diff --git a/pybfd/bfd.c b/pybfd/bfd.c
index 11d8a0f..969adef 100755
--- a/pybfd/bfd.c
+++ b/pybfd/bfd.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ pybfd_openr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     const char* target;
 
     if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ss", &filename, &target)) {
-        abfd = bfd_openr(filename, NULL);
+        abfd = bfd_openr(filename, target);
 
         if (!abfd) {
             // An error ocurred trying to open the file.
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pybfd_fdopenr(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     int fd;
 
     if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ssi", &filename, &target, &fd)) {
-        abfd = bfd_fdopenr(filename, NULL, fd);
+        abfd = bfd_fdopenr(filename, target, fd);
 
         if (!abfd) {
             // An error ocurred trying to open the file.
diff --git a/pybfd/objdump.py b/pybfd/objdump.py
index dfd9631..60f0b44 100755
--- a/pybfd/objdump.py
+++ b/pybfd/objdump.py
@@ -48,11 +48,26 @@ def do_action(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string):
 
         print "%s %s (%s)" % (parser.prog, __version__, __description__)
 
+        print "Architectures:",
         for arch in self.bfd.architectures:
             print " %s" % arch,
+        print
 
+        print
+
+        print "Bfd Targets:",
         for target in self.bfd.targets:
-            print "  %s" % target
+            print " %s" % target,
+        print
+
+
+class BfdActionTarget(Action):
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        self.bfd = bfd.Bfd()
+        if values[0] not in self.bfd.targets:
+            raise Exception("Invalid bfd target '%s'" % values[0])
+        namespace.target = values[0]
+        self.bfd.close()
 
 
 class BfdActionWithFileParam(Action):
@@ -64,7 +79,7 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
         for fd in values:
             try:
                 # Create a new BFD from the current file descriptor.
-                self.bfd = bfd.Bfd(fd)
+                self.bfd = bfd.Bfd(fd, namespace.target)
 
                 # Display current filename and corresponding architecture.
                 print "\n%s:     file format %s\n" % \
@@ -274,6 +289,12 @@ def init_parser():
         type=FileType("r"), nargs="+",
         help="Display archive header information")
 
+    group.add_argument("-b", "--target", # add "-b, --target" to support bfd targets
+        action=BfdActionTarget,
+        nargs="+",
+        default="default",
+        help="")
+
     group.add_argument("-f", "--file-headers",
         action=DumpFileHeadersAction,
         type=FileType("r"), nargs="+",