diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8 b/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
index 918e1f024bce..b5663435277c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 7, 2015
+.Dd February 26, 2016
 .Dt BHYVELOAD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 guest inside a bhyve virtual machine
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
+.Op Fl C
 .Op Fl S
 .Op Fl c Ar cons-dev
 .Op Fl d Ar disk-path
@@ -125,6 +126,12 @@ respectively.
 The default value of
 .Ar mem-size
 is 256M.
+.It Fl C
+Include guest memory in the core file when
+.Nm
+dumps core.
+This is intended for debugging an OS loader as it allows inspection of
+the guest memory.
 .It Fl S
 Wire guest memory.
 .El
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c b/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c
index 60598b5203c6..8417f2a7efa3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	consin_fd = STDIN_FILENO;
 	consout_fd = STDOUT_FILENO;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Sc:d:e:h:l:m:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "CSc:d:e:h:l:m:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'c':
 			error = altcons_open(optarg);
@@ -709,6 +709,9 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 			if (error != 0)
 				errx(EX_USAGE, "Invalid memsize '%s'", optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'C':
+			memflags |= VM_MEM_F_INCORE;
+			break;
 		case 'S':
 			memflags |= VM_MEM_F_WIRED;
 			break;