diff --git a/dmd2/mars.h b/dmd2/mars.h
index 6c9274ba..82083292 100644
--- a/dmd2/mars.h
+++ b/dmd2/mars.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ struct Param
     ubyte warnings;	// enable warnings
     ubyte Dversion;	// D version number
     bool ignoreUnsupportedPragmas;      // rather than error on them
-    char enforcePropertySyntax;
+    bool enforcePropertySyntax;
 
     char *argv0;        // program name
     Strings *imppath;     // array of char*'s of where to look for import modules
diff --git a/gen/cl_options.cpp b/gen/cl_options.cpp
index 1eceadae..a869620f 100644
--- a/gen/cl_options.cpp
+++ b/gen/cl_options.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ static cl::opt<bool, true> useDeprecated("d",
     cl::location(global.params.useDeprecated));
 
 #if DMDV2
-cl::opt<bool> enforcePropertySyntax("property",
+cl::opt<bool, true> enforcePropertySyntax("property",
     cl::desc("Enforce property syntax"),
-    cl::ZeroOrMore);
+    cl::ZeroOrMore,
+    cl::location(global.params.enforcePropertySyntax));
 #endif
 
 static cl::opt<ubyte, true> useDv1(
diff --git a/gen/cl_options.h b/gen/cl_options.h
index fb6bfeb6..53392e36 100644
--- a/gen/cl_options.h
+++ b/gen/cl_options.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace opts {
     extern cl::list<std::string> runargs;
     extern cl::opt<bool> compileOnly;
 #if DMDV2
-    extern cl::opt<bool> enforcePropertySyntax;
+    extern cl::opt<bool, true> enforcePropertySyntax;
 #endif
     extern cl::opt<bool> createStaticLib;
     extern cl::opt<bool> createSharedLib;
diff --git a/gen/main.cpp b/gen/main.cpp
index bacdbca3..3ff361e0 100644
--- a/gen/main.cpp
+++ b/gen/main.cpp
@@ -219,11 +219,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             printf("config    %s\n", path.c_str());
     }
 
-    // enforcePropertySyntax handled separately because it is a char
-#if DMDV2
-    global.params.enforcePropertySyntax = enforcePropertySyntax ? 1 : 0;
-#endif
-
     // Negated options
     global.params.link = !compileOnly;
     global.params.obj = !dontWriteObj;