    * | LLL_INFO   | LLL_PARSER  | LLL_HEADER | LLL_EXT |
-		    *   LLL_CLIENT | LLL_LATENCY | LLL_DEBUG
-		    */ ;
+	int n = 0;
 
 	args.argc = argc;
 	args.argv = argv;
 
 	signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
 
-	if ((p = lws_cmdline_option(argc, argv, "-d")))
-		logs = atoi(p);
+	memset(&info, 0, sizeof info); /* otherwise uninitialized garbage */
+	lws_cmdline_option_handle_builtin(argc, argv, &info);
 
-	lws_set_log_level(logs, NULL);
 	lwsl_user("LWS minimal http client [-d<verbosity>] [-l] [--h1]\n");
 
-	memset(&info, 0, sizeof info); /* otherwise uninitialized garbage */
 	info.options = LWS_SERVER_OPTION_DO_SSL_GLOBAL_INIT;
 	info.port = CONTEXT_PORT_NO_LISTEN; /* we do not run any server */
 	info.protocols = protocols;