diff --git a/src/Options.cpp b/src/Options.cpp
index 707a2e5b..c7d848c2 100644
--- a/src/Options.cpp
+++ b/src/Options.cpp
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ bool Options::parsePowVariant(const char *powVariant)
             break;
         }
 
-        if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(pow_variant_names) - 1 && (!strcmp(powVariant, "stellitev9") || !strcmp(powVariant, "xtlv2"))) {
+        if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(pow_variant_names) - 1 && (!strcmp(powVariant, "stellitev9") || !strcmp(powVariant, "xtlv2") || !strcmp(powVariant, "half"))) {
             m_powVariant = POW_XTL_V9;
             break;
         }
diff --git a/src/PowVariant.h b/src/PowVariant.h
index af2d59e4..3ec3e9e2 100644
--- a/src/PowVariant.h
+++ b/src/PowVariant.h
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ inline PowVariant parseVariant(const std::string variant)
         powVariant = PowVariant::POW_RTO;
     } else if (variant == "xfh" || variant == "freehaven" || variant == "faven") {
         powVariant = PowVariant::POW_XFH;
-    } else if (variant == "xtlv9" || variant == "stellite_v9" || variant == "xtlv2") {
+    } else if (variant == "xtlv9" || variant == "stellite_v9" || variant == "xtlv2" || variant == "half") {
         powVariant = PowVariant::POW_XTL_V9;
     } else if (variant == "upx" || variant == "uplexa" || variant == "cn-upx") {
         powVariant = PowVariant::POW_UPX;