diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 0febcf1fcfb..34705eee357 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -2612,8 +2612,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 
-	/* Non-option argument specifies data directory */
-	if (optind < argc)
+	/* 
+	 * Non-option argument specifies data directory
+	 * as long as it wasn't already specified with -D / --pgdata
+	 */
+	if (optind < argc && strlen(pg_data) == 0)
 	{
 		pg_data = xstrdup(argv[optind]);
 		optind++;
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/clusterdb.c b/src/bin/scripts/clusterdb.c
index c690de36cc9..30cdf034999 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/clusterdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/clusterdb.c
@@ -106,18 +106,22 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	switch (argc - optind)
+	/* 
+	 * Non-option argument specifies database name
+	 * as long as it wasn't already specified with -d / --dbname
+	 */
+	if (optind < argc && dbname == NULL)
 	{
-		case 0:
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			dbname = argv[optind];
-			break;
-		default:
-			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many command-line arguments (first is \"%s\")\n"),
-					progname, argv[optind + 1]);
-			fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
-			exit(1);
+		dbname = argv[optind];
+		optind++;
+	}
+
+	if (optind < argc)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many command-line arguments (first is \"%s\")\n"),
+				progname, argv[optind + 1]);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
+		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	setup_cancel_handler();
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createlang.c b/src/bin/scripts/createlang.c
index d00cb63a8b0..05dd048af95 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createlang.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createlang.c
@@ -91,14 +91,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We set dbname from positional arguments if it is not
+	 * already set by option arguments -d. If not doing
+	 * listlangs, positional dbname must follow positional
+	 * langname.
+	 */
+
 	if (argc - optind > 0)
 	{
 		if (listlangs)
-			dbname = argv[optind++];
+		{
+			if (dbname == NULL)
+				dbname = argv[optind++];
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			langname = argv[optind++];
-			if (argc - optind > 0)
+			if (argc - optind > 0 && dbname == NULL)
 				dbname = argv[optind++];
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/droplang.c b/src/bin/scripts/droplang.c
index 7038e08b8af..31ac98f4c8d 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/droplang.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/droplang.c
@@ -102,14 +102,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We set dbname from positional arguments if it is not
+	 * already set by option arguments -d. If not doing
+	 * listlangs, positional dbname must follow positional
+	 * langname.
+	 */
+
 	if (argc - optind > 0)
 	{
 		if (listlangs)
-			dbname = argv[optind++];
+		{
+			if (dbname == NULL)
+				dbname = argv[optind++];
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			langname = argv[optind++];
-			if (argc - optind > 0)
+			if (argc - optind > 0 && dbname == NULL)
 				dbname = argv[optind++];
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/reindexdb.c b/src/bin/scripts/reindexdb.c
index 3651707981c..4e0d9ba0a07 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/reindexdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/reindexdb.c
@@ -116,17 +116,22 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	switch (argc - optind)
+	/* 
+	 * Non-option argument specifies database name
+	 * as long as it wasn't already specified with -d / --dbname
+	 */
+	if (optind < argc && dbname == NULL)
 	{
-		case 0:
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			dbname = argv[optind];
-			break;
-		default:
-			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many command-line arguments (first is \"%s\")\n"), progname, argv[optind + 1]);
-			fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
-			exit(1);
+		dbname = argv[optind];
+		optind++;
+	}
+
+	if (optind < argc)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many command-line arguments (first is \"%s\")\n"),
+				progname, argv[optind + 1]);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
+		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	setup_cancel_handler();
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
index 13081b4fc0e..d3acbb5bb48 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
@@ -123,18 +123,23 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	switch (argc - optind)
+	
+	/* 
+	 * Non-option argument specifies database name
+	 * as long as it wasn't already specified with -d / --dbname
+	 */
+	if (optind < argc && dbname == NULL)
 	{
-		case 0:
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			dbname = argv[optind];
-			break;
-		default:
-			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many command-line arguments (first is \"%s\")\n"),
-					progname, argv[optind + 1]);
-			fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
-			exit(1);
+		dbname = argv[optind];
+		optind++;
+	}
+
+	if (optind < argc)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many command-line arguments (first is \"%s\")\n"),
+				progname, argv[optind + 1]);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
+		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	setup_cancel_handler();