diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
index 019884bfaf..576f9dfb3e 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static QofLogModule log_module = GNC_MOD_GUI;
 
 #include <libintl.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <gnc-locale-utils.hpp>
 
 #ifdef MAC_INTEGRATION
 #  include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@@ -541,6 +542,9 @@ Gnucash::CoreApp::CoreApp ()
     textdomain(PROJECT_NAME);
     bind_textdomain_codeset(PROJECT_NAME, "UTF-8");
     g_free(localedir);
+
+    // Now that gettext is properly initialized, set our help tagline.
+    tagline = bl::translate("- GnuCash, accounting for personal and small business finance").str(gnc_get_locale());
 }
 
 /* Parse command line options, using GOption interface.
@@ -611,15 +615,29 @@ Gnucash::CoreApp::parse_command_line (int *argc, char ***argv)
             N_("REGEXP")
         },
         {
-            G_OPTION_REMAINING, 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY, &args_remaining, NULL, N_("[datafile]") },
-            { NULL }
+            G_OPTION_REMAINING, 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY, &args_remaining, NULL, N_("[datafile]")
+
+        },
+        { NULL }
     };
 
     GError *error = NULL;
-    GOptionContext *context = g_option_context_new (_("- GnuCash, accounting for personal and small business finance"));
+    GOptionContext *context = g_option_context_new (tagline.c_str());
 
     g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, PROJECT_NAME);
-    g_option_context_add_group (context, gtk_get_option_group(FALSE));
+    if (!gtk_help_msg.empty())
+    {
+        GOptionEntry gtk_help_options[] =
+        {
+            {
+                "help-gtk", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &gtk_show_help,
+                N_("Show GTK+ Options"), NULL
+            },
+            { NULL }
+        };
+        g_option_group_add_entries (g_option_context_get_main_group (context), gtk_help_options);
+    }
+
     if (!g_option_context_parse (context, argc, argv, &error))
     {
         std::cerr << error->message << "\n"
diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.hpp b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.hpp
index 1e58af6b5d..449257e8ff 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.hpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ public:
     int get_no_file (void);
     const char *get_quotes_file (void);
 
+protected:
+    std::string gtk_help_msg;
+    int gtk_show_help = 0;
+    std::string tagline;
+
 private:
 
     /* Command-line option variables */
diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash.cpp b/gnucash/gnucash.cpp
index d816fdf49a..0f7dfb0e09 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash.cpp
@@ -351,10 +351,56 @@ inner_main (void *data, [[maybe_unused]] int argc, [[maybe_unused]] char **argv)
     return;
 }
 
+namespace Gnucash {
+
+    class Gnucash : public CoreApp
+    {
+    public:
+        void parse_command_line (int *argc, char ***argv);
+    };
+
+}
+
+void
+Gnucash::Gnucash::parse_command_line (int *argc, char ***argv)
+{
+    // The g_option context dance below is done to be able to show a help message
+    // for gtk's options. The options themselves are already parsed out by
+    // gtk_init_check by the time this function is called though. So it really only
+    // serves to be able to display a help message.
+    GError *error = NULL;
+    auto context = g_option_context_new (tagline.c_str());
+    auto gtk_options = gtk_get_option_group(FALSE);
+    g_option_context_add_group (context, gtk_options);
+    gtk_help_msg = std::string (g_option_context_get_help (context, FALSE, gtk_options));
+    g_option_context_free (context);
+
+    // Pass remaining command line bits to our base class for further parsing
+    // This will include a --help-gtk option to display gtk's option help
+    // extracted above
+    Gnucash::CoreApp::parse_command_line (argc, argv);
+
+    if (gtk_show_help)
+    {
+        std::cout << gtk_help_msg;
+        exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char ** argv)
 {
-    Gnucash::CoreApp application;
+    Gnucash::Gnucash application;
+
+    /* We need to initialize gtk before looking up all modules */
+    if(!gtk_init_check (&argc, &argv))
+    {
+        std::cerr << bl::format (bl::translate ("Run '{1} --help' to see a full list of available command line options.")) % *argv[0]
+        << "\n"
+        << bl::translate ("Error: could not initialize graphical user interface and option add-price-quotes was not set.\n"
+        "       Perhaps you need to set the $DISPLAY environment variable ?");
+        return 1;
+    }
 
     application.parse_command_line (&argc, &argv);
     application.start();
@@ -367,16 +413,6 @@ main(int argc, char ** argv)
         exit (0);  /* never reached */
     }
 
-    /* We need to initialize gtk before looking up all modules */
-    if(!gtk_init_check (&argc, &argv))
-    {
-        std::cerr << bl::format (bl::translate ("Run '{1} --help' to see a full list of available command line options.")) % *argv[0]
-                  << "\n"
-                  << bl::translate ("Error: could not initialize graphical user interface and option add-price-quotes was not set.\n"
-                                    "       Perhaps you need to set the $DISPLAY environment variable ?");
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     /* Now the module files are looked up, which might cause some library
     initialization to be run, hence gtk must be initialized beforehand. */
     gnc_module_system_init();