diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index faf0b584..dfac8ec8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-**Version 0.3.1 (unreleased)**
+**Version 0.4.0 (unreleased)**
  - Performance optimizations
+ - [SEMVER_MAJOR] `-s` automatically infers `--strip safe`
 
 **Version 0.3.0**
  - Properly decode interlaced images
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0455ae46..90e241bb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -204,8 +204,12 @@ fn main() {
             .arg(Arg::with_name("strip")
                      .help("Strip metadata objects ['safe', 'all', or comma-separated list]")
                      .long("strip")
+                     .takes_value(true)
+                     .conflicts_with("strip-safe"))
+            .arg(Arg::with_name("strip-safe")
+                     .help("Strip safely-removable metadata objects")
                      .short("s")
-                     .takes_value(true))
+                     .conflicts_with("strip"))
             .after_help("Optimization levels:
     -o 0		=>	--zc 3 --nz				(0 or 1 trials)
     -o 1		=>	--zc 9					(1 trial, determined heuristically)
@@ -504,6 +508,10 @@ fn parse_opts_into_struct(matches: &ArgMatches, opts: &mut oxipng::Options) -> R
         }
     }
 
+    if matches.is_present("strip-safe") {
+        opts.strip = png::Headers::Safe;
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }