EXTERN u8 INIT_GLOBAL(gbl_summary_mode, FALSE);
 EXTERN u8 INIT_GLOBAL(gbl_verbose_mode, FALSE);
 EXTERN u8 INIT_GLOBAL(gbl_binary_mode, FALSE);
-EXTERN u8 INIT_GLOBAL(gbl_dump_customized_tables, FALSE);
+EXTERN u8 INIT_GLOBAL(gbl_dump_customized_tables, TRUE);
 EXTERN u8 INIT_GLOBAL(gbl_do_not_dump_xsdt, FALSE);
 EXTERN ACPI_FILE INIT_GLOBAL(gbl_output_file, NULL);
 EXTERN char INIT_GLOBAL(*gbl_output_filename, NULL);
 
 u32 current_action = 0;
 
 #define AP_UTILITY_NAME             "ACPI Binary Table Dump Utility"
-#define AP_SUPPORTED_OPTIONS        "?a:bcf:hn:o:r:svxz"
+#define AP_SUPPORTED_OPTIONS        "?a:bc:f:hn:o:r:svxz"
 
 /******************************************************************************
  *
        ACPI_USAGE_HEADER("acpidump [options]");
 
        ACPI_OPTION("-b", "Dump tables to binary files");
-       ACPI_OPTION("-c", "Dump customized tables");
        ACPI_OPTION("-h -?", "This help message");
        ACPI_OPTION("-o <File>", "Redirect output to file");
        ACPI_OPTION("-r <Address>", "Dump tables from specified RSDP");
        ACPI_USAGE_TEXT("\nTable Options:\n");
 
        ACPI_OPTION("-a <Address>", "Get table via a physical address");
+       ACPI_OPTION("-c <on|off>", "Turning on/off customized table dumping");
        ACPI_OPTION("-f <BinaryFile>", "Get table via a binary file");
        ACPI_OPTION("-n <Signature>", "Get table via a name/signature");
        ACPI_OPTION("-x", "Do not use but dump XSDT");
 
                case 'c':       /* Dump customized tables */
 
-                       gbl_dump_customized_tables = TRUE;
+                       if (!strcmp(acpi_gbl_optarg, "on")) {
+                               gbl_dump_customized_tables = TRUE;
+                       } else if (!strcmp(acpi_gbl_optarg, "off")) {
+                               gbl_dump_customized_tables = FALSE;
+                       } else {
+                               acpi_log_error
+                                   ("%s: Cannot handle this switch, please use on|off\n",
+                                    acpi_gbl_optarg);
+                               return (-1);
+                       }
                        continue;
 
                case 'h':