diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7e71021a..83918e3c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ procps-ng-NEXT
 ---------------
   * Rename pwait to pidwait
   * library: renamed to libproc-2 and reset to 0:0:0
+  * pkill: Check for lt- variants of program name          issue #192
   * ps: Add OOM and OOMADJ fields                          issue #198
   * slabtop: Don't combine d and o options                 issue #160
 
diff --git a/pgrep.c b/pgrep.c
index 0fd85b7c..90e42211 100644
--- a/pgrep.c
+++ b/pgrep.c
@@ -750,12 +750,14 @@ static void parse_opts (int argc, char **argv)
     };
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_PIDWAIT
-    if (strcmp (program_invocation_short_name, "pidwait") == 0) {
+    if (strcmp (program_invocation_short_name, "pidwait") == 0 ||
+        strcmp (program_invocation_short_name, "lt-pidwait") == 0) {
         prog_mode = PIDWAIT;
         strcat (opts, "e");
     } else
 #endif
-    if (strcmp (program_invocation_short_name, "pkill") == 0) {
+    if (strcmp (program_invocation_short_name, "pkill") == 0 ||
+        strcmp (program_invocation_short_name, "lt-pkill") == 0) {
         int sig;
         prog_mode = PKILL;
         sig = signal_option(&argc, argv);